Yeremia 9:3
Jeremiah 9:3 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
“Huweka tayari ndimi zao kama upinde, ili kurusha uongo; wamekuwa na nguvu katika nchi lakini si katika ukweli. Wanatoka dhambi moja hadi nyingine, hawanitambui mimi,” asema Bwana.
Jeremiah 9:3 in English
Jeremiah 9:3 · Berean Standard Bible
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
Context
1Laiti kichwa changu kingekuwa chemchemi ya maji
na macho yangu yangekuwa kisima cha machozi!
Ningelia usiku na mchana
kwa kuuawa kwa watu wangu. 2Laiti ningekuwa na nyumba
ya kukaa wasafiri jangwani,
ningewaacha watu wangu
na kwenda mbali nao,
kwa kuwa wote ni wazinzi,
kundi la watu wadanganyifu. 3“Huweka tayari ndimi zao kama upinde,
ili kurusha uongo;
wamekuwa na nguvu katika nchi
lakini si katika ukweli.
Wanatoka dhambi moja hadi nyingine,
hawanitambui mimi,”
asema Bwana. 4“Jihadhari na rafiki zako;
usiwaamini ndugu zako.
Kwa kuwa kila ndugu ni mdanganyifu,
na kila rafiki ni msingiziaji. 5Rafiki humdanganya rafiki,
hakuna yeyote asemaye kweli.
Wamefundisha ndimi zao kudanganya,
wanajichosha wenyewe katika kutenda dhambi.
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