Yeremia 9:8
Jeremiah 9:8 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Ndimi zao ni mshale wenye sumu, hunena kwa udanganyifu. Kwa kinywa chake kila mmoja huzungumza maneno mazuri na jirani yake, lakini moyoni mwake humtegea mtego.
Jeremiah 9:8 in English
Jeremiah 9:8 · Berean Standard Bible
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
Context
6Unakaa katikati ya udanganyifu;
katika udanganyifu wao wanakataa kunitambua mimi,”
asema Bwana. 7Kwa hiyo hili ndilo asemalo Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote:
“Tazama, nitawasafisha na kuwajaribu,
kwani ni nini kingine niwezacho kufanya
kwa sababu ya dhambi ya watu wangu? 8Ndimi zao ni mshale wenye sumu,
hunena kwa udanganyifu.
Kwa kinywa chake kila mmoja huzungumza maneno mazuri na jirani yake,
lakini moyoni mwake humtegea mtego. 9Je, nisiwaadhibu kwa ajili ya jambo hili?”
asema Bwana.
“Je, nisijilipizie kisasi
kwa taifa kama hili?” 10Nitalia na kuomboleza kwa ajili ya milima
na kuomboleza kuhusu malisho ya jangwani.
Yamekuwa ukiwa, wala hakuna apitaye humo,
milio ya ngʼombe haisikiki.
Ndege wa angani wametoroka
na wanyama wamekimbia.
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