Ayubu 1:7
Job 1:7 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Bwana akamwambia Shetani, “Umetoka wapi?” Shetani akamjibu Bwana, “Natoka kuzunguka pote duniani, nikitembea huku na huko humo.”
Job 1:7 in English
Job 1:7 · Berean Standard Bible
“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
Context
5Wakati kipindi cha karamu kilimalizika, Ayubu angetuma waitwe na kuwafanyia utakaso. Angetoa dhabihu ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwa ajili ya kila mmoja wao asubuhi na mapema, akifikiri, “Pengine wanangu wametenda dhambi na kumlaani Mungu mioyoni mwao.” Hii ilikuwa ndiyo desturi ya kawaida ya Ayubu. 6Siku moja wana wa Mungu* walikwenda kujionyesha mbele za Bwana. Shetani* naye akaja pamoja nao. 7Bwana akamwambia Shetani, “Umetoka wapi?”
Shetani akamjibu Bwana, “Natoka kuzunguka pote duniani, nikitembea huku na huko humo.” 8Ndipo Bwana akamwambia Shetani, “Je, umemwangalia huyo mtumishi wangu Ayubu? Hakuna mtu mwingine duniani aliye kama yeye, asiye na hatia, ni mnyofu, mwenye kumcha Mungu, na kuepukana na uovu.” 9Shetani akamjibu Bwana, “Je, Ayubu anamcha Mungu bure?
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