Native Bible

Job 20:5 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015

macheko ya mtu mwovu ni ya muda mfupi, nayo furaha ya wasiomcha Mungu hudumu kwa kitambo tu.

Job 20:5 in English

Job 20:5 · Berean Standard Bible

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Context

3Ninasikia makaripio ambayo yananivunjia heshima, nao ufahamu wangu unanisukuma kujibu. 4“Hakika unajua jinsi ilivyokuwa tangu zamani, tangu zamani mwanadamu alipowekwa duniani, 5macheko ya mtu mwovu ni ya muda mfupi, nayo furaha ya wasiomcha Mungu hudumu kwa kitambo tu. 6Ingawa kujikweza kwake hufikia mbinguni na kichwa chake hugusa mawingu, 7ataangamia milele kama mavi yake mwenyewe. Wale waliomwona watauliza, ‘Yuko wapi?’

Swahili text and audio: Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version™, made available under an open license by Biblica, Inc.