Native Bible

Job 24:5 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015

Kama punda-mwitu jangwani, maskini huzunguka katika kazi zao za kutafuta chakula; mahali palipo jangwa huwapa chakula cha watoto wao.

Job 24:5 in English

Job 24:5 · Berean Standard Bible

Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

Context

3Huwanyangʼanya yatima punda wao, na kumchukua rehani fahali wa mjane. 4Humsukuma mhitaji kutoka njia, na kuwafanya maskini wote wa nchi kulazimika kujificha. 5Kama punda-mwitu jangwani, maskini huzunguka katika kazi zao za kutafuta chakula; mahali palipo jangwa huwapa chakula cha watoto wao. 6Hukusanya chakula mashambani na kuokota masazo katika mashamba ya mizabibu ya waovu. 7Kwa kukosa nguo, usiku kucha hukaa uchi; hawana chochote cha kujifunika baridi.

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