Yoeli 1:12
Joel 1:12 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Mzabibu umekauka na mtini umenyauka; mkomamanga, mtende na mtofaa, miti yote shambani, imekauka. Hakika furaha yote ya mwanadamu imeondoka.
Joel 1:12 in English
Joel 1:12 · Berean Standard Bible
The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
Context
10Mashamba yameharibiwa,
ardhi imekauka;
nafaka imeharibiwa,
mvinyo mpya umekauka,
mafuta yamekoma. 11Kateni tamaa, enyi wakulima,
lieni, enyi mlimao mizabibu;
huzunikeni kwa ajili ya ngano na shayiri,
kwa sababu mavuno ya shambani yameharibiwa. 12Mzabibu umekauka
na mtini umenyauka;
mkomamanga, mtende na mtofaa,
miti yote shambani, imekauka.
Hakika furaha yote ya mwanadamu
imeondoka. 13Vaeni nguo ya gunia, enyi makuhani, muomboleze;
pigeni yowe, enyi mnaohudumu madhabahuni.
Njooni, vaeni nguo ya gunia usiku kucha,
enyi mnaohudumu mbele za Mungu wangu;
kwa kuwa sadaka za nafaka na sadaka za kinywaji
zimezuiliwa kufika katika nyumba ya Mungu wenu. 14Tangazeni saumu takatifu;
liiteni kusanyiko takatifu.
Iteni wazee
na wote waishio katika nchi
waende katika nyumba ya Bwana Mungu wenu,
wakamlilie Bwana.
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