Yona 2:8
Jonah 2:8 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
“Wale watu wanaongʼangʼana na sanamu zisizofaa hupoteza neema ile ambayo ingekuwa yao.
Jonah 2:8 in English
Jonah 2:8 · Berean Standard Bible
Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.*
Context
6Nilizama chini sana mpaka pande za mwisho za milima,
makomeo ya hiyo nchi yalinifungia hata milele.
Lakini uliuleta uhai wangu kutoka shimoni,
Ee Bwana Mungu wangu. 7“Wakati uhai wangu ulipokuwa unatoka,
nilikukumbuka wewe, Bwana,
nayo maombi yangu yalikufikia wewe,
katika Hekalu lako takatifu. 8“Wale watu wanaongʼangʼana na sanamu zisizofaa
hupoteza neema ile ambayo ingekuwa yao. 9Lakini mimi, kwa wimbo wa shukrani,
nitakutolea dhabihu.
Lile nililowekea nadhiri nitalitimiza.
Wokovu watoka kwa Bwana.” 10Basi Bwana akamwamuru yule nyangumi, naye akamtapika Yona katika nchi kavu.
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