Maombolezo 1:11
Lamentations 1:11 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Watu wake wote wanalia kwa uchungu watafutapo chakula; wanabadilisha hazina zao kwa chakula ili waweze kuendelea kuishi. “Tazama, Ee Bwana, ufikiri, kwa maana nimedharauliwa.”
Lamentations 1:11 in English
Lamentations 1:11 · Berean Standard Bible
All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.
Context
9Uchafu wake umegandamana na nguo zake;
hakuwaza juu ya maisha yake ya baadaye.
Anguko lake lilikuwa la kushangaza,
hapakuwepo na yeyote wa kumfariji.
“Tazama, Ee Bwana, teso langu,
kwa maana adui ameshinda.” 10Adui ametia mikono
juu ya hazina zake zote,
aliona mataifa ya kipagani
wakiingia mahali patakatifu pake,
wale uliowakataza kuingia
kwenye kusanyiko lako. 11Watu wake wote wanalia kwa uchungu
watafutapo chakula;
wanabadilisha hazina zao kwa chakula
ili waweze kuendelea kuishi.
“Tazama, Ee Bwana, ufikiri,
kwa maana nimedharauliwa.” 12“Je, si kitu kwenu, ninyi nyote mpitao kando?
Angalieni kote mwone.
Je, kuna maumivu kama maumivu yangu
yale yaliyotiwa juu yangu,
yale Bwana aliyoyaleta juu yangu
katika siku ya hasira yake kali? 13“Kutoka juu alipeleka moto,
akaushusha katika mifupa yangu.
Aliitandia wavu miguu yangu
na akanirudisha nyuma.
Akanifanya mkiwa,
na mdhaifu mchana kutwa.
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