Maombolezo 1:8
Lamentations 1:8 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Yerusalemu ametenda dhambi sana kwa hiyo amekuwa najisi. Wote waliomheshimu wanamdharau, kwa maana wameuona uchi wake. Yeye mwenyewe anapiga kite na kugeukia mbali.
Lamentations 1:8 in English
Lamentations 1:8 · Berean Standard Bible
Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness;* she herself groans and turns away.
Context
6Fahari yote imeondoka
kutoka kwa Binti Sayuni.
Wakuu wake wako kama ayala
ambaye hapati malisho,
katika udhaifu wamekimbia
mbele ya anayewasaka. 7Katika siku za mateso yake na kutangatanga,
Yerusalemu hukumbuka hazina zote
ambazo zilikuwa zake siku za kale.
Wakati watu wake walipoanguka katika mikono ya adui,
hapakuwepo na yeyote wa kumsaidia.
Watesi wake walimtazama
na kumcheka katika maangamizi yake. 8Yerusalemu ametenda dhambi sana
kwa hiyo amekuwa najisi.
Wote waliomheshimu wanamdharau,
kwa maana wameuona uchi wake.
Yeye mwenyewe anapiga kite
na kugeukia mbali. 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.
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