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Lamentations 2:14 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015

Maono ya manabii wako yalikuwa ya uongo na yasiyofaa kitu, hawakuifunua dhambi yako ili kukuzuilia kwenda utumwani. Maneno waliyokupa yalikuwa ya uongo na ya kupotosha.

Lamentations 2:14 in English

Lamentations 2:14 · Berean Standard Bible

The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.

Context

12Wanawaambia mama zao, “Wapi mkate na divai?” wazimiapo kama watu waliojeruhiwa katika barabara za mji, maisha yao yadhoofikavyo mikononi mwa mama zao. 13Ninaweza kusema nini kwa ajili yako? Nikulinganishe na nini, ee Binti Yerusalemu? Nitakufananisha na nini, ili nipate kukufariji, ee Bikira Binti Sayuni? Jeraha lako lina kina kama bahari. Ni nani awezaye kukuponya? 14Maono ya manabii wako yalikuwa ya uongo na yasiyofaa kitu, hawakuifunua dhambi yako ili kukuzuilia kwenda utumwani. Maneno waliyokupa yalikuwa ya uongo na ya kupotosha. 15Wote wapitiao njia yako wanakupigia makofi, wanakudhihaki na kutikisa vichwa vyao kwa Binti Yerusalemu: “Huu ndio ule mji ulioitwa mkamilifu wa uzuri, furaha ya dunia yote?” 16Adui zako wote wanapanua vinywa vyao dhidi yako, wanadhihaki na kusaga meno yao na kusema, “Tumemmeza. Hii ndiyo siku tuliyoingojea, tumeishi na kuiona.”

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