Maombolezo 2:20
Lamentations 2:20 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
“Tazama, Ee Bwana, ufikirie: Ni nani ambaye umepata kumtendea namna hii? Je, wanawake wakule wazao wao, watoto waliowalea? Je, kuhani na nabii auawe mahali patakatifu pa Bwana?
Lamentations 2:20 in English
Lamentations 2:20 · Berean Standard Bible
Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Context
18Mioyo ya watu
inamlilia Bwana.
Ee ukuta wa Binti Sayuni,
machozi yako na yatiririke kama mto
usiku na mchana;
usijipe nafuu,
macho yako yasipumzike. 19Inuka, lia usiku,
zamu za usiku zianzapo;
mimina moyo wako kama maji
mbele za Bwana.
Mwinulie yeye mikono yako
kwa ajili ya maisha ya watoto wako,
ambao wanazimia kwa njaa
kwenye kila mwanzo wa barabara. 20“Tazama, Ee Bwana, ufikirie:
Ni nani ambaye umepata
kumtendea namna hii?
Je, wanawake wakule wazao wao,
watoto waliowalea?
Je, kuhani na nabii auawe
mahali patakatifu pa Bwana? 21“Vijana na wazee hujilaza pamoja
katika mavumbi ya barabarani,
wavulana wangu na wasichana
wameanguka kwa upanga.
Umewaua katika siku ya hasira yako,
umewachinja bila huruma. 22“Kama ulivyoita siku ya karamu,
ndivyo ulivyoagiza hofu kuu
dhidi yangu kila upande.
Katika siku ya hasira ya Bwana
hakuna yeyote aliyekwepa au kupona;
wale niliowatunza na kuwalea,
adui yangu amewaangamiza.”
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