Maombolezo 4:7
Lamentations 4:7 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Wakuu wao walikuwa wamengʼaa kuliko theluji na weupe kuliko maziwa, miili yao ilikuwa myekundu kuliko marijani, kuonekana kwao kama yakuti samawi.
Lamentations 4:7 in English
Lamentations 4:7 · Berean Standard Bible
Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance * like sapphires.*
Context
5Wale waliokula vyakula vya kifahari
ni maskini barabarani.
Wale waliokuzwa wakivaa nguo za zambarau
sasa wanalalia majivu. 6Adhabu ya watu wangu
ni kubwa kuliko ile ya Sodoma,
ambayo ilipinduliwa ghafula
bila kuwepo mkono wa msaada. 7Wakuu wao walikuwa wamengʼaa kuliko theluji
na weupe kuliko maziwa,
miili yao ilikuwa myekundu kuliko marijani,
kuonekana kwao kama yakuti samawi. 8Lakini sasa ni weusi kuliko masizi;
hawatambulikani barabarani.
Ngozi yao imeshikamana juu ya mifupa yao,
imekuwa mikavu kama fimbo. 9Wale waliouawa kwa upanga ni bora
kuliko wale wanaokufa njaa;
wanateseka kwa njaa, wanatokomea
kwa kukosa chakula kutoka shambani.
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