Nehemia 5:4
Nehemiah 5:4 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Bado kukawa na wengine waliokuwa wakisema, “Ilitubidi tukope fedha ili kulipa kodi ya mfalme kwa ajili ya mashamba yetu na mashamba yetu ya mizabibu.
Nehemiah 5:4 in English
Nehemiah 5:4 · Berean Standard Bible
Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
Context
2Baadhi yao walikuwa wakisema, “Sisi na wana wetu na binti zetu tuko wengi. Ili tuweze kula na kuishi, ni lazima tupate nafaka.” 3Wengine walikuwa wakisema, “Tunaweka rehani mashamba yetu, mashamba ya mizabibu, na nyumba zetu ili tupate nafaka wakati wa njaa.” 4Bado kukawa na wengine waliokuwa wakisema, “Ilitubidi tukope fedha ili kulipa kodi ya mfalme kwa ajili ya mashamba yetu na mashamba yetu ya mizabibu. 5Ingawa sisi ni mwili na damu moja sawa na watu wa nchi yetu, na ijapo wana wetu ni wazuri kama wana wao, bado inatupasa kuwatoa wana wetu na binti zetu kwenye utumwa. Baadhi ya binti zetu wameshakuwa watumwa tayari, lakini hatuna uwezo wa kuwakomboa, kwa sababu mashamba yetu na mashamba ya mizabibu yetu ni mali ya wengine.” 6Niliposikia kilio chao na malalamiko haya, nilikasirika sana.
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