Mithali 23:7
Proverbs 23:7 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
kwa maana yeye ni aina ya mtu ambaye kila mara anafikiri juu ya gharama. Anakuambia, “Kula na kunywa,” lakini moyo wake hauko pamoja nawe.
Proverbs 23:7 in English
Proverbs 23:7 · Berean Standard Bible
for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost.* “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
Context
5Kufumba na kufumbua utajiri hutoweka,
huwa kama umepata mabawa ghafula,
ukaruka na kutoweka angani kama tai. 6Usile chakula cha mtu mchoyo,
usitamani vyakula vyake vitamu, 7kwa maana yeye ni aina ya mtu
ambaye kila mara anafikiri juu ya gharama.
Anakuambia, “Kula na kunywa,”
lakini moyo wake hauko pamoja nawe. 8Utatapika kile kidogo ulichokula,
nawe utakuwa umepoteza bure
maneno yako ya kumsifu. 9Usizungumze na mpumbavu,
kwa maana atadhihaki hekima ya maneno yako.
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