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Proverbs 27:22 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015

Hata ukimtwanga mpumbavu kwenye kinu, ukimtwanga kama nafaka kwa mchi, hutauondoa upumbavu wake.

Proverbs 27:22 in English

Proverbs 27:22 · Berean Standard Bible

Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

Context

20Kuzimu na Uharibifu havishibi kadhalika macho ya mwanadamu. 21Kalibu ni kwa ajili ya fedha na tanuru kwa ajili ya dhahabu, bali mtu hupimwa kwa sifa azipokeazo. 22Hata ukimtwanga mpumbavu kwenye kinu, ukimtwanga kama nafaka kwa mchi, hutauondoa upumbavu wake. 23Hakikisha kuwa unajua hali ya makundi yako ya kondoo na mbuzi, angalia kwa bidii ngʼombe zako. 24Kwa kuwa utajiri haudumu milele, nayo taji haidumu vizazi vyote.

Swahili text and audio: Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version™, made available under an open license by Biblica, Inc.