Sefania 3:7
Zephaniah 3:7 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Niliuambia huo mji, ‘Hakika utaniogopa na kukubali maonyo!’ Ndipo makao yake hayatafutiliwa mbali, wala adhabu zangu zote hazitakuja juu yake. Lakini walikuwa bado na shauku kutenda kwa upotovu katika yote waliyofanya.”
Zephaniah 3:7 in English
Zephaniah 3:7 · Berean Standard Bible
I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
Context
5Bwana aliye ndani yake ni mwenye haki,
hafanyi kosa.
Asubuhi kwa asubuhi hutoa haki yake,
kila kukipambazuka huitimiza,
bali mtu dhalimu hana aibu. 6“Nimeyafutilia mbali mataifa,
ngome zao zimebomolewa.
Nimeziacha barabara ukiwa,
hakuna anayepita humo.
Miji yao imeharibiwa;
hakuna mmoja atakayeachwa:
hakuna hata mmoja. 7Niliuambia huo mji,
‘Hakika utaniogopa na kukubali maonyo!’
Ndipo makao yake hayatafutiliwa mbali,
wala adhabu zangu zote hazitakuja juu yake.
Lakini walikuwa bado na shauku
kutenda kwa upotovu katika yote waliyofanya.” 8Bwana anasema,
“Kwa hiyo ningojee mimi,
siku nitakayosimama kuteka nyara.
Nimeamua kukusanya mataifa,
kukusanya falme
na kumimina ghadhabu yangu juu yao,
hasira yangu kali yote.
Dunia yote itateketezwa
kwa moto wa wivu wa hasira yangu. 9“Ndipo nitatakasa midomo ya mataifa,
kwamba wote waweze kuliitia jina la Bwana
na kumtumikia kwa pamoja.
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