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Itakuwa utakaposikia sauti ya Bwana, Mungu wako, kwa bidii, kutunza kuyafanya maagizo yake yote nikuagizayo leo, ndipo Bwana, Mungu wako, atakapokutukuza juu ya mataifa yote ya duniani;
“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
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na baraka hizi zote zitakujilia na kukupata usikiapo sauti ya Bwana, Mungu wako.
And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:
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Utabarikiwa mjini, utabarikiwa na mashambani.
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
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Utabarikiwa uzao wa tumbo lako, na uzao wa nchi yako, na uzao wa wanyama wako wa mifugo, maongeo ya ng'ombe wako, na wadogo wa kondoo zako.
The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
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Litabarikiwa kapu lako, na chombo chako cha kukandia unga.
Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.
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Utabarikiwa uingiapo, utabarikiwa na utokapo.
You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
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Bwana atawafanya adui zako wainukao juu yako kupigwa mbele yako; watakutokea kwa njia moja, lakini watakimbia mbele yako kwa njia saba.
The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
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Bwana ataiamuru baraka ije juu yako katika ghala zako, na mambo yote utakayotia mkono wako; naye atakubarikia katika nchi akupayo Bwana, Mungu wako.
The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
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Bwana atakuweka uwe taifa takatifu kwake, kama alivyokuapia; utakaposhika maagizo ya Bwana, Mungu wako, na kutembea katika njia zake.
The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
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Na mataifa yote ya duniani watakuona umeitwa kwa jina la Bwana, nao watakuwa na hofu kwako.
Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.
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Bwana atakufanya uwe na wingi wa uheri, katika uzao wa tumbo lako, na uzao wa wanyama wako wa mifugo, na uzao wa nchi yako, katika nchi Bwana aliyowaapia baba zako kwamba atakupa.
The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
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Atakufunulia Bwana hazina yake nzuri, nayo ni mbingu, kwa kutoa mvua ya nchi yako kwa wakati wake, na kwa kubarikia kazi yote ya mkono wako; nawe utakopesha mataifa mengi, wala hutakopa wewe.
The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
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Bwana atakufanya kuwa kichwa, wala si mkia; nawe utakuwa juu tu, wala huwi chini; utakapoyasikiza maagizo ya Bwana, Mungu wako, nikuagizayo hivi leo, kuyaangalia na kufanya;
The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
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msipokengeuka katika maneno niwaamuruyo leo kwa lo lote, kwenda mkono wa kuume wala wa kushoto, kwa kuifuata miungu mingine na kuitumikia.
Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.
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Lakini itakuwa usipotaka kuisikiza sauti ya Bwana, Mungu wako, usiyaangalie kufanya maagizo yake yote na amri zake, nikuagizazo hivi leo, ndipo zitakapokujia laana hizi zote na kukupata.
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
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Utalaaniwa mjini, utalaaniwa na mashambani.
You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
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Litalaaniwa kapu lako na chombo chako cha kukandia.
Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.
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Utalaaniwa uzao wa tumbo lako, na uzao wa nchi yako, maongeo ya ng'ombe wako, na wadogo wa kondoo zako.
The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
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Utalaaniwa uingiapo, utalaaniwa na utokapo,
You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
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Bwana atakuletea laana na mashaka, na kukemewa, katika yote utakayotia mkono wako kuyafanya, hata uangamie na kupotea kwa upesi; kwa ule uovu wa matendo yako, uliyoniacha kwayo.
The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
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Bwana atakuambatanisha na tauni, hata atakapokwisha kukuondoa katika nchi uingiayo kwa kuimiliki.
The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.
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Bwana atakupiga kwa kifua kikuu, na kwa homa, na kwa kuwashwa, na kwa hari ya moto, na kwa upanga, na kwa ukaufu, na kwa koga; navyo vitakufukuza hata uangamie.
The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.
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Na mbingu zako zilizo juu ya kichwa chako zitakuwa shaba, na nchi iliyo chini yako itakuwa chuma.
The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
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Bwana atafanya mvua ya nchi yako iwe vumbi na mchanga; itakujilia juu yako kutoka mbinguni hata uangamie.
The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.
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Bwana atakufanya upigwe mbele ya adui zako; utawatokea juu yao kwa njia moja, lakini utakimbia mbele yao kwa njia saba; nawe utatupwa huko na huko katika falme zote za duniani.
The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
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Na mzoga wako utakuwa chakula cha ndege wote wa angani, na wanyama wote wa duniani, pasiwe na mtu wa kuwafukuza.
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
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Bwana atakupiga kwa majipu ya Misri, na kwa bawasiri, na kwa pele, na kwa kujikuna, ambayo hupati kupoa.
The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
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Bwana atakupiga kwa wazimu, na kwa upofu, na kwa bumbuazi la moyoni;
The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,
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utakwenda kwa kupapasa-papasa mchana, kama apapasavyo kipofu gizani, wala hufanikiwi katika njia zako; nawe sikuzote utaonewa na kutekwa nyara, wala hapatakuwa na mtu wa kukuokoa.
and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
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Utaposa mke na mume mwingine atalala naye; utajenga nyumba usiikae; utapanda mizabibu usitumie matunda yake.
You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
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Ng'ombe wako atachinjwa mbele ya macho yako, usile nyama yake; utanyang'anywa punda wako mbele ya uso wako kwa jeuri, usirudishiwe; kondoo zako watapewa adui zako, usipate mtu wa kukuokoa.
Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
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Wanao na binti zako litapewa taifa lingine, na macho yako yataangalia, na kuzimia kwa kuwatamani mchana kutwa; wala hapatakuwa na kitu katika uwezo wa mkono wako.
Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
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Matunda ya nchi yako, na taabu yako yote, vitaliwa na taifa usilolijua; utaonewa tu, na kupondwa chini daima;
A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
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hata uwe mwenye wazimu kwa yaonwayo na macho yako, utakayoyaona.
You will be driven mad by the sights you see.
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Bwana atakupiga magoti na miguu kwa jipu lililo zito, usilopata kupozwa, tokea wayo wa mguu mpaka utosi wa kichwa.
The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
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Bwana atakupeleka wewe, na mfalme wako utakayemweka juu yako, kwa taifa usilolijua wewe wala baba zako; nawe huko utatumikia miungu mingine ya miti na mawe.
The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
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Nawe utakuwa ushangao, na mithali, na dharau, kati ya mataifa yote huko atakakokuongoza Bwana.
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
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Mbegu nyingi utazichukua nje shambani, lakini utavuna haba, kwa kuwa nzige watazila.
You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
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Utapanda mizabibu na kuitengeza, wala hutakunywa katika divai yake, wala kuichuma kwani italiwa na mabuu.
You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
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Utakuwa na mizeituni katika mipaka yako yote usijipake mafuta yake; kwa kuwa mzeituni wako utapukutika.
You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.
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Utazaa wana na binti, lakini hawatakuwa wako wewe; kwa sababu watakwenda utumwani.
You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
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Miti yako yote, na mazao ya nchi yako, nzige watakuwa nayo.
Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
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Mgeni aliye kati yako atazidi kupaa juu yako; nawe utazidi kushuka chini.
The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
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Yeye atakukopesha, wala wewe usimkopeshe; yeye atakuwa ni kichwa, wewe utakuwa mkia.
He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
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Na laana hizi zote zitakujilia juu yako, zitakuandama na kukupata, hata uangamizwe, kwa kuwa hukuisikiza sauti ya Bwana, Mungu wako, kushika maagizo yake na amri zake alizokuagiza;
All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.
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nazo zitakuwa juu yako kwa ishara na ajabu, na juu ya uzao wako milele;
These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.
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kwa kuwa hukumtumikia Bwana, Mungu wako, kwa furaha na moyo wa kushukuru, kwa ajili ya ule wingi wa vitu vyote;
Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
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kwa hiyo utawatumikia adui zako atakaowaleta Bwana juu yako, kwa njaa, na kwa kiu, na kwa uchi, na kwa uhitaji wa vitu vyote; naye atakuvika kongwa la chuma shingoni mwako, hata atakapokwisha kukuangamiza.
you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
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Bwana atakuletea taifa juu yako kutoka mbali, kutoka ncha ya dunia, kama arukavyo tai; taifa usiloufahamu ulimi wake;
The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
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taifa lenye uso mkali, ambalo haliangalii uso wa mzee, wala halipendelei kijana;
a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
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naye atakula uzao wa ng'ombe wako wa mifugo, na uzao wa nchi yako mpaka utakapokwisha kuangamizwa; wala hatakuachia nafaka, wala divai, wala mafuta, wala maongeo ya ng'ombe wako, wala wana-kondoo wako, hata atakapokwisha kukuangamiza.
They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.
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Naye atakuhusuru katika malango yako yote, hata kuta zako ndefu, zenye maboma, ulizokuwa ukiziamini, zishuke, katika nchi yako yote kila upande; naye atakuhusuru katika malango yako yote kila upande, katika nchi yako yote aliyokupa Bwana, Mungu wako.
They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
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Nawe utakula uzao wa tumbo lako mwenyewe, nyama ya wana wako na binti zako aliokupa Bwana, Mungu wako; katika mazingirwa na katika mkazo utakaokazwa na adui zako.
Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.
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Mtu mume kati yenu aliye mwororo na laini sana, jicho lake litakuwa ovu juu ya nduguye, na juu ya mke wa kifuani mwake, na juu ya masalio ya wanawe waliosalia naye;
The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
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hata asitake wao mmojawapo apewe katika nyama ya wanawe atakaowala, kwa kuwa hana kitu kilichomsalia kwake; katika mazingirwa na mkazo utakaokazwa na adui yako katika malango yako yote.
refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.
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Mwanamke kati yenu aliye mwororo na laini, ambaye hangehatirisha kuweka wayo wa mguu wake nchi kwa umalidadi na ulaini, jicho lake huyu litakuwa ovu juu ya mume wa kifuani mwake, na juu ya mwanawe, na juu ya binti yake,
The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
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na juu ya mchanga wake atokaye katikati ya miguu yake, na juu ya wanawe atakaowazaa; kwa kuwa atawala kwa siri, kwa uhitaji wa vitu vyote; katika mazingirwa na mkazo utakaokazwa na adui yako katika malango yako.
the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.
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Kama hutaki kutunza kufanya maneno yote ya torati hii yaliyoandikwa katika kitabu hiki, upate kulicha jina hili la fahari na utisho, Bwana, MUNGU WAKO;
If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
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ndipo atakapofanya Bwana mapigo yako yawe ya ajabu, na mapigo ya uzao wako, mapigo makubwa kwa kweli, ya kudumu sana, na magonjwa mazito ya kudumu sana.
He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.
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Naye atakurejezea maradhi yote ya Misri juu yako uliyokuwa ukiyaogopa, nayo yataambatana nawe.
He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you.
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Tena kila ugonjwa, na kila pigo yasiyoandikwa katika kitabu cha torati hii, atakutia nayo Bwana juu yako, hata utakapokwisha kuangamizwa.
The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.
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Nanyi mtasalia wachache kwa hesabu, ninyi mliokuwa mfano wa nyota za mbinguni kwa wingi; kwa kuwa hukuisikiza sauti ya Bwana, Mungu wako.
You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
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Tena itakuwa, kama vile alivyokuwa akifurahi Bwana juu yenu kwa kuwatendea mema na kuwafanya kuwa wengi, ndivyo atakavyofurahi Bwana juu yenu kwa kuwapoteza na kuwaangamiza; nanyi mtanyakuliwa katika hiyo nchi mwingiayo kuimiliki.
Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
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Bwana atakutawanya katika mataifa yote, tokea ncha hii ya dunia hata ncha hii ya dunia; nawe huko utatumikia miungu mingine usiyoijua wewe wala baba zako, nayo ni miti na mawe.
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
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Wala katika mataifa hayo hutapata raha iwayo yote, wala hutakuwa na kituo cha wayo wa mguu wako; lakini Bwana atakupa huko moyo wa kutetema, na macho ya kuzimia, na roho ya kudhoofika;
Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
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na uzima wako utakuwa na wasiwasi mbele yako; nawe utakuwa na woga usiku na mchana, wala hutaamini kamwe maisha yako;
So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.
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asubuhi utasema, Laiti ingekuwa jioni! Na jioni utasema, Laiti ingekuwa asubuhi! Kwa kicho cha moyo wako utakavyokucha, na kuona kwa macho yako utakavyoona.
In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.
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Bwana atakurudisha tena Misri kwa merikebu, kwa njia ambayo nilikuambia, Hutaiona tena po pote; nanyi huko mtajiuza nafsi zenu kwa adui zenu kuwa watumwa na wajakazi, wala hapana atakayewanunua.
The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”