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Tena neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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Mwanadamu, kaza uso wako juu ya mlima Seiri, ukatabiri juu yake,
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
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uuambie, Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Tazama, mimi ni juu yako, Ee mlima Seiri, nami
and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.
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Miji yako nitaiharibu, nawe utakuwa ukiwa; nawe utajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana.
I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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Kwa kuwa umekuwa na uadui usiokoma, nawe umewatoa wana wa Israeli wapigwe kwa
Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
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Basi, kama mimi niishivyo, asema Bwana MUNGU, nitakuweka tayari kwa damu, na damu
therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.
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Hivyo ndivyo nitakavyoufanya mlima Seiri kuwa ajabu na ukiwa; nami nitakatilia
I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.
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Nami nitaijaza milima yake watu wake waliouawa; katika milima yako, na katika
I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.
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Nitakufanya kuwa ukiwa wa daima, na miji yako haitakaliwa na watu; nanyi mtajua
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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Kwa sababu umesema, Mataifa haya mawili na nchi hizi mbili zitakuwa zangu, nasi
Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
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Basi, kama mimi niishivyo, asema Bwana MUNGU, nitatenda kwa kadiri ya hasira
therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.
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Nawe utajua ya kuwa mimi, Bwana, nimeyasikia matukano yako yote, uliyoyanena juu
Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’
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Nanyi mmejitukuza juu yangu kwa vinywa vyenu, na kuyaongeza maneno juu yangu;
You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!
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Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Dunia yote itakapofurahi, nitakufanya kuwa ukiwa.
This is what the Lord GOD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.
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Kama vile ulivyofurahi juu ya urithi wa nyumba ya Israeli, kwa sababu ilikuwa
As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.