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Ole wao watelemkao kwenda Misri wapate msaada, na kutegemea farasi; watumainio magari kwa kuwa ni mengi, na wapanda farasi kwa kuwa ni hodari sana; lakini hawamwangalii Mtakatifu wa Israeli, wala hawamtafuti Bwana!
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
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Lakini yeye naye ana akili, naye ataleta uovu, wala hatayatangua maneno yake; bali ataondoka juu ya nyumba yao watendao mabaya, na juu ya msaada wa hao watendao maovu.
Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.
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Basi Wamisri ni wanadamu wala si Mungu, na farasi zao ni nyama wala si roho; na Bwana atakaponyosha mkono wake, yeye asaidiaye atajikwaa, na yeye asaidiwaye ataanguka, nao wote pamoja watakoma.
But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
4
Maana Bwana aniambia hivi, Kama vile ilivyo simba angurumapo na mwana-simba juu ya mawindo yake, wachungaji wengi wakiitwa ili kumpiga, lakini hatiwi hofu na sauti zao, wala kufanya woga kwa sababu ya mshindo wao; ndivyo Bwana wa majeshi atakavyoshuka ili kufanya vita juu ya mlima Sayuni, na juu ya kilima chake.
For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
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Kama ndege warukao, Bwana wa majeshi ataulinda Yerusalemu; ataulinda na kuuokoa, atapita juu yake na kuuhifadhi.
Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
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Mwelekeeni yeye mliyemwasi sana, enyi wana wa Israeli.
Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.
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Maana katika siku hiyo kila mtu atatupa sanamu zake za fedha, na sanamu zake za dhahabu, ambazo mikono yenu imezifanya, zikawa dhambi kwenu.
For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
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Ndipo huyo Mwashuri ataanguka kwa upanga ambao si wa mtu; na upanga usio upanga wa mtu utamla; naye ataukimbia upanga, na vijana wake watatoa kodi.
“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
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Na mwamba wake utatoweka kwa sababu ya hofu, nao wakuu wake wataionea bendera hofu kuu, asema Bwana, ambaye moto wake u katika Sayuni, na tanuru yake katika Yerusalemu.
Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.