Jonah 1:7

Kisha mabaharia wakasemezana wao kwa wao, “Njooni, tupige kura tumtafute anayehusika na maafa haya.” Wakapiga kura, kura ikamwangukia Yona.

Biblia (Kiswahili)

In The King James Version

And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

In Context

6Nahodha akamwendea na kusema, “Wewe unawezaje kulala? Amka ukamwite mungu wako! Huenda akatuangalia, tusiangamie.”

8Kwa hiyo walimuuliza, “Tuambie, ni nani anayehusika kwa kutuletea tatizo hili lote? Unafanya kazi gani? Umetoka wapi? Nchi yako ni ipi? Wewe ni kutoka taifa lipi?”

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Cross References

Numbers 32:23“Lakini mkishindwa kufanya hili, mtakuwa mnatenda dhambi dhidi ya Bwana; nanyi kuweni na hakika kuwa dhambi yenu itawapata.

Joshua 7:13“Nenda, ukawatakase watu. Waambie, ‘Jitakaseni mjiandae kwa kesho; kwa sababu hili ndilo asemalo Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli: Kitu kilichowekwa wakfu kipo katikati yenu, ee Israeli. Hamwezi kusimama dhidi ya adui zenu mpaka mtakapokiondoa.

Judges 7:13Gideoni alifika wakati huo huo kukiwa na mtu mmoja aliyekuwa anamweleza mwenzake ndoto yake, akisema, “Niliota ndoto: Tazama mkate wa shayiri ulioviringana ulianguka katika kambi moja ya Wamidiani, ukaipiga na ikaanguka nao ukaipindua juu chini na hema ikaporomoka chini.”

1 Samuel 10:20Samweli alipoyasogeza makabila yote ya Israeli, kabila la Benyamini likachaguliwa.

1 Samuel 14:41Kisha Sauli akamwomba Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, akisema, “Nipe jibu lililo sawa.” Yonathani na Sauli wakatolewa kwa kura, nao watu wakawa salama.

Job 10:2Nitamwambia Mungu: Usinihukumu, 2 bali niambie una mashtaka gani dhidi yangu. 1

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