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Welcome to Swahili Bible site! Swahili, also known as Kiswahili, is a Bantu language and the first language of the Swahili people. It is a lingua franca of the African Great Lakes region and other parts of eastern and southeastern Africa, including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is estimated that around 15 Million users speak it. The New Testament was first translated into Swahili around 1850. United Bible Societies is working towards making this Bible available to all who need it.

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Bible Society of Kenya

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  • EKITABU EKY’OKUBANZA KYA MUSA, EKIRIKWETWA OKUBANZA
  • EKITABU EKYAKABIRI KYA MUSA EKIRUKWETWA OKURUGA
  • EKITABU KYA MUSA EKYAKASATU, EKIRUKWETWA EBYABALEVI
  • EKITABU KYA MUSA EKYAKANA EKIBETA OKUBARA OKUBARA
  • EKITABU KYA MUSA EKYAKATANO, EKIRUKWETWA EKYEBIRAGIRO OBWA KABIRI
  • EKITABU KYA YOSUHA
  • EKITABU EKYABACWI BEMISANGO
  • EKITABU KYA RUSI
  • EKITABU KYA SAMUIRI EKYOKUBANZA.
  • EKITABU KYA SAMUIRI EKYAKABIRI.
  • EKITABU KYABAKAMA EKYOBUBANZA
  • EKITABU KYABAKAMA EKYAKABIRI
  • EKITABU EKYEBYOMUBUSINGE BWABAKAMA EKYOKUBANZA
  • EKITABU EKYEBYOMUBUSINGE BWABAKAMA EKYAKABIRI.
  • EZERA
  • EKITABU KYA NEHEMIYA
  • EKITABU KYA ESITERI
  • EKITABU KYA YOBU
  • ZABULI EKITABU 1
  • ENFUMO
  • OMUGAMBIZI.
  • EKIZINA EKIRUKUKIRA EBIZINA
  • EKITABU EKYA NABI ISAYA.
  • EKITABU KYA NABI YEREMIYA
  • EMPAMO EZA YEREMIYA
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  • EKITABU KYA DANIERI
  • HOSEYA
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  • OBADIYA
  • YONA
  • MIKA
  • NAHUMU
  • HABAKUKI.
  • ZEFANIYA
  • HAGAI
  • ZAKALIYA
  • MARAKI
  • ENJIRI NKOKUYAHANDIKIRWE MATAYO
  • ENJIRI NKOKUYAHANDIKIRWE MARAKO
  • ENJIRI NKOKUYAHANDIKIRWE LUKA
  • ENJIRI NKOKUYAHANDIKIRWE YOHANA
  • ENGESO EZABAKWENDA
  • ABARUHA YA PAULO OMUKWENDA HALI ABARUMI
  • ABARUHA YA PAULO OMUKWENDA HALI ABAKOLINSO EYOKUBANZA
  • ABARUHA YA PAULO OMUKWENDA HALI ABAKOLINSO EYAKABIRI.
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  • ABARUHA YA PAULO OMUKWENDA HALI ABEFESO
  • ABARUHA YA PAULO OMUKWENDA HALI ABAFIRIPI
  • EBARUHA YA PAULO OMUKWENDA HALI ABAKOLOSAI
  • ABARUHA YA PAULO OMUKWENDA HALI ABASESALONIKA EYOKUBANZA.
  • EBARUHA YA PAULO OMUKWENDA HALI ABASESALONIKA EYAKABIRI.
  • ABARUHA YA PAULO OMUKWENDA HALI TIMOSEO EYOKUBANZA
  • EBARUHA YA PAULO OMUKWENDA HALI TIMOSEO EYAKABIRI.
  • EBARUHA YA PAULO HALI TITO
  • EBARUHA YA PAULO HALI FIREMONI
  • EBARUHA YA PAULO OMUKWENDA HALI ABAHEBURANIYA
  • EBARUHA YA YAKOBO HALI EKANISA ZONA
  • EBARUHA EYA PETERO EYOKUBANZA HALI EKANISA ZONA
  • EBARUHA EYA PETERO EYAKABIRI HALI EKANISA ZONA.
  • EBARUHA EYA YOHANA EYOKUBANZA HALI EKANISA ZONA
  • EBARUHA EYA YOHANA EYAKABIRI
  • EBARUHA EYA YOHANA EYAKASATU.
  • EBARUHA EYA YUDA HALI EKANISA ZONA.
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1KANDI kikahika omu biri abacwi bemisango obubalega, enjara ekagwa omu nsi. Omusaija owomu Beterehemu- yuda yagenda okurara omu nsi ya Moabu uwe, na mukaziwe batabanibe babiri. 2Ibara lyomusaija nuwe Erimereki, nibara lya mukaziwe nuwe Naomi, na mabara ga batabanibe babiri nibo Maharoni na Kiryoni, Abaferasi abomu Beterehemu- yuda. Baija omu nsi ya Moabu baikarayo. 3Kandi Erimereki iba Naomi akafa; uwe omukazi yasigaraho na batabanibe babiri. 4Kandi baswera abakazi abomu bakazi ba Moabu; ibara lyomu nuwe Orupa, nibara lyondi nuwe Rusi: baikarayo nkemyaka ikumi. 5Kandi Maharoni na Kiryoni bakafa bombi; omukazi yaferwa abanabe ababiri niba. 6Nubwo yaimuka hamu nabakabanabe arugeyo omunsi ya Moabu: baitu ngu ahulire omu nsi ya Moabu ngu MUKAMA abungire abantube nabaha ebyokulya. 7Yarugayo omu kiikaro eki hakabali, nabakabanabe ababiri hamu nauwe; bagenda omu muhanda okugarukayo omu nsi ya Yuda. 8Kandi Naomi yagambira bakabanabe ababiiri ati Mugende inywembi, mugarukeyo omu omu omu nju ya nyina: MUKAMA abakole nembabazi nkokumwakoraga abo abafire na nyowe. 9MUKAMA aikirize mutunge okuhumura, wena omulinywe omu nju ya iba. Nubwo yabanywegera; baimukya amaraka gabu niba’ra. 10Bamugambira ngu Nangwa, baitu tutuligarukayo naiwe omu Bantu bowanyu. 11Naomi yagamba ati: Mugarukire hanu baisiki bange: kiki ekirukubagendesa nanyowe nyowe nkinyina abana bomunda yange, bafoke baiba inywe? 12Mugarukire hanu baisiki bange, mwegendere; Baitu mpinguraine emyaka okuba niba. Kuba ngambire nti Ninihira, rundi kuba mba niba ekiro kinu, 13nkazara abana; inywe muba nimuikaraho okuhikya obubalikura? muba mwaikaraho okutaswerwa abandi? Nangwa baisiki bange; baitu nsalirwe muno habwanyu, baitu omukono gwa MUKAMA gurugireyo okunsaliza. 14Baimukya amaraka gabu, nibagaruka oku’ra: kandi Orupa yanywegera nyinazara; baitu Rusi yamugumira. 15Yagamba ati Dora, mwene wanyu agarukireyo hali batabanibe na hali omucweziwe: garukayo ogende na mwene wanyu. 16Rusi yagamba ati Otanyesengereza Okukuleka, nokugarukayo okutakuratira iwe: baitu nambere ogenda, nuho ndigenda; nambere ogonya, nanyowe nuho ndigonya: abantu bawe nibo baliba abantu bange, na Ruhanga wawe nuwe aliba Ruhanga wange: 17Nambere olifera, nuho ndifera, kandi nuho ndizikwa: MUKAMA akole ati nokukiraho, ekintu kyona obukiriba nikibaganiza iwe nanyowe, rundi okufa kwonka. 18Kandi obuyaboine amalirire okugenda nauwe, yaleka okubaza nauwe. 19Nukwo abo bombi bagenda bahika Beterehemu. Kandi kyahika, obubaizire Beterehemu, orubuga rwona rwabahuni’raho, nabakazi bagamba ngu Onu nuwe Naomi? 20Yabagambira ati Muleke okunyeta Naomi, munyete Mara: baitu Owobusobozi bwona ankolire ebirukusara. 21Nkaruga nyijuire, MUKAMA angaruire hanu ntarumu: kiki ekirukubanyesa Naomi obumuboine MUKAMA anyolekere kubi, kandi Owobusobozi bwona ambonaboneseze? 22Nukwo Naomi yagarukire ati na Rusi Omumoabu, ati mwanawe hamu nauwe, ayerugireyo omu nsi ya Moabu; kandi baija Beterehemu amagesa ga sayiri nambere gabandiza.

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