Je was op zoek naar: had been (Engels - Swahili)

then he who had been rebellious
basi ama yule aliye zidi ujeuri,

they had been affluent before,
hakika hao walikuwa kabla ya haya wakiishi maisha ya anasa.

would it had been the end!
laiti mauti ndiyo yangeli kuwa ya kunimaliza kabisa.

she had been writing a letter
alikuwa akiandika barua

yes, his lord had been watching him.
kwani? hakika mola wake mlezi alikuwa akimwona!

that is the day they had been promised.
hiyo ndiyo siku waliyo kuwa wakiahidiwa.

about whatever they had been doing!
kwa waliyo kuwa wakiyatenda.

oh, would that it had been death!
laiti mauti ndiyo yangeli kuwa ya kunimaliza kabisa.

indeed they had been affluent before this,
hakika hao walikuwa kabla ya haya wakiishi maisha ya anasa.

surely, evil is what they had been doing.
hakika ni maovu yalioje mambo waliyo kuwa wakiyafanya!

have you thought, if he had been on guidance
umeona kama yeye yuko juu ya uwongofu?

and the delights which they had been enjoying!
na neema walizo kuwa wakijistareheshea!

but god certainly knows what they had been doing.
(wataambiwa): kwani! hakika mwenyezi mungu anajua sana mliyo kuwa mkiyatenda.

evil was that rain for those who had been warned!
ni ovu kweli kweli hiyo mvua ya walio kwisha onywa.

observe then the fate of those who had been forewarned.
basi angalia vipi ulikuwa mwisho wa walio onywa.

and we delivered those who believed and had been fearing.
na tukawaokoa walio amini na wakawa wanamcha-mngu.

and in the morning it was if the garden had been reaped.
likawa kama usiku wa giza.

"i wish, would that it had been my end (death)!
laiti mauti ndiyo yangeli kuwa ya kunimaliza kabisa.

then in the morning it became as though it had been reaped.
likawa kama usiku wa giza.

but did they not reject before what had been given to moses?
kwani wao hawakuyakataa aliyo pewa musa zamani?