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instead of this
badala yake

instead of god?”
badala ya mwenyezi mungu?

instead of allah?
badala ya mwenyezi mungu?

instead, they failed them.
bali waliwapotea!

instead, they abused him verbally.
badala yake, waliendelea kumtukana.

instead, they ascribed falsehood to him.
wanamzulia uwongo tu mwenyezi mungu.

and do they laugh instead of weeping,
na mnacheka, wala hamlii?

you are our wali (lord) instead of them.
wewe ndiye kipenzi chetu si hao.

instead, the problem is a lack of will:
badala yake, tatizo ni kukosekana kwa nia:

do you lust after men instead of women?
hivyo nyinyi mnawaingilia wanaume kwa matamanio badala ya wanawake?

not below but instead on the missionaries own blog.
siyo hapa chini, bali katika blogu ya mmisionari.

but [instead], he denied and turned away.
bali alikanusha, na akageuka.

bow instead in adoration before god and worship him.
basi msujudieni mwenyezi mungu, na mumuabudu.

fie on you, and on what you worship instead of god.
aibu yenu nyinyi na hivyo mnavyo viabudu badala ya mwenyezi mungu!

instead he finds god who gives him his due recompense.
hata akiyaendea hapati chochote. na atamkuta mwenyezi mungu hapo naye amlipe hisabu yake sawa sawa.

do not take the faithless for friends instead of the faithful.
msiwafanye makafiri kuwa ndio marafiki badala ya waumini.

do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women?
hivyo nyinyi mnawaingilia wanaume kwa matamanio badala ya wanawake?

believers are not to take disbelievers for friends instead of believers.
waumini wasiwafanye makafiri kuwa wapenzi wao badala ya waumini.

say, “have you considered those you worship instead of god?
je! mwawaona wale mnao waomba badala ya mwenyezi mungu?

instead of your wives, whom your lord has created specially for you?
na mnaacha alicho kuumbieni mola wenu mlezi katika wake zenu?