Results for umthinjana translation from Xhosa to English

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ngaloo mini uya kuwa isiduli umthinjana omhle nomlisela, linxano.
in that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

uvuka kwasebusuku, ayinike into edliwayo indlu yakhe, awunike umsebenzi wawo umthinjana wakhe.
she riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

kaloku akasihlobo sethu na ubhohazi, lowo umthinjana ubunawo? nanko esela irhasi ngobu busuku esandeni.
and now is not boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

kuba kungakanani na ukulunga kwabo, bungakanani na ubuhle babo! ingqolowa iya konwabisa umlisela, iwayini entsha iwonwabise umthinjana.
for how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

ahleli emhlabeni ethe cwaka amadoda amakhulu entombi enguziyon; azigalele ngomhlaba entloko, abhinqe ezirhwexayo; uzithobele emhlabeni iintloko zawo umthinjana waseyerusalem.
the elders of the daughter of zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

balele emhlabeni phandle oyinkwenkwe noyindoda enkulu; umthinjana wam namadodana am awile likrele; ubulele ngemini yomsindo wakho, usikile, akwaconga.
the young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.