Results for contentious translation from English to Xhosa

a continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
uqhoqhozo oluxikileyo mini ngemvula, nomfazi onengxabano, kuyafana;

it is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
kulungile ukuhlala ezweni eliyintlango, kunokuhlala nomfazi onengxabano neengqumbo.

but if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of god.
ke ukuba ubani ubonakala ethanda ukuphika, thina asinasiko linjalo, kwanawo amabandla kathixo.

but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
ke kwabo beyelenqe, bangayithambeliyo inyaniso, basuke bathambele intswela-bulungisa, kuya kubakho umsindo nengqumbo,

as coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
nqwa namalahle amnyama kumalahle avuthayo, nqwa neenkuni kumlilo, indoda enengxabano ukuphemba imbambano.