Results for mfungwa translation from Swahili to English

mfungwa
prisoner

wauguzi wengi walinitendea kama binadamu badala ya mfungwa.
most of the nurses treated me as a human instead of a prisoner.

wakati huo kulikuwa na mfungwa mmoja, jina lake baraba.
and they had then a notable prisoner, called barabbas.

epafra, mfungwa mwenzangu kwa ajili ya kristo yesu, anakusalimu.
there salute thee epaphras, my fellowprisoner in christ jesus;

kila sikukuu ya pasaka, ilimlazimu pilato kuwafungulia mfungwa mmoja.
(for of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)

nilipowaambia kuwa, mimi ni mfungwa, walishikwa na butwaa”, anasema.
when i told them i was a prisoner they were excited", he says.

ni dhahiri kwangu kwamba umejaa wivu mkali na mfungwa wa dhambi!"
for i perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

zin linn, mfungwa wa zamani wa kisiasa, alielezea kuhusu gereza la win tin:
zin linn, a former political prisoner, described win tin’s prison cell:

kwa maana nadhani itakuwa kichekesho kumpeleka mfungwa bila kutaja wazi mashtaka yanayomkabili."
for it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.

aidha, yeye ni mke wa mfungwa ambaye amekuwa kizuizini kwa miaka nane bila ya kufunguliwa mashtaka.
moreover, she is the wife of a prisoner who has been detained for eight years without a trial.

amina ni mfungwa wa unafiki wa kisiasa nchini tunisia na kimya cha wale wanaojidai kuwa wanademokrasia lakini hawajaribu kuonyesha msimamo katika vita hivi vinavyoendelea.
amina is the prisoner of the tunisian political hypocrisy and the silence of those claiming to be democrats but do not dare to take sides in this ongoing battle.

mfungwa huyo amewekwa ndani nchini syria kwa miaka minne na marafiki na wanaharakati wana wasiwasi na maisha yake baada ya kuhamishwa leo kutoka kwenye gereza alilokuwemo kwenda mahali kusikojulikana
bassel safadi has been imprisoned in syria for almost four years and friends and activists fear for his life after he was transferred from his prison today to an unknown location

lakini kwa sababu ya upendo, ni afadhali zaidi nikuombe. nafanya hivi ingawa mimi ni paulo, balozi wa kristo yesu, na sasa pia mfungwa kwa ajili yake.
yet for love's sake i rather beseech thee, being such an one as paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of jesus christ.

wakati mimi nafahamu na kuheshimu mapambano ya nelson mandela na kule kuwa mfungwa wa kisiasa ndani ya nchi yake mwenyewe kwa sehemu kubwa ya maisha yake, lakini sifahamu itikadi zake za kisiasa baada ya kifungo na urafiki aliokuwa nao na baadhi ya viongozi wabovu wa dunia.
while i appreciate and respect nelson mandela's struggles and his being a political prisoner within his own country for a large part of his life, i am not unaware of his post-prison political ideology and all the friendships he held with some of the world's nastiest leaders.

kufariki kwake ni ukumbusho wa kujitolea kwa wafungwa wa kihistoria wa kisiasa duniani, kama vile cuba eusebio penalver mazorra, mfungwa wa kisiasa aliyefungwa kwa muda mrefu mwenye asili ya afrika katika historia ya kisiasa, baada ya kutumikia kifungo chake kwa miaka 28.
his passing is also a reminder of the sacrifice of the world's historic political prisoners, such as cuba's eusebio penalver mazorra, the longest serving political prisoner of african descent in modern history, having served 28-years.

askari akamchukua huyo kijana, akamwongoza mpaka kwa mkuu wa jeshi, akasema, "yule mfungwa paulo ameniita akaniomba nimlete kijana huyu kwako kwa maana ana jambo la kukwambia."
so he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.

vuguvugu zote mbili, lile la mgomo na lile la maandamano yalichochewa na madai ya hivi karibuni kwamba gazeti hilo limekuwa likijaribu kumchafua rais lula da silva kupitia makala iliyoandikwa na césar benjamin, ambaye alikuwa mtu wa karibu na rais huyo na ambaye sasa ni mwandishi wa makala wa gazeti hilo la folha, ambapo anadai kwamba lula alikiri kuwa mwaka 1994, lula alijaribu kumlazimisha mfungwa mwenzake kufanya ngono alipokuwa amefungwa kwa kosa la kisiasa katika miaka ya 80. pamoja na watu wanaodaiwa kuwepo katika mazungumzo hayo kukataa na hata wale waliofungwa pamoja na lula wakati wa utawala wa kidikteta, ikiwa ni pamoja na mfungwa huyo anayedaiwa kutendewa hayo, mwandishi wa makala aliomba msamaha kwa kosa hilo na gazeti hilo lilitakiwa kuchapisha habari mpya ili kukanusha shutuma hizo siku chache baadae.
both the boycott campaign and the demonstration were sparked by the newspaper's latest alleged attempt at character assassination against brazilian president lula da silva, this time by publishing an article by césar benjamin, an ex-ally and current folha columnist, claiming that lula admitted in 1994 he had attempted to sexually subdue a fellow inmate when jailed for political crime in the 80's. with the denial of the other people present at the said conversation and even those jailed with lula during the dictatorship, including the said assaulted inmate, the author of the article apologised for any offense and the newspaper was forced to publish new stories denying the allegations a few days later.