Results for gëmmeentu translation from Wolof to English

ni boroom séet bi yéexee ñëw nag, ñépp gëmmeentu bay nelaw.
while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

fekk piyeer ak ñi mu àndal doon gëmmeentu, waaye bi ñu yeewoo bu baax, ñu gis ndamu yeesu, ak ñaari nit ñu taxaw ci wetam.
but peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.

looloo tax mbind mi ne:«yàlla daf leen a jox xelum nit ku gëmmeentu,bët yu gëlëm ak nopp yu tëx,ba ci bésub tey.»
(according as it is written, god hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

noonu waxambaane wu tudd Ëtikus te toog ca palenteer ba, gëmmeentu bay jeyaxu. bi pool di gën a yaatal waxtaanam nag, nelaw daldi ko jàpp, mu xàwweekoo ca ñetteelu taax ma, daanu, ñu yékkati ko, fekk mu dee.
and there sat in a window a certain young man named eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.