Results for bendithe translation from Xhosa to English

nokuba bendithe ndazihlamba ngamanzi ekhephu, ndazihlambulula izandla zam ngesepha,
if i wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

ukuba bendithe ndabiza, wandiphendula, bendingekholwa ukuba ulibekele indlebe ilizwi lam;
if i had called, and he had answered me; yet would i not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

ukuba bendithe, ndiya kwenjenjalo ukuthetha, yabona, ngendinginizile kwisizukulwana soonyana bakho.
if i say, i will speak thus; behold, i should offend against the generation of thy children.

okanye ukuba bendithe ndenza ubuxoki emphefumlweni wakhe —kuba kungekho nto ikhanyelekayo kukumkani—wena ubuya kundichasa.
otherwise i should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

khwelela ngokunje, uye endaweni yakho. bendithe ndokuzukisa kakhulu; yabona uyehova ukuvimbile uzuko.
therefore now flee thou to thy place: i thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the lord hath kept thee back from honour.

ukuba bendithe ndalilungisa, umlomo wam ubuya kundigweba; ukuba bendithe ndagqibelela, ubeya kundenza umjibilizi.
if i justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if i say, i am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

kuba ngoku, ukuba bendithe ndasolula isandla sam, ndakubetha wena nabantu bakho ngendyikitya yokufa, ngewuthe shwaka akwabakho ehlabathini.
for now i will stretch out my hand, that i may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.

buyani, zintombi zam; hambani, ngokuba sendikwaluphalele ukuba nendoda. khona ukuba ndibe ndisithi, ndisenethemba, nokuba bendithe ndaba ngonendoda ngobu busuku, nokuba bendithe ndazala oonyana,
turn again, my daughters, go your way; for i am too old to have an husband. if i should say, i have hope, if i should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;