Results for ibisithi translation from Xhosa to English

ukuhla kombethe eminqubeni ebusuku, ibisithi ihle nayo imana kuyo.
and when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

kuba ibisithi, ukuba ndithe ndachukumisa neengubo zakhe ezi, ndosindiswa.
for she said, if i may touch but his clothes, i shall be whole.

kuba ibisithi ngaphakathi kwayo, ukuba ndithe ndachukumisa ingubo yakhe nje kodwa, ndophiliswa.
for she said within herself, if i may but touch his garment, i shall be whole.

yalandelwa yinqanawa edadayo neniphi apho ibisithi inkosi yakufikelela phantsi iniphi ibotshelelwe kwinqanawa edadayo engaphezulu ebonisa ubude bomgca obaleka phandle.
it was superseded by a 'buoy and nipper' device, whereby when the lead touched bottom a nipper attached to a surface buoy marked the length of line run out.

kwaye kukho ukukrokra okukhulu ngaye ebantwini; inxenye ibisithi, ulungile; abanye ke besithi, hayi, yena ulahlekisa uluntu olu.
and there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, he is a good man: others said, nay; but he deceiveth the people.

wahlaba nokuba kuselukhambeni, nokuba kuseketileni, nokuba kukungxawu, nokuba kusembizeni: ibisithi yonke into ephume nefolokhwe azithabathele umbingeleli kwangayo. benjenjalo kumasirayeli onke abesiza eshilo apho.
and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. so they did in shiloh unto all the israelites that came thither.