Results for ingcongolo translation from Xhosa to English

ingcongolo
reed

amtshicela, ayithabatha ingcongolo, ambetha entloko.
and they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

eyesibini inqanawa ingcongolo nesithixo solwandle zakhiwa ukwenzela amabrazilian abizwe ngokuba abaxhomekekanga.
the second reed ship, the neptune, was building for the brazilians to be called the independencia.

ingcongolo etyumkileyo akayi kuyaphula, nomsonto oqhumayo akayi kuwucima, ade awuphumelelisele ekoyiseni umgwebo;
a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

ndaza ndanikwa ingcongolo, ifana nentonga; saye isithunywa eso simi, sisithi, suka uyilinganise itempile kathixo, nesibingelelo, nabo banqulayo bekuyo.
and there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, rise, and measure the temple of god, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

nanko ke, kukho udonga ngaphandle kwendlu, olujikelezileyo ngeenxa zonke, isesandleni somntu lowo ingcongolo yokulinganisa, iziikubhite ezintandathu, iyileyo iyikubhite enobubanzi besandla. wabulinganisa ububanzi besakhiwo; baba yingcongolo enye, ukuphakama kwayingcongolo enye.
and behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.