Results for kweenkwenkwezi translation from Xhosa to English

sasisebenza emsebenzini, isiqingatha sawo siphethe izikhali, siqalela ekuphumeni kwesifingo, sizise ekuveleni kweenkwenkwezi.
so we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

ukusetyenziswa kweenkwenkwezi njengo didi lwekhampasi, nakubeni, ayifani nento njengoko babeyisebenzisa ukukhangela indawo yenqanawa emhlabeni.
the use of the stars as a sort of compass, however, is not the same thing as their use to find the ship's position on the earth.

ubandisile ke abarhwebi bakho ngaphezu kweenkwenkwezi zezulu; inkumbi ekhothululayo igalelekile, yabhunyula, yabaleka yemka.
thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

ukuba uthe wakhela phezulu njengexhalanga, nokuba ithe indlu yakho yabekwa phakathi kweenkwenkwezi, ndokuhlisa nalapho; utsho uyehova.
though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will i bring thee down, saith the lord.

wena ke wathi entliziyweni yakho, ndiyakunyukela emazulwini, ndiyinyuse itrone yam ibe ngaphezu kweenkwenkwezi zikathixo; ndihlale entabeni yentlanganiso, engontsini yasentla.
for thou hast said in thine heart, i will ascend into heaven, i will exalt my throne above the stars of god: i will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

ulinganiso lokukhanya kweenkwenkwezi olusekelwe kuqukuqelo lokuba zonke iinkwenkwezi zikwiqondo lomgama ukusuka emhlabeni (iiyunithi zomgama we-stella ezilishumi okanye -32.6 yeminyaka emibalwa)
measurement of a star's brightness based on an assumption that all stars are at a standard distance (10 parsecs, or 32.6 light years) from earth.