Results for njengengonyama translation from Xhosa to English

zindakhamele umlomo wazo, njengengonyama eqwengayo, egqumayo.
they gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

basaba bengasukelwa nto abangendawo; ke wona amalungisa akholosa njengengonyama.
the wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

nokuba ithe yaziphakamisa intloko yam, wondizingela njengengonyama, ubuye wenze ngokubalulekileyo kum;
for it increaseth. thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

ilifa lam lisuke laba njengengonyama yasehlathini kum, lindikhuphele ilizwi lalo; ngenxa yoko ndilithiyile.
mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have i hated it.

ndazizolisa kwada kwasa; njengengonyama, wenjenjalo ukuwaphula onke amathambo am. uya kundigqibela ngosuku olunye.
i reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

waguqa, wabuthuma njengengonyama, njengengonyamakazi; ngubani na owomvusa? mabasikelelwe abakusikelelayo, baqalekiswe abakuqalekisayo.
he couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

yibani nobungcathu, phaphani; ngokuba ummangaleli wenu, umtyholi, uhamba njengengonyama egqumayo, efuna ubani angamginyayo;
be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

lithole lengonyama uyuda; usuke ekuqwengeni, nyana wam, waguqa, wabuthuma njengengonyama, njengengonyamakazi; ngubani na oya kumvusa?
judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

lucebo lwabaprofeti balo esazulwini salo. njengengonyama ebharhulayo, eqwenga inyamakazi, badla imiphefumlo; bahlutha into eqwetyiweyo nenqabileyo; bandisa abahlolokazi balo esazulwini salo.
there is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

amasalela akwayakobi oba sezintlangeni, phakathi kwezizwe ezininzi, njengengonyama phakathi kweenyamakazi zehlathi; njengengonyama entsha phakathi kwemihlambi yeegusha, yona ithi, ingacanda kuzo, isuke inyhashe, iqwenge, kungabikho mhlanguli.
and the remnant of jacob shall be among the gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.