Results for ubuthongo translation from Xhosa to English

ubuthongo
how much sleep

ngiphetwe ubuthongo
ndiphelelwe bubuthongo

kwakubanjalo, ndavuka, ndakhangela; ubuthongo bam bebumnandi kum.
upon this i awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

andiyi kuwanika amehlo am ubuthongo, neenkophe zam ukozela:
i will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,

musa ukuwanika ubuthongo amehlo akho, ungaziniki kozela iinkophe zakho;
give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

ndalala phantsi, ndalala ubuthongo; ndavuka, ngokuba uyehova endixhasa.
i laid me down and slept; i awaked; for the lord sustained me.

ke yena uyesu ubethetha ukufa kwakhe. bona ke bebeba uthetha ngokulala ubuthongo.
howbeit jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

kuba ngoku ngendiba ndilele, ndazola; ngendiba ndalala ubuthongo, ndandula ukuphumla
for now should i have lain still and been quiet, i should have slept: then had i been at rest,

kwasuka kwabakho uqhwithela olukhulu elwandle, ngokokude umkhombe ugutyungelwe ngamaza; waye ke yena elele ubuthongo.
and, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

bumnandi ubuthongo bosebenzayo, nokuba incinane, nokuba ininzi into ayidlayo; ke intabalala yesityebi ayisivumeli ukuba silale buthongo.
the sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

ndiya kulala phantsi, ndilale ubuthongo kwangoku, ndixolile, ngokuba wena, yehova, undihlalisa ndikholosile, noko ndindedwa.
i will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

ngobo busuku, bemka ababakho ubuthongo kukumkani; wathi maziziswe iincwadi zezikhumbuzo zemicimbi yemihla; zamana zileswa phambi kokumkani.
on that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

kanti ke ebushushwini babo ndiya kubenzela umgidi wabo, ndibanxilise, ukuze badlamke, balale ubuthongo obungunaphakade, bangavuki; utsho uyehova.
in their heat i will make their feasts, and i will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the lord.

waya udavide noabhishayi ebantwini ebusuku. nanko usawule elele ubuthongo ngaphakathi kothango lweenqwelo zokulwa, igxunyekiwe intshuntshe yakhe emhlabeni ngasentlokweni yakhe; ke uabhinere nabantu bakhe belele ngeenxa zonke kuye.
so david and abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but abner and the people lay round about him.

ndiyabanxilisa abathetheli bayo nezilumko zayo, amabamba ayo neerhuluneli zayo, namagorha ayo; aya kulala ubuthongo obungunaphakade, angavuki: utsho ukumkani, ogama lakhe linguyehova wemikhosi.
and i will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the king, whose name is the lord of hosts.