Vous avez cherché: rather than storing it persistently (Anglais - Swahili)

why do you laugh rather than weep?
na mnacheka, wala hamlii?

did he choose daughters rather than sons?
ati amekhiari watoto wa kike kuliko wanaume?

he always thinks of others rather than himself.
mara nyingi alikuwa akiwafikiria wengine kuliko anavyojifikiria yeye.

are you content with this life rather than theeverlasting life?
je, mmeridhia maisha ya dunia kuliko ya akhera?

did he (then) choose daughters rather than sons?
ati amekhiari watoto wa kike kuliko wanaume?

do you have carnal relations with men rather than women?
hivyo nyinyi mnawaingilia wanaume kwa matamanio badala ya wanawake?

"do you approach men in your lusts rather than women?
hivyo nyinyi mnawaingilia wanaume kwa matamanio badala ya wanawake?

and spread mischief in the land rather than set things right."
ambao wanafanya ufisadi katika nchi, wala hawatengenezi.

take ye pleasure in the life of the world rather than in the hereafter?
je, mmeridhia maisha ya dunia kuliko ya akhera?

are you so content with this present life, rather than the world to come?
je, mmeridhia maisha ya dunia kuliko ya akhera?

believers, do not make unbelievers your intimate friends and supporters rather than believers.
enyi mlio amini! msiwafanye makafiri kuwa ndio marafiki badala ya waumini.

allah has created all this with a rightful purpose (rather than out of play).
mwenyezi mungu hakuviumba hivyo ila kwa haki.

believers, do not take your fathers or your brothers for a guide if they love disbelief rather than belief.
enyi mlio amini! msiwafanye baba zenu na ndugu zenu kuwa vipenzi vyenu ikiwa wanastahabu ukafiri kuliko imani.

'my nation' he said, 'why do you wish to hasten evil rather than good?
akasema: enyi watu wangu! kwa nini mnauhimiza uwovu kabla ya wema?

(are they so foolish that) they have chosen others rather than allah as their protectors?
au wamechukua walinzi wengine badala yake! lakini mwenyezi mungu ndiye mlinzi khasa.

a way to globally reduce the carbon dioxide emissions is to make sure we travel with public transport rather than individually in our own cars.
njia ya kupunguza utoaji wa hewa ya ukaa ni kuhakikisha tunasafiri kwa usafiri wa umma badala ya kutumia usafiri binafsi kwenye magari yetu.

(saleh) said: "o people, why do you wish to hasten evil rather than good?
akasema: enyi watu wangu! kwa nini mnauhimiza uwovu kabla ya wema?

do not devour one another's possessions wrongfully; rather than that, let there be trading by mutual consent.
msiliane mali yenu kwa dhulma, isipo kuwa iwe biashara kwa kuridhiana wenyewe.

are ye pleased with the life of the world rather than the hereafter? whereas the enjoyment of the life of the world by the side of the hereafter is but little.
je, mmeridhia maisha ya dunia kuliko ya akhera? lakini starehe za maisha ya dunia kulinganisha na ya akhera ni chache.

he calls upon him who is likelier to hurt him, rather than to profit him -- an evil protector indeed, he, an evil friend!
humuomba yule ambaye bila ya shaka dhara yake ipo karibu zaidi kuliko nafuu yake. kwa hakika huyo ni mlinzi muovu, na rafiki muovu.