Hai cercato la traduzione di umnquma da Xhosa a Inglese

intambo yocingo ingadleka ngesenzo sokudumbisa kwiingcingo ukusukela apho umnquma wesinyithi ususwe khona.
wire rope can be corroded by the action of damp on the wires from which the galvanizing has worn off.

wathi umnquma kuyo, ndingade ndikuncame na ukutyeba kwam abakuzukisayo oothixo nabantu, ndiye kujingajinga phezu kwemithi?
but the olive tree said unto them, should i leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour god and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

xa uthe wawuvuthulula umnquma wakho, uze ungaphindi uwavuthulule amasebe emva kwakho; woba ngowomphambukeli, nowenkedama, nowomhlolokazi.
when thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

wena uya kuhlwayela, ungavuni; wena uya kuxovula umnquma, ungazithambisi ngeoli; uxovule iwayini entsha, ungaseli wayini.
thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

kuba wena, xa wagawulwa kumnquma ongowasendle ngokwemvelo, waza wamiliselwa ngokunxamnye nemvelo komhle umnquma: bobeka phi na aba bangamasebe ngokwemvelo, ukumiliselwa kwabo kowabo umnquma?
for if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?