検索ワード: jail (英語 - コーサ語)

jail of sky
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he was sentenced to three years in jail.
ugwetyiwe iminyaka emithathu entolongweni.

so instead men convicted of petty crimes were given the option go to sea or go to jail.
ngako oko amadoda ayefunyenwe enetyala lolwaphulo-mthetho oluncinci ayenikwa ithuba lokukhetha ukuya entilongweni okanye ayokusebenza elwandle.

on land a man could be given a long jail sentence or transported for life for relatively minor offences - he could be hanged for stealing as little as a handkerchief.
ngaphandle kolwandle indoda yayinokugwetya ixesha elide isentolongweni okanye ithunyelwe kude ubomi bayo bonke, okanye ixhonywe ngenxa yokuba izinto ezincinci ezifana netshefu.

since the georgian code of justice at the time prescribed a harsh jail sentence or death for what we would consider quite trivial offences, the option of going to sea and a pension at the end was more attractive than it at first might seem.
ukusukela ukuba ikhowudi kajoji yavelisa isigwebo sentilongo siqatha okanye ukubulawa xa uthe wona kakhulu, ukukhetha ukuya elwandle uze ufumane indodla xa uthatha umhlala-pahntsi kwakunika umdla kakhulu ekuqaleni kunangaphambili.