검색어: miaka na mikaka (스와힐리어 - 영어)

yeye ndiye aliye lijaalia jua kuwa na mwangaza, na mwezi ukawa na nuru, na akaupimia vituo ili mjue idadi ya miaka na hisabu.
he it is who appointed the sun a splendour and the moon a light, and measured for her stages, that ye might know the number of the years, and the reckoning.

hapo nitaweza kuiambia roho yangu: sasa unayo akiba ya matumizi kwa miaka na miaka. ponda mali, ule, unywe na kufurahi.
and i will say to my soul, soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

jitihada hizi mbili, zilizotokea kwa tofauti kubwa ya miaka na katika mabara tofauti, ni ushahidi wa nguvu ya maandalizi ya kimkakati na upinzani wa kiraia usiotegemea matumizi ya vurugu.
these two struggles, years and continents apart, are a testimony of the power of strategic organizing and non-violent civil resistance.

yeye ndiye aliye lijaalia jua kuwa na mwangaza, na mwezi ukawa na nuru, na akaupimia vituo ili mjue idadi ya miaka na hisabu. mwenyezi mungu hakuviumba hivyo ila kwa haki.
he it is who hath made the sun a glow and the moon a light, and hath determined mansions for her that ye may know the number of the years and the reckoning allah hath not created all this except with a purpose; he detaileth these signs unto those who know.

tena tukaifuta ishara ya usiku, na tukaifanya ishara ya mchana ni yenye mwangaza ili mtafute fadhila itokayo kwa mola wenu mlezi, na mpate kujua idadi ya miaka na hisabu. na kila kitu tumekifafanua waziwazi.
then we faded out the sign of the night, and made the sign of the day lightsome, so that you may seek from your lord’s bounty and that you may know the number of years and calculation [of time], and we have elaborated everything in detail.

na tumefanya usiku na mchana kuwa ishara mbili. tena tukaifuta ishara ya usiku, na tukaifanya ishara ya mchana ni yenye mwangaza ili mtafute fadhila itokayo kwa mola wenu mlezi, na mpate kujua idadi ya miaka na hisabu.
and we created the night and the day as two signs – we therefore kept the sign of the night indistinct, and the sign of the day visible – so that you may seek the munificence of your lord, and know the calculation of the years, and the accounting; and we have explained all things in detail, distinctively.