Je was op zoek naar: there had been (Engels - Maleis)

had been
maksud telah

had been hard
telah keras

we had been hiding
kami telah menyembunyikan

it had been a long time
dah lama dah

and there had come to them a clear messenger.
pada hal mereka telah pun didatangi seorang rasul yang memberi keterangan-keterangan (yang cukup untuk mereka beriman)!

my friend had been deceived
macam mana awak nak buat pembayaran

they had been affluent before,
sesungguhnya mereka sebelum itu dilalaikan oleh kemewahan (dunia, dari mengingati hukum tuhan).

would it had been the end!
"alangkah baiknya kalau kematianku di dunia dahulu, menjadi kematian pemutus (yang menamatkan kesudahanku, tidak dibangkitkan lagi); -

this morning i had been scolded
awal pagi dah kena marah

and there had deluded them in their religion that which they have been fabricating.
mereka (sebenarnya) telah diperdayakan dalam ugama mereka, oleh dakwaan-dakwaan dusta yang mereka telah ada-adakan.

yes, his lord had been watching him.
(sangkaannya itu tidak betul) bahkan ia tetap kembali! sesungguhnya tuhannya sentiasa melihat dan mengetahui keadaannya!

there had to be an atmosphere like what to do just by thinking
apa yang awak suka?

it had been and would always be mine
ia telah dan akan sentiasa menjadi lombong

indeed they had been affluent before this,
sesungguhnya mereka sebelum itu dilalaikan oleh kemewahan (dunia, dari mengingati hukum tuhan).

he had been playing phone while driving
dia telah bermain telefon semasa memandu

and there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,
dan demi sesungguhnya, telah sesat juga - sebelum kaummu (wahai muhammad) - kebanyakan kaum-kaum yang telah lalu.

after he had been promoted to regional manager
selepas beliau telah dinaikkan pangkat kepada pengurus wilayah

but god certainly knows what they had been doing.
(malaikat menjawab): "bahkan (kamu ada melakukannya); sesungguhnya allah maha mengetahui akan apa yang kamu telah kerjakan".

observe then the fate of those who had been forewarned.
maka lihatlah bagaimana kesudahan orang-orang (yang mendustakan ayat-ayat kami) setelah diberi amaran.

in the past, malaysia had been colonized by foreign countries
pada zaman dahulu,malaysia pernah dijajah oleh negara luar