Je was op zoek naar: strait (Engels - Xhosa)

and the sons of the prophets said unto elisha, behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
bathi oonyana babaprofeti kuelisha, khawubone le ndawo, sihleli kuyo phambi kwakho; sixinene kuyo.

she and the prince of wales intercepted the bismarck in the denmark strait, as that vessel was trying to break into the atlantic and attack british trade routes.
yena kunye nenkosana yasewales bavalela ubismarck kwigophe ledenmarck njengoko umbhobho wawuzama ukuqhekeza eatlantiki ze bahlasele iindlela zorhwebo zebritane.

ocean current flowing from davis strait, along coasts of labrador and newfoundland, meeting gulf stream in latitude 41° to 42° n.
umsinga wolwandlekazi ukusuka kwi-davis strait, uyokutsho kumanxweme e-labrado kunye nemihlaba emitsha efunyenweyo, ludibana nomlambo we-galufu kwisibanzi esingu-41°kuya ku-42°n

enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
ngenani ngesango elimxinwa; ngokuba libanzi isango, iphangalele nendlela, esa entshabalalweni; baninzi ke abangena ngalo.

and david said unto gad, i am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
wathi udavide kugadi, ndididekile kunene; masendisiwa esandleni sikayehova, ngokuba ininzi imfesane yakhe; mandingaweli esandleni somntu.

when the men of israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
abona amadoda akwasirayeli ukuba abandezelekile (kuba abantu bebefingiwe), abantu bazimela emiqolombeni, nasezimfanteni, nasezingxondorheni, nasemiweweni, nasemihadini.