Je was op zoek naar: mtu mzima hutumii akili kwanini? (Swahili - Engels)

mtu mzima
major

mtoto wa shule mwenye umri wa miaka 14 siyo mtu mzima.
a 14-year-old school girl is not an adult.

mama mtu mzima, binti yake, na mjukuu mwenye miaka kama 5 hivi.
mother, her daughter, and grandson, aged 5 or so.

kwa imani mose alipokuwa mtu mzima, alikataa kuitwa mwana wa binti farao.
by faith moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of pharaoh's daughter;

anaendelea kuwaambia kuwa,wamuache ajitathmini mwenyewe kwa sababu yeye yu mtu mzima:
she goes on to tell them to let her think for herself because she is an adult:

mtu mzima anapojaribu kumtumia mtoto kama mdoli wake wa ngono, hiyo ni unyanyasaji watoto.
when an adult tries to use a child as a sex toy it is child abuse.

ndiyo maana wazazi wake walisema: "yeye ni mtu mzima, mwulizeni."
therefore said his parents, he is of age; ask him.

nikodemo akamwuliza, "mtu mzima awezaje kuzaliwa tena? hawezi kuingia tumboni mwa mama yake na kuzaliwa mara ya pili!"
nicodemus saith unto him, how can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

pale mtu mzima anapomfanya mtoto afanye kazi kupita kiasi pasipo kujali hali yake ya kiafya na kanuni za afya, huo ni unyanyasaji watoto.
when an adult forces the child to push himself beyond his strength overlooking all health guidelines for children it is child abuse.

siyo hasa shahda au mtaji wa kimahusiano alionao mtu unaomfanya kuwa mkubwa, ni nini anachofanya nao au anavyopanga kuutumia ndiyo inayomtofautisha mtoto na mtu mzima.
its not the degree or the relational capital a person has that makes them big, its what they do or plan to to with it that separates the boys from men, women from girls.

ingawa kwa umbo anaonekana ni mtu mzima, bado hajakomaa kiakili au kijamii ili kuwa mtu mzima, na anaondelea kuusaka umaarufu kama msichana wa miaka 10.
although he is physically an adult, he has not matured mentally or sociologically to becoming an adult, and continues to crave attention like a 10-year old girl.

nilipokuwa mtoto mchanga nilisema kitoto, nilifahamu kitoto, nilifikiri kitoto. lakini sasa, maadam mimi ni mtu mzima, mambo ya kitoto nimeyaacha.
when i was a child, i spake as a child, i understood as a child, i thought as a child: but when i became a man, i put away childish things.

lakini amepataje kuona, hatujui; na wala hatumjui yule aliyemfumbua macho. mwulizeni yeye mwenyewe; yeye ni mtu mzima, anaweza kujitetea mwenyewe."
but by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

mwanamke mmoja mtu mzima mfanyakazi mwenzangu mwenye asili ya bengali hata alinishangaa kwa kuwa nilikuwa nafuata utamaduni "uliopitwa na wakati" wa kuvalia bangili ya loha - bangili iliyopakwa dhahabu ambayo hutumika kama pete wakati wa harusi miongoni mwa wanawake wa ki-bengali - katika mkono wangu wa kushoto kila siku. …………katika hatua nyingine (ndiyo, ndiyo, najua) mara ya mwisho nilipojipaka sindoor na kwenda ofisini, bosi wangu alitaka kujua kama nilihitaji kupewa bandeji ili nijifunge kidonda nilichokuwa nacho kichwani kwangu.
one older bengali coworker even expressed amazement that i followed the “old-fashioned” tradition of wearing a loha – a gold-plated iron bangle that serves as a wedding ring among bengali women – on my left wrist daily. ............on the third hand (yes, yes, i know), the last time i wore sindoor to the office, my boss wanted to know if i needed a band-aid for the cut on my head.