optrede oor Engels

optrede

Vertalings in die woordeboek Afrikaans - Engels

action

naamwoord

something done so as to accomplish a purpose

Vinnige en besliste optrede is soms nodig om te keer dat ernstige sonde versprei.
Prompt and firm action is sometimes required to stop the spread of serious sin.

voorbeelde

Baie dokters en wetenskaplikes erken dat die radikale optrede van diegene wat teen dierenavorsing is, wel iets beteken het.
Many doctors and scientists admit that some good has come from the radical movement of those opposed to animal research.

Die verantwoordelike optrede van die owerheid laat ons aan die apostel Paulus se woorde dink: „Die owerhede is geen voorwerp van vrees by die goeie dade nie, maar by die slegte. . . .
The responsible action of the authorities calls to mind the apostle Paul’s words: “Those ruling are an object of fear, not to the good deed, but to the bad. . . .

Die nuus van hierdie optrede deur die volk het gou die koning se ore bereik.
News of this popular movement soon reached the ears of the king.

Wanneer jy ’n kind moet dissiplineer, bespreek dit eers met hom, wys vir hom wat hy verkeerd gedoen het en verduidelik vir hom hoe sy optrede Jehovah en sy ouers teleurgestel het.
When you have to discipline a child, first reason with him, show him what he did wrong, and point out how displeasing his action was to Jehovah and to his parents.

* Hulle het gereken op die inkomste wat hulle sou kry toe hulle hulle eiendomme verkoop het om vir hulle aftrede te help voorsien en om genoeg te hê om eindelik ook ’n groot geskenk aan hulle kinders te gee.
* They had counted on the funds received from the sale of their properties to help them finance their retirement years and to provide enough, eventually, to make a nice gift to their children as well.

Hy kon dus deur die optrede van mense of Jehovah ‘omkom’.
Thus he could “perish” at the hands of men or Jehovah.

Hierdie dade word as terreurdade beskou omdat geweld gebruik word met die doel om die optrede van individue en instellings te verander of om die regeringsbeleid te wysig.
These acts are considered terrorist acts because they involve violence intended to change the behavior of individuals and institutions or to alter public policies.

‘Lê die oue mens met sy werke af’ (Kolossense 3:9). As die alkoholis se optrede verander, maar sy persoonlikheid dieselfde bly, sal hy hom eenvoudig tot ’n ander skadelike afhanklikheid wend—of na die ou een teruggaan.
(Colossians 3:9) If the actions change but the personality remains, the alcoholic will simply move on to another harmful dependency —or get the old one back.

Dawid seën haar vir hierdie verstandige optrede en stuur haar in vrede terug.
David blesses her for this discreet act and sends her back in peace.

Jou verhouding met Jehovah: Enige optrede in ’n sakeonderneming wat strydig is met God se wette en beginsels, al is dit algemeen in sakeaangeleenthede, sal ’n mens se verhouding met sy Maker bederf.
Your Relationship With Jehovah: Any action in business that is against God’s laws and principles, even though common in business affairs, would spoil a person’s relationship with his Maker.

15. (a) Wat kom in hedendaagse tye ooreen met die moedige optrede van die priesters in Josua se dag?
15. (a) What in modern times resembles the courageous action of the priests back there?

Toe die wilde dier met die twee horings die Volkebond ná die Eerste Wêreldoorlog ondersteun het, het sy talle godsdiensminnaresse onmiddellik godsdiensgoedkeuring aan hierdie optrede probeer heg.
When the wild beast with two horns promoted the League of Nations after World War I, its many religious paramours immediately sought to give a religious sanction to this move.

Sulke teenstand sal getoon word deur wêreldwye optrede teen Jehovah se knegte op aarde, die sigbare verteenwoordigers van God se Koninkryk.
Such opposition will be shown by global action against Jehovah’s servants on earth, the visible representatives of God’s Kingdom.

Hy sê van winkeldiewe: “Ek het groot simpatie vir hulle, trouens, ek dink hulle optrede is ten volle geregverdig.”
He says of shoplifters: “I have every sympathy for them, in fact I think they are fully justified.”

“Deur sy handelinge laat ’n seun hom tog ken, of sy optrede suiwer en reg is”, sê Spreuke 20:11.
“Even by his practices a boy makes himself recognized as to whether his activity is pure and upright,” says Proverbs 20:11.

Hulle eendragtige optrede teen Jehovah se Getuies sal verbrokkel.
Their unitedness of action against Jehovah’s Witnesses will be broken up.

As enigiemand dus sulke drastiese optrede oorweeg, sal dit verstandig wees om eers Jesus se raad in ag te neem: ‘Bereken die koste’ (Lukas 14:28).
So anyone contemplating such a drastic move would be wise to heed Jesus’ counsel first: ‘Count the cost.’

Ander stamme het hulle optrede verkeerd verstaan.
Other tribes misunderstood their actions.

Daarenteen het Pinehas ’n ander beweegrede vir sy optrede gehad.
Phinehas, on the other hand, had a different motive for his actions.

As ons nie sulke vreugde het nie, is dit moontlik nodig dat ons aanpassings maak sodat ons enige onskriftuurlike denke of optrede kan vermy wat God se gees kan bedroef (Efesiërs 4:30).
(Ephesians 4:30) As those devoted to Jehovah, however, let us not fear that a lack of heartfelt joy on some occasion is evidence of divine disapproval.

Daarom is sy optrede en die redes waarom hy wag voordat hy optree, miskien aan die begin vir ons vreemd.
(Isaiah 55:8, 9) Because of that, his actions, as well as his reasons for waiting before he acts, may at first seem strange to us.

Waarom moet ons op Esegiël se optrede as God se profeet let?
Why consider Ezekiel’s conduct as God’s prophet?

En wat kan jy doen om hulle vertroue weer te wen as jy dit weens onverstandige optrede verloor het?
And if you’ve lost their trust because of some unwise actions on your part, what can you do to repair the damage?

God se optrede teen gierige mense sal beteken dat daar ’n kort tydperk van “groot verdrukking” sal wees (Matteus 24:21).
(Matthew 24:21) Survivors of that tribulation will then enjoy a paradise earth, populated by people totally free of greed.

Maar wat van die menselyding en ontbering wat sal voortspruit uit God se optrede om die aarde te reinig?
But how about the human suffering and hardship that will result as God goes into action to cleanse the earth?