Guatemala oor Afrikaans

Guatemala

/ˌɡwɑː.təˈmɑː.lə/ eienaam, naamwoord

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala.

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Guatemala

country in Central America

Till this day, the plaque sits on my office desk in the Guatemala branch.
Tot vandag toe is die plaat op my lessenaar in my kantoor in die Guatemala-takkantoor.

guatemala

geographic terms (country level)

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guatemala

Till this day, the plaque sits on my office desk in the Guatemala branch.
Tot vandag toe is die plaat op my lessenaar in my kantoor in die Guatemala-takkantoor.

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By 1958 we had over 700 Witnesses, 20 congregations, and three circuits in Guatemala.
Teen 1958 was daar meer as 700 Getuies, 20 gemeentes en drie kringe in Guatemala.

Fausto, who comes from Guatemala, said: “When I witness to others, I think about how great it would be if the person to whom I am speaking were to become a spiritual brother or sister.
Fausto, wat van Guatemala af kom, het gesê: “Wanneer ek vir ander getuig, dink ek aan hoe wonderlik dit sal wees as die persoon met wie ek praat ’n geestelike broer of suster sou word.

Paula, a Maya from Guatemala, was grieved over the death of her two sons.
Paula, ’n Maja van Guatemala, was bedroef oor die dood van haar twee seuns.

Working in the printery at the Guatemala branch, 1982
Ek werk in die drukkery by die Guatemala-takkantoor, 1982

In 1984, Oklahoma businessman Ron Frates used the Global Positioning System (GPS) to help locate the remains of ancient Maya settlements hidden under dense jungle foliage in Guatemala and Belize.
In 1984 het ’n sakeman van Oklahoma, Ron Frates, die Globale Posisiebepalingstelsel (GPS) gebruik om die oorblyfsels van ’n antieke Maja-nedersetting te help vind wat onder oerwoudruigtes in Guatemala en Belize verberg was.

Other colporteurs traveled abroad and were the first to take the message to such lands as Finland, Barbados, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Burma (now Myanmar).
Ander kolporteurs het na die buiteland gegaan en was die eerstes wat die boodskap geneem het na lande soos Finland, Barbados, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras en Birma (nou Myanma).

How delighted Ciro was to learn that the entire family had been baptized and that they were now associated with a congregation in Guatemala!
Hoe verheug was Ciro tog om te hoor dat die hele gesin intussen gedoop is en dat hulle met ’n gemeente in Guatemala omgaan!

Below: Bible study in Guatemala
Onder: Bybelstudie in Guatemala

Our beloved companions the Bivenses, with whom we had served for five years in Guatemala, were among those moved to this new assignment.
Ons geliefde vriende die Bivense, saam met wie ons vyf jaar lank in Guatemala gedien het, was onder diegene wat na hierdie nuwe toewysing gestuur is.

Within El Salvador the price of corrugated tin skyrocketed, so the Guatemala branch of Jehovah’s Witnesses generously donated a large supply of it.
In El Salvador het die prys van sinkplaat die hoogte ingeskiet, en die takkantoor van Jehovah se Getuies in Guatemala het dus ruimhartig ’n groot hoeveelheid daarvan geskenk.

It is native to the Gran Petén, the tropical rain forest of northern Guatemala, Belize, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.
Dit is inheems aan die Gran Petén, die tropiese reënwoud van noordelike Guatemala, Belize en die Yucatan-skiereiland in Mexiko.

▪ The first five months of 2006 saw 30,200 armed robberies occur on Guatemala City’s public buses.
▪ Binne die eerste vyf maande van 2006 was daar 30 200 gewapende rooftogte op Guatemalastad se openbare busse.

About a year before, in the town of San Benito, farther west in Guatemala, Natalia Contreras had learned the truth and was baptized.
Omstreeks ’n jaar tevore het Natalia Contreras die waarheid geleer in die dorp San Benito, verder wes in Guatemala, en is sy gedoop.

This is Guatemala, land of great contrasts.
Dit is Guatemala, land van groot kontraste.

Said Trinidad Paniagua about the first missionaries sent to Guatemala: “This was exactly what we needed—teachers of the Word of God who would help us understand how to go about doing the work.”
Trinidad Paniagua het oor die eerste sendelinge wat na Guatemala gestuur is, gesê: “Dit was presies wat ons nodig gehad het—onderrigters van God se Woord om ons te help verstaan hoe om die werk te doen.”

And no wonder, for these ancient inhabitants of Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico were the producers of exceptional architecture, painting, pottery, and sculpture!
En dit is geen wonder nie, want hierdie eertydse inwoners van Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras en Mexiko was die skeppers van buitengewone argitektuur, skilderkuns, erdewerk en beeldhoukuns!

CHIAPAS is the southernmost state of Mexico, bordering on Guatemala.
CHIAPAS is die suidelikste staat van Mexiko, en dit grens aan Guatemala.

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: GUATEMALA
GEBOORTELAND: GUATEMALA

The Chorti, a Maya group in Guatemala, venerate a feathered serpent that they associate with certain Catholic saints.
Die Chorti, ’n Majagroep in Guatemala, vereer ’n gepluimde slang wat hulle met sekere Katolieke heiliges assosieer.

I was a hostage in a bank in Guatemala City!
Ek was ’n gyselaar in ’n bank in die stad Guatemala!

In 1999 there were over 60 congregations in Guatemala City.
In 1999 was daar meer as 60 gemeentes in Guatemalastad.

One Witness describes how the preaching work is done here: “Beforehand a boat is rented for a day, and our brothers from nearby Sololá, together with others visiting from Guatemala City, are invited to help cover the large territory.
Een Getuie verduidelik hoe die predikingswerk hier gedoen word: “’n Boot word vooraf vir ’n dag gehuur, en ons broers van naburige Sololá, tesame met besoekers van die stad Guatemala, word genooi om die groot gebied te help dek.

FROM the warm, semiarid plains of the Mexican Yucatán down to the luxuriant, evergreen rain forests of Guatemala and Belize and on through to the hot valleys of El Salvador and Honduras in Central America is found an irregular mosaic of partially restored Maya ruins.
VAN die warm, halfdorre vlaktes van die Mexikaanse Yucatán tot die geil, immergroen reënwoude van Guatemala en Belize en selfs tot in die warm valleie van El Salvador en Honduras in Sentraal-Amerika word ’n oneweredige mosaïek van gedeeltelik gerestoureerde Maja-ruïnes aangetref.

When I graduated, Jean and I were given a new assignment, in the circuit work in Guatemala.
Na my graduering het ek en Jean ’n nuwe toewysing in die kringwerk in Guatemala ontvang.

A woman wrote to the branch office of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Guatemala and described her discussion with a Witness during a bus trip.
’n Vrou het na die takkantoor van Jehovah se Getuies in Guatemala geskryf en vertel van die gesprek wat sy tydens ’n busrit met ’n Getuie gehad het.