cistern oor Afrikaans

cistern

/ˈsɪs.tɚn/, /ˈsɪs.təːn/ naamwoord

A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.

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Ebed-melech, an Ethiopian eunuch, helped get Jeremiah out of the miry cistern of Malchijah. [it-1 p. 672 par.
Ebed-Meleg, ’n Etiopiese eunug, het gehelp om Jeremia uit die modderige put van Malkia te kry. [it-1 bl. 672 par.

Also saved were the faithful eunuch Ebed-melech, who had rescued Jeremiah from death in a muddy cistern, and Jeremiah’s loyal scribe, Baruch.
Ook is die getroue eunug Ebed-Meleg, wat Jeremia van die dood in ’n modderige put gered het, en Jeremia se lojale sekretaris, Barug, gered (Jeremia 35:18, 19; 38:7-13; 39:15-18; 45:1-5).

(Jeremiah 9:3; 18:20-23; 20:7-18) On different occasions he was mobbed, struck, fastened to a pillory, imprisoned, threatened with death, and left to die in the mud at the bottom of an empty cistern.
Daardie teenkanting het hom soms tot woede en trane gedryf (Jeremia 9:3; 18:20-23; 20:7-18).

Often, there was an oven in the courtyard and, occasionally, a well or a cistern. —2 Samuel 17:18.
Daar was dikwels ’n oond in die binnehof en, soms, ’n put of ’n reënput.—2 Samuel 17:18.

Many families had their own cistern, from which they could draw water to quench their thirst. —2 Kings 18:31; Jeremiah 6:7.
Baie gesinne het hulle eie reënput gehad, waaruit hulle water kon skep om hulle dors te les.—2 Konings 18:31; Jeremia 6:7.

(23:15) At that, the three mighty men force their way into the Philistine camp, draw water from the cistern, and carry it back to David.
(23:15). Hierop breek die drie helde deur die Filistynse laer, skep hulle water uit die put en neem hulle dit terug na Dawid.

According to architect Pietro Laureano, their number, “far greater than that of the inhabited caves or than those needed for drinking water,” testifies that “the cisterns of the Sassi were originally an impressive system of water collection for irrigation.”
Volgens die argitek Pietro Laureano is die aantal opgaarplekke, “wat baie meer was as die bewoonde grotte of wat nodig was vir drinkwater”, ’n bewys dat “die opgaarplekke van die Sassi oorspronklik ’n indrukwekkende stelsel was om water op te vang vir besproeiing”.

So to a married man, Solomon gives this exhortation: “Drink water out of your own cistern, and tricklings out of the midst of your own well.
Salomo gee dus hierdie vermaning aan ’n getroude man: “Drink water uit jou eie reënbak en strome uit jou eie put.

With the king’s permission, Ebed-melech pulled the prophet up out of the cistern, rescuing him from death in that muddy deep. —Jer.
Met die koning se toestemming het Ebed-Meleg die profeet uit die reënput opgetrek en hom sodoende van ’n dood in daardie modderdiepte gered.—Jer.

8:1-3) Before settling in their land, the Israelites were given this warning: “It must occur that when Jehovah your God will bring you into the land that he swore to your forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to give you, great and good-looking cities that you did not build, and houses full of all good things and that you did not fill, and cisterns hewn out that you did not hew out, vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant, and you shall have eaten and become satisfied, watch out for yourself that you may not forget Jehovah.” —Deut.
Voordat die Israeliete hulle in hulle land gevestig het, is hulle hierdie waarskuwing gegee: “Wanneer Jehovah jou God jou in die land bring wat hy aan jou voorvaders Abraham, Isak en Jakob met ’n eed beloof het om aan jou te gee, met groot en mooi stede wat jy nie gebou het nie, en huise vol allerhande goeie dinge en wat jy nie gevul het nie, en uitgekapte reënputte wat jy nie uitgekap het nie, wingerde en olyfbome wat jy nie geplant het nie, en jy geëet en versadig geword het, dan moet jy op jouself let dat jy Jehovah nie vergeet . . . nie.”—Deut.

Using research materials at your disposal, find out something you did not previously know about the cisterns used in Bible times.
Gebruik die beskikbare navorsingsmateriaal om meer te leer oor die reënputte wat in Bybeltye gebruik is.

Cisterns were another source of water in the ancient Middle East.
Reënputte was nog ’n waterbron in die eertydse Midde-Ooste.

Jehovah says prophetically of Christendom’s adherents: “There are two bad things that my people have done: They have left even me, the source of living water, in order to hew out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that cannot contain the water.”
Jehovah sê profeties van die Christendom se aanhangers: “My volk het twee verkeerde dinge gedoen: My, die fontein van lewende water, het hulle verlaat om vir hulle reënbakke uit te kap, gebarste reënbakke wat geen water hou nie” (Jeremia 2:13).

On the toilet cistern there were fourteen candles.
Op die toiletbak is daar veertien kerse.

It says: “They have left even me, the source of living water, in order to hew out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that cannot contain the water.”
Dit sê: “My, die fontein van lewende water, het hulle verlaat om vir hulle reënbakke uit te kap, gebarste reënbakke wat geen water hou nie.”

IN Bible times, cisterns were man-made underground cavities used principally for the storage of water.
IN Bybeltye was reënputte mensgemaakte holtes onder die grond wat hoofsaaklik gebruik is om water in te berg.

“Like a system of enormous stills, they permitted the progressive purification of the liquid as it passed from one cistern to another.”
“Soos ’n stelsel enorme distilleerketels het hulle die vloeistof stelselmatig gesuiwer terwyl dit van een opgaarplek na ’n ander gevloei het.”

Panoramic view of the Sassi of Matera; 2. “the neighborhoods,” with well in left foreground; 3. inside a typical dwelling; 4. niche used as a sundial; 5. a channel once used to carry water to cisterns
Panoramiese uitsig van die Sassi van Matera; 2. “die woonbuurte”, met ’n put links op die voorgrond; 3. die binnekant van ’n tipiese woning; 4. nis wat as ’n sonwyser gebruik is; 5. ’n kanaal wat eens gebruik is om water na opgaarplekke te vervoer

In other cases rainwater was transported by hand from a nearby cistern.
In ander gevalle is reënwater van ’n nabygeleë reënput aangedra.

Rather than look to Jehovah, the Fountain of life, for life-giving truth, men have ‘hewn out for themselves broken cisterns’ and drunk deeply of “the wisdom of this world [that] is foolishness with God.” —Jeremiah 2:13; 1 Corinthians 1:19; 2:6; 3:19; Psalm 36:9.
Pleks dat mense op Jehovah, die Fontein van die lewe, vertrou vir lewegewende waarheid, het hulle ‘vir hulle stukkende reënputte uitgekap’ en ‘die wysheid van hierdie wêreld wat dwaasheid by God is’, ingedrink.—Jeremia 2:13; 1 Korintiërs 1:19; 2:6; 3:19; Psalm 36:9.

Some rooms were old cisterns that had been made livable—the opening above, where water used to enter, was stopped up, and the entrance was built by digging into the side of the terrace.
Van die kamers was ou opgaarplekke wat bewoonbaar gemaak is—die opening aan die bokant, waar die water ingekom het, is toegestop en die ingang is gemaak deur in die kant van die terras in te grawe.

They carved out channels, reservoirs, and cisterns from the solid rock.
Hulle het kanale, opvangdamme en waterbakke uit soliede rots gekap.

Courageously, the Ethiopian spoke: “O my lord the king, these men have done bad in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have thrown into the cistern, so that he will die where he is because of the famine.”
Die Etiopiër het moedig gesê: “O my heer die koning, hierdie manne het sleg gehandel in alles wat hulle die profeet Jeremia aangedoen het, wat hulle in die reënput gegooi het, sodat hy weens die hongersnood sal sterf waar hy is.”

The Israelites hewed out large cisterns to store water. —2 Chronicles 26:10.
Die Israeliete het groot reënputte uitgekap om water te berg.—2 Kronieke 26:10.

In recording a pronouncement of God, the prophet Jeremiah referred to cisterns in a figurative sense, saying: “My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.” —Jeremiah 2:13, King James Version.
Toe die profeet Jeremia God se uitspraak opgeteken het, het hy in figuurlike sin na reënputte verwys en gesê: “My volk het twee slegte dinge gedoen: My, die bron van lewende water, het hulle verlaat om vir hulle reënputte uit te kap, stukkende reënputte, wat nie die water kan hou nie.”—Jeremia 2:13.