jail oor Afrikaans

jail

/'jeɪɫ/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Afrikaans

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Tom doesn't want to spend the rest of his life in jail.
Tom wil nie die res van sy lewe in die tronk spandeer nie.

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When my parents would ask what I would do if they were put in jail for preaching the good news, I would say, ‘I’ll serve Jehovah.’
Wanneer my ouers my dan gevra het wat ek sou doen as hulle in die gevangenis gesit word omdat hulle die goeie nuus verkondig, het ek gesê: ‘Ek sal Jehovah dien.’

Popular folklore says that these hollowed-out giants, each one large enough to shelter several men, served as jails in the 19th century.
Volgens volksoorlewering is hierdie uitgeholde reuse, wat elk groot genoeg is om etlike mense te huisves, in die 19de eeu as gevangenisse gebruik.

2 Enraged, the opposers strike again —this time by jailing all the apostles.
2 Die teenstanders is woedend en slaan weer toe—dié keer deur al die apostels te laat opsluit.

This was forcefully shown by Jesus in his illustration of the unforgiving slave, put in jail by his master “until he should pay back all that was owing.”
Dit is op sprekende wyse deur Jesus getoon in sy gelykenis van die onvergewensgesinde slaaf, wat deur sy heer in die tronk gesit is “totdat hy sou betaal het alles wat hy hom skuldig was”.

As a result, he was clapped into jail.
Gevolglik is hy in die tronk gegooi.

In India, two of our sisters were arrested for engaging in the ministry and were sentenced to five days in jail.
In Indië is twee van ons susters in hegtenis geneem omdat hulle aan die bediening deelgeneem het, en hulle is tot vyf dae tronkstraf gevonnis.

He spent time in jail for his crimes.
Hy het in die tronk beland weens sy misdade.

For example, in the first century, some of the apostles were jailed and then brought before the Jewish high court and denounced because of preaching about Jesus Christ.
In die eerste eeu is party van die apostels byvoorbeeld in die tronk gegooi en toe voor die Joodse Hoë Raad gebring en veroordeel omdat hulle van Jesus Christus getuig het.

And he was in and out of jails for gang fighting and rioting.
En hy is herhaaldelik tronk toe vir bendegevegte en onluste.

So contagious was this disease that in cities such as New York, people could be fined or jailed just for sneezing!
Hierdie siekte was so aansteeklik dat mense in stede soos New York beboet of in die tronk gestop kon word as hulle genies het!

If I end up sitting in jail, I will try and remember that.
As ek in die tronk moet gaan sit, sal ek dít probeer onthou.

Usually they couldn’t make any charges stick, but once I did a whole year in jail.”
Gewoonlik kon hulle geen aanklagte bewys nie, maar ek het eenkeer ’n hele jaar lank in die tronk gesit.”

There isn’t much middle ground – children either get jail sentences
benewens tronkstraf te bied nie. Daar is baie min in die vorm van ‘n

“We [have] got to stop jailing and start rehabilitating,” commented a U.S. government official about the report.
“Ons moet ophou om mense toe te sluit en begin om hulle te rehabiliteer”, het ’n Amerikaanse regeringsamptenaar oor die verslag gesê.

While this policy may still be followed under some circumstances, The Watchtower of April 1, 1975, showed that in many cases a fine could properly be viewed as a judicial penalty, so paying it would not be an admission of guilt, just as going to jail would not prove one’s guilt.
Hoewel hierdie beleid dalk steeds onder sekere omstandighede gevolg word, het Die Wagtoring van 1 Julie 1975 (Engelse uitgawe, 1 April 1975) getoon dat ’n boete in baie gevalle tereg as regterlike straf beskou kan word, en as dit betaal word, is dit nie ’n skulderkenning nie, net soos dit nie bewys dat ’n mens skuldig is wanneer jy tronk toe gaan nie.

Our couriers are sometimes held up and thrown into jail if The Watchtower is found on them.”
Ons koeriers word soms in hegtenis geneem en in die tronk gegooi as Die Wagtoring by hulle gevind word.”

The prison guards in Bolivia wrestled 20-year-old Andrea into the courtyard of the jail while she screamed profanities and threats.
Tronkbewaarders in Bolivia het die 20-jarige Andrea al worstelend in die binnehof van die tronk ingesleep terwyl sy gevloek en dreigemente geskreeu het.

The unit, in a Portsmouth jail, has stairlifts, adapted gym equipment, and staff trained in nursing skills.
Die eenheid, wat deel is van ’n gevangenis in Portsmouth, het hysstoele, aangepaste oefentoerusting en opgeleide verpleegpersoneel.

When I learned that my lawyer tried to raise money to bail me out of jail, I told him that I would prefer to see my sentence through.
Toe ek hoor dat my prokureur geld bymekaar probeer kry sodat ek op borgtog vrygelaat kon word, het ek vir hom gesê dat ek eerder my vonnis wou uitdien.

“In view of what happened in our jail, I wish officially to notify the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of our appreciation for the fine work done in our community by the worthy preacher.”
“Met die oog op wat in ons tronk gebeur het, wil ek die Wagtoring- Bybel- en Traktaatgenootskap amptelik in kennis stel van ons waardering vir die goeie werk wat die waardige prediker in ons gemeenskap gedoen het.”

Imagine the officers’ surprise when they discovered that the prisoners were missing, although the jail was found “locked with all security and the guards standing at the doors.”
Stel jou die beamptes se verbasing voor toe hulle ontdek het dat die gevangenes weg is, al was die tronk ‘in alle veiligheid toegesluit, met die wagte wat by die deure staan’ (Hand.

Some villagers became so incensed that they stoned the brothers, and some brothers were arrested and jailed.
Party dorpenaars het so woedend geword dat hulle die broers met klippe gegooi het, en sommige broers is gearresteer en in die tronk gegooi.

“They are not afraid of the police or jail or of dying,” nor are they concerned with the safety and lives of innocent bystanders caught in the cross fire of shoot-outs.
“Hulle is nie bang vir die polisie of die tronk of om te sterf nie”, en hulle is ook nie bekommerd oor die veiligheid en lewe van onskuldige omstanders wat in die kruisvuur van skietgevegte vasgevang word nie.

“I was in jail awaiting trial and still a rebellious troublemaker.
“Ek was in die tronk terwyl ek my verhoor afgewag het en was steeds ’n opstandige skoorsoeker.

5 Caiaphas and the Sadducees, the religious sect to which he belonged, became “filled with jealousy” and had the apostles thrown in jail.
5 Kajafas en die Sadduseërs, die godsdienssekte waaraan hy behoort het, is “met jaloesie vervul” en het die apostels in die tronk laat stop (Hand.