complacent oor Xhosa

complacent

adjektief

Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

anelisekileyo

Contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions.

voorbeelde

It will be a time that should not be faced complacently.”
Iza kuba ingeloxesha lakuyekelela umxakatho.”

Despite efforts to improve flight safety, there is no room for complacency.
Nakuba kwenziwe imigudu yokuba abo bahamba ngenqwelo-moya bakhuseleke, oko akuthethi ukuba kumele kuyekelelwe umxakatho.

(2 Peter 3:3, 4) The danger for us as Christians is that their complacent, doubting, materialistic attitude could gradually affect how we view our Kingdom privileges.
(2 Petros 3:3, 4) Ingozi enokusehlela njengamaKristu kukuba isimo sabo sengqondo sokungakhathali, sokuthandabuza, nesokuthanda izinto eziphathekayo, ngokuthe ngcembe sinokuyichaphazela indlela esiwagqala ngayo amalungelo oBukumkani.

16 In some cultures, parents, older ones, and teachers rarely express wholehearted approval of younger ones, thinking that such praise might make them complacent or proud.
16 Kwezinye iindawo, abazali, abantu abadala nootitshala abafane babancome abaselula, becinga ukuba ukunconywa okunjalo kusenokubenza bazithembe gqitha okanye babe nekratshi.

A spirit of complacency would be dangerous even for those who have served Jehovah for some time.
Umoya wokuzithemba usenokuba yingozi kwanakwabo baye bakhonza uYehova kangangexesha elithile.

Avoid a Complacent Attitude
Siphephe Isimo Sengqondo Sokungakhathali

According to Amnesty’s annual report, the figures are spine-chilling: During 1988 between 50,000 and 100,000 people in 29 nations were slaughtered under the complacent gaze of the State.
Ngokutsho kwengxelo yonyaka yale Ntlangano, amanani ayakhwankqisa: Ebudeni bowe-1988 abantu abaphakathi kwama-50 000 ne-100 000 kumazwe angama-29 babulawa uRhulumente ekho ejongile.

Thus, do not become complacent and think that no one could ever influence you.
Ngaloo ndlela, musa ukuqiniseka uze ucinge ukuba akakho umntu onokukuphembelela.

Those complacent apostates had settled down like dregs at the bottom of a wine vat.
Abo bawexuki bangakhathaliyo babezinzile ngokungathi ziintsipho emazantsi efatyi yewayini.

(Matthew 24:39; Luke 17:30) Indeed, the prevailing attitude of many today is that of complacency.
(Mateyu 24:39; Luka 17:30) Enyanisweni, abantu abaninzi namhlanje banesimo sengqondo sokungakhathali.

This we must do to avoid the trap of complacency and the snares of materialism, sexual immorality, and apostasy.
Oku simele sikwenze ukuze siphephe umgibe wokungakhathali nezirhintyelo zezinto eziphathekayo, zokuziphatha okubi ngokwesini nezokuba ngabawexuki.

Some of these 12 felt the frustrating effects of complacency and self-indulgence on the part of professed worshippers of Jehovah around them.
Bambi baba baprofeti bali-12 babekhathazwa kukungakhathali kwabantu bexesha labo ababezibiza ngokuba ngabanquli bakaYehova.

20 In this tragic way, the proud, complacent Jews had to recognize that their invoking of God and their having a special relationship with him had not guaranteed their salvation.
20 Ngale ntlekele, kwanyanzeleka ukuba amaYuda awayenekratshi nawayengakhathali aqonde ukuba ukuthandaza kwawo kuThixo nokuba nolwalamano olukhethekileyo naye kwakungazange kuwaqinisekise ukuba ayeya kusinda.

May we never become complacent, careless, smug —easygoing in the wrong sense. —Luke 21:29-36.
Ngamana singangaze saneliseke, sizithabathe lula izinto—singakhathali.—Luka 21:29-36.

If, though, we become complacent, sooner or later we will make a misstep.
Noko ke, ukuba asikhathali, kwakamsinya okanye kamva siya kunyathela ecaleni.

They are “at ease,” complacent as to the judgment and agitation that will soon engulf them.
‘Akhululekile,’ engawukhathalele umgwebo nokuphazamiseka okuza kuwafikela kungekudala.

With Jehovah’s help, the lowly herdsman Amos was able to “give witness” to people who were affluent and therefore complacent.
Ngoncedo lukaYehova, umalusi owayejongelwa phantsi uAmosi wakwazi ‘ukunikela ubungqina’ ebantwini abathe futhu ngezinto eziphathekayo yaye ngenxa yoko wayengoyiki.

Our complacency can be just the sort of opening that he is looking for. —Ephesians 6:11, 12; 1 Peter 5:8.
Ukuzithemba ngokugqithiseleyo kusenokuba lithuba kanye alikhangelayo.—Efese 6:11, 12; 1 Petros 5:8.

“We’re pretty complacent about where our food comes from,” laments one Canadian farmer.
Omnye umfama waseKhanada uthi: “Abantu abanamdla wokwazi ukuba kuvela phi ukutya.

Second, no one can be complacent, thinking that he is safe from temptation. —1 Cor.
Okwesibini, akukho mntu umele azithembe athi yena akasoze alingwe.—1 Kor.

Christians in Laodicea had been influenced by the spirit of the materially prosperous city in which they lived and had become complacent about their true spiritual needs.
AmaKristu aseLawodike ayephenjelelwe ngumoya wokuchuma ngokwezinto eziphathekayo kwesi sixeko ayehlala kuso yaye ayengasazikhathalele iintswelo zawo zokomoya.

Additionally, sufficient time had elapsed for a measure of complacency and formalism to creep in.
Ukongezelela, kwakusekudlule ixesha elaneleyo lokuba kunyebelezele umoya wokuyekelela umxakatho nokugcinwa kwezithethe ngokungqongqo.

Other Bible versions render the original Hebrew word with such expressions as “careless ease” (American Standard Version), “smugness” (The New American Bible), and “complacency.”
Ezinye iinguqulelo zeBhayibhile ziguqulela igama lesiHebhere lantlandlolo ngebinzana elinjengelithi ‘ukungakhathaleli nto’ (IBhayibhile yesiXhosa yowe-1996), “ukwaneliseka” (The New American Bible), nelithi “ukuzithemba ngokugqithiseleyo.”

(2 Peter 3:13) Today, then, is no time to be complacent.
(2 Petros 3:13) Ngoko eli asiloxesha lokungakhathali.

Yet, their having such love does not make Jehovah’s Witnesses complacent.
Sekunjalo, ukuba nothando olunjalo akuwenzi amaNgqina kaYehova azive anelisekile.