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could

/kʊd/ werkwoord

Simple past of can.

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It would be wise to meditate on how one false step could lead to another and then to serious wrongdoing.
Kunokuba bubulumko ukucamngca ngendlela inyathelo elitenxileyo elinye nje elinokukukhokelela ngayo kwelinye lize kamva likwenzise isono esinzulu.

(Philippians 2:8) Jesus also proved that a perfect man could maintain perfect integrity to Jehovah despite the severest of trials.
(Filipi 2:8) Kwakhona uYesu wangqina ukuba umntu ofezekileyo wayenokuyigcina ngokupheleleyo ingqibelelo kuYehova nangona evavanywa qatha.

Soon after working with such ink, a person could take a wet sponge and wipe the writing away.
Ngokukhawuleza emva kokusebenza nge-inki elolo hlobo, umntu wayenako ukuthabatha isponji esimanzi aze akucime oko ebekubhalile.

We may well imagine that a journey of this kind could have aroused worry and uncertainty, but Epaphroditus (not to be confused with Epaphras of Colossae) was willing to carry out that difficult mission.
Sinokukuthelekelela ukuba uhambo olunjalo lwalunokubangela ixhala nokungaqiniseki, kodwa uEpafrodito (kungekhona Epafra waseKolose) wayekulungele ukuphumeza olo thumo lunzima.

Joseph could not hold back his feelings any longer.
Akazange akwazi ukuzibamba.

There were situations when it appeared that only the angels could protect the literature from the hands of the prison guards.
Kukho iimeko apho kwakubonakala iziingelosi kuphela ezinokukhusela uncwadi kwizandla zabalindi-ntolongo.

4 If you placed the May 1, 1992, “Watchtower,” you could say:
4 Ukuba ubuhambise i-“Mboniselo” kaMeyi 1, 1992, unokuthi:

Consider: The temple that Ezekiel saw could not really be built as described.
Ngokomzekelo: Itempile eyabonwa nguHezekile yayingenakwakhiwa ngohlobo oluchazwe apha.

Not only does this insulate the bird against extreme cold but it also enables it to move two or three times faster than it otherwise could.
Oku akukhuseli unombombiya kwingqele eqhaqhazelisa amazinyo kuphela, kodwa kumnceda ukuba adade ngesantya esiphindwe kabini nakathathu kweso ebenokukwazi ukudada ngaso.

It bothered him so much that he could not sleep.
Lamkhathaza eli phupha de kwanzima nokulala.

Although I still yearned to serve as a full-time minister, how could I do so?
Ekubeni ndandisafuna ukuqhubeka nobulungiseleli bexesha elizeleyo, ndandiza kukwenza njani oko?

During the 1970’s the few local Witnesses continued preaching and meeting together as best they could.
Ebudeni beminyaka yee-1970 iqaqobana lamaNgqina asekuhlaleni laqhubeka lishumayela yaye lihlanganisana kunye kangangoko linokwenza.

In addition to providing much spiritual encouragement, he helped the families to buy their own pickup truck so that they could get to meetings at the Kingdom Hall and also get their farm products to market.
Alizange lanele nje ukuzikhuthaza ngokomoya kodwa lazinceda ezi ntsapho ukuze zithenge ilori yokuya kwiintlanganiso ezaziqhutyelwa kwiHolo yoBukumkani nokuya kuthengisa imveliso ezaziyifumana kwiifama zazo emarikeni.

For example, the longing for your own identity could drive you to turn against good values you’ve been taught at home.
Ngokomzekelo, xa ufuna ukujongwa njengomntu omdala unokungayikhathaleli indlela okhuliswe ngayo ekhaya.

Although we were a family, I never felt that we could have a heart-to-heart talk. . . .
Nangona sasiyintsapho, andizange ndiyicinge into yokuba sinokuncokola siphalazelane imbilini. . . .

Few Christian parents could afford to send their children to private schools.
Abanye abazali abangamaKristu babenayo imali yokusa abantwana babo kwizikolo ezingezozikarhulumente.

For example, by means of this force, Jesus could control the forces of nature, heal sicknesses, and even raise the dead.
Ngokomzekelo, ngala mandla, uYesu wayenokulawula amandla endalo, aphilise aze avuse nabafileyo.

In other cases congregations and individuals have come forward and offered to keep an eye on older ones so that their children could remain in their assignments.
Kwezinye iimeko amabandla nabantu abathile baye bazinikela ukuba banyamekele abalupheleyo ukuze abantwana babo baqhubeke kwizabelo zabo.

How, then, could she produce a perfect offspring, the Son of God?
Wayeza kumzala njani umntwana ofezekileyo, unyana kaThixo?

Now Louy became worried as to how she could help all these people attend the Memorial.
ULouy wakhathazeka kuba ecinga ukuba aba bantu uza kubasa ngantoni eSikhumbuzweni.

All could see that Jehovah was making his people spiritually rich.
Bonke babenokubona ukuba uYehova wayebenza abantu bakhe batyebe ngokomoya.

“Evidently someone here feared the end was approaching —perhaps he could see the advancing Roman army,” says Pablo Betzer, an excavation director.
UPablo Betzer ongumalathisi wolu phando uthi: “Kuyabonakala ukuba lo mntu wayebona ukuba isiphelo sisemnyango—mhlawumbi wayeyibona imikhosi yamaRoma eyayihlasela.

However, thinking of all the issues that could arise if I was to teach music, such as being asked to teach or play religious and nationalistic music, I decided to pursue something else and was assigned to teach world history.
Noko ke, ndakuba ndicinge ngazo zonke iimbambano ezazisenokuvela xa ndifundisa umculo, ezinjengokucelwa ukuba ndifundise okanye ndidlale umculo wonqulo okanye wobuzwe, ndagqiba kwelokuba ndibe nosukelo lwenye into yaye ndanikwa isabelo sokufundisa ngembali yehlabathi.

As a result of a particularly irreverent act, he was struck with a loathsome skin disease, which incapacitated him, so that he could no longer serve as king in the fullest sense. —2 Chronicles 26:16-21.
Ngenxa yesenzo sakhe sokungabi nantlonelo, wahlaselwa sisifo sesikhumba esenyanyekayo, esamshiya engumlwelwe, ukuze angabi sakwazi ukulawula ngokupheleleyo njengokumkani.—2 Kronike 26:16-21.

Because Paul imparted his soul in sharing the good news, he could happily say: “I call you to witness this very day that I am clean from the blood of all men.”
Ngenxa yokuba uPawulos wazinikela ngomphefumlo wakhe ekushumayeleni iindaba ezilungileyo, wakwazi ukuthetha la mazwi alandelayo evuya: “Ndinibizela ukungqina kanye ngalo mhla ukuba ndimsulwa egazini labantu bonke.”