cramp oor Xhosa

cramp

/kɹæmp/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.

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inkantsi

A palm which is too tight or stiff is likely to cause cramp in the hand.
Isundu eliqinileyo okanye elomeleleyo liyathanda ukwenza inkantsi ezandleni.

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Indeed, this Unity of Brethren, or the Czech Brethren, as this community of believers came to be called, searched for the ‘cramped road leading to life.’
Ngokwenene, iqela iUnity of Brethren, okanye iCzech Brethren, njengokuba ayebizwa njalo la makholwa, lafuna ‘indlela emxinwa esa ebomini.’

Our quarters were very cramped, and the deck was usually awash.
Indawo esasihlala kuyo yayixinene kakhulu, yaye umgangatho ongaphantsi wawusoloko ugutyungelwe ngamanzi.

As long as we are free and able to associate with one another, we must not try to walk alone along the cramped road leading off into life. —Proverbs 18:1; Matthew 7:14.
Logama nje sisakhululekile yaye sikwazi ukunxulumana nabanye, asimele sizame ukuyihamba sodwa le ndlela emxinwa esa kubomi obungunaphakade.—IMizekeliso 18:1; Mateyu 7:14.

‘Cramped is the road leading off into life’
‘Icuthene indlela, esa ebomini’

Especially while I was in Vladimir Prison did I identify with the apostle Paul’s words about being “pressed in every way, but not cramped beyond movement,” and “perplexed, but not absolutely with no way out.”
Ngoxa ndandikwiVladimir Prison ndawaqonda ngakumbi amazwi kampostile uPawulos athi: “Siyabandezelwa ngandlela zonke, kodwa asixineki ngokokude singabi nakushukuma; yaye siyathingaza, kodwa kungekhona ngokokude singabi nayo kwaphela indlela yokuphuma.”

You are not cramped for room within us, but you are cramped for room in your own tender affections.
Anixinene kuthi, nixinene ezimfesaneni zenu.

One day a prosecutor came for the first time, and I was led to a cramped interrogation room.
Ngenye imini umtshutshisi weza okwesihlandlo sokuqala, yaye ndakhokelelwa kwigunjana elincinane kakhulu lokuncina.

The smallest houses (1) consisted of one cramped, dark room, which provided living space for an entire family.
Ezona zindlu zincinane zasisiba (1) negumbi elinye eyayihlala kulo yonke intsapho.

However, recall what Jesus said: “Narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it.” —Matthew 7:13, 14.
Noko ke, khumbula oko kwathethwa nguYesu: “Limxinwa isango, icuthene nendlela, esa ebomini; bambalwa ke abalifumanayo.”—Mateyu 7:13, 14.

As we shuffled past one another on the cramped pathway, I could hardly believe what was happening.
Njengoko ayedlula ngakum kuloo ndlela imxinwa, andizange ndikukholelwe okwakusenzeka.

In all humility and honesty, we must say that Jehovah’s Witnesses form an international community walking along this ‘narrow and cramped road.’
Ukuba sithetha inyaniso emsulwa, simele sithi amaNgqina kaYehova abumba ibutho lazwenibanzi labantu abahamba kule ‘ndlela ecutheneyo nemxinwa.’

Some, for example, find that regular exercise decreases painful cramps.
Ngokomzekelo, abanye bafumanisa ukuba ukusoloko ulolonga umzimba kwenza isiluma sibe bhetele.

But how restrictive, how cramped and narrow is this road?
Kodwa ngaba inemiqathango, yaye imxinwa kangakanani le ndlela?

You are not cramped for room within us, but you are cramped for room in your own tender affections.”
Asinibandezanga nto, kodwa nini abawubandezileyo umsa wenu.”

For eight days we endured extremely hot and cramped conditions until we arrived at Solikamsk Prison, in the Permskaya District.
Sanyamezela ubushushu nokuxinana kangangeentsuku ezisibhozo de saya kufika kwiNtolongo yaseSolikamsk, kwiSithili sasePermskaya.

(2 Timothy 3:12; Revelation 13:16, 17) Yet, we feel the way Paul did when he said: “We are pressed in every way, but not cramped beyond movement; we are perplexed, but not absolutely with no way out; we are persecuted, but not left in the lurch; we are thrown down, but not destroyed.”
(2 Timoti 3:12; ISityhilelo 13:16, 17) Ukanti, sivakalelwa ngendlela efanayo noPawulos xa wathi: “Siyabandezelwa ngeenxa zonke, singaxineki; siyathingaza, singancami; sitshutshiswa, asiyekelwa; sikhahlelwa phantsi, asitshatyalaliswa.”

Cramped but Not Without a Way Out
Baxinekile Kodwa Kungekhona Ngokokude Bangabi Nandlela Yokuphuma

Suddenly, he began having abdominal cramps.
Kwathi kusenjalo, walunywa sisisu.

Even if your living quarters are cramped, try to have a suitable place for your Bible and related publications.
Kwanokuba uhlala kwindawo encinane nexineneyo, zama ukufumana indawo efanelekileyo yokubeka iBhayibhile nezinye iincwadi ezisekelwe kuyo.

(Ephesians 6:1-4) Jesus said that Christianity would be a “narrow” and “cramped” way of life.
(Efese 6:1-4) UYesu wathi ubuKristu babuza kuba yindlela yobomi ‘emxinwa necutheneyo.’

You perhaps recall that Jesus once spoke of two roads, a “broad and spacious . . . road leading off into destruction” and a “cramped . . . road leading off into life.”
Mhlawumbi uyakhumbula uYesu ethetha ngeendlela ezimbini, esithi “ibanzi kwaye iphangaleleyo indlela esa entshabalalweni” yaye “imxinwa indlela esa ebomini.”

These also provided cramped quarters for the trumpeters.
Kwakubakho nesibonelelo somgsngatho oxineneyo ngamaxilongo.

While living in those cramped quarters, we often prayed together, fervently asking Jehovah to give us wisdom and “power beyond what is normal.” —2 Corinthians 4:7.
Ngoxa sasihlala kweso sisele sixineneyo, sasidla ngokuthandaza kunye, sibongoza uYehova ukuba asinike ubulumko ‘namandla angaphaya koko kuqhelekileyo.’—2 Korinte 4:7.

Without them, walking on the cramped road leading to life would be more difficult.
Ngaphandle kwazo, ukuhamba endleleni emxinwa esa kubomi obungunaphakade bekuya kuba nzima ngakumbi.