destiny oor Xhosa

destiny

/ˈdɛstɪni/ naamwoord

That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

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Destiny

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A female given name, modern use of the English noun destiny

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Their . . . paths [are] diverse; nevertheless, each seems called by some secret design of Providence one day to hold in its hands the destinies of half the world.”
La mazwe . . . ahamba iindlela ezahlukeneyo; noko ke, ngalinye libonakala ngathi linikwe amandla athile nguThixo ukuze ngeny’ imini ikamva lesiqingatha sehlabathi libe sezandleni zalo.”

They all enjoy many of the same benefits from Jesus’ sacrifice, but not identically so, because they have different destinies.)
Bonke banandipha uninzi lweengenelo ezifanayo ezivela kwidini likaYesu, kodwa ezingafani ncam, ngenxa yokuba baneendidi ezahlukeneyo zekamva.)

The truth is, your own destiny is now being determined by how you respond to the good news of God’s Kingdom that is being preached earth wide under Christ’s direction.
Inyaniso ikukuba, indlela osabela ngayo kwiindaba ezilungileyo zoBukumkani bukaThixo ezishunyayelwayo ngoku emhlabeni wonke ngaphantsi kolwalathiso lukaKristu yiyo eya kugqiba ngekamva lakho.

This encyclopedia adds that “Eastern Orthodox Christianity” shares “the teaching that hell is a destiny of eternal fire and punishment awaiting the cursed.” —Volume 6, pages 238-9.
Le ntyilalwazi yongezelela ngelithi “Unqulo Lwesithethe LwamaKristu AseMpuma” nalo lunayo “imfundiso yokuba isihogo yindawo yomlilo ongunaphakade nesohlwayo esilindele abo baqalekisiweyo.”—UMqulu 6, iphepha 238- 9.

The early Christians lived in a culture strongly influenced by Greek and Roman ideas of destiny and fate.
AmaKristu enkulungwane yokuqala ayephila phakathi kwabantu ababephenjelelwe ngamandla ziingcamango zamaGrike namaRoma eziphathelele ukumiselwa kwezinto kusengaphambili nelishwa.

IF YOU were to escape a fatal accident, would you feel that you had been favored by destiny?
UKUBA ubusinde kwingozi enkulu, ngaba ubuya kuvakalelwa kukuba usinde ngenxa yokuba ixesha lakho lokufa belingekafiki?

In Greek mythology, man’s destiny was represented by three goddesses called the Moirai.
Kwiintsomi zamaGrike, ukumiselwa kwekamva lomntu kusengaphambili kwakumelwa ngoothixokazi abathathu ekwakusithiwa ziiMoirai.

And this surely gives us reason to determine who this harlot is and how her destiny will affect us. —Revelation 18:21.
Ibe oku ngokuqinisekileyo kusinika isizathu sokuba simqonde lowo ulihenyukazi nendlela esiya kuchatshazelwa ngayo likamva lakhe.—ISityhilelo 18:21.

However, earth’s destiny is not for man to decide or control.
Noko ke, ikamva lomhlaba alikho sezandleni zabantu.

However, does God foreordain the destiny of every human or even the total number who will gain salvation?
Noko ke, ngaba uThixo uchaza izinto eziza kwenzeka kumntu ngamnye kuquka nenani elipheleleyo labo baza kusindiswa?

In discussing “examples of fatalism of a more grisly sort,” The Encyclopedia of Religion states: “From World War II we know of suicidal Japanese torpedo attacks and of suicides in SS (Schutzstaffel) quarters during Hitler’s regime in response to a notion of destiny (Schicksal) supposedly far beyond the value of individual human lives.”
Ekuxubusheni “imizekelo yokukholelwa kwilishwa yohlobo oloyikeka ngakumbi,” iThe Encyclopedia of Religion ithi: “Ukususela ngeMfazwe yeHlabathi II sazi ngohlaselo lokuzibulala labemi baseJapan nokuzibulala kwimimandla yama-SS (Schutzstaffel) ebudeni bolawulo lukaHitler ngenxa yengcamango yokumiselwa kwangaphambili (Schicksal) ecingelwa ixabiseke lee kunobomi babantu ngabanye.”

And how could God accomplish his will for the earth if humans were free to shape their own destiny?
Yaye uThixo ebeya kuyiphumeza njani injongo yakhe ngomhlaba ukuba abantu bebenenkululeko yokulawula ikamva labo?

“I think it did such damage because it shattered people’s belief that humans can control their destiny. . . .
“Ndiyarhana ukuba yenza uqulukubhode omkhulu kuba yabatsho abantu abakholelwa ukuba umntu angalilawula ikamva lakhe. . . .

I had to accept it as my destiny.”
Kwafuneka ndiyamkele njengento endandiyimiselwe kwangaphambili.”

God gives to every man the free will to choose which destiny will be his.
UThixo unika wonke umntu inkululeko yokuzikhethela ukuze akhethe oko liya kuba kuko ikamva lakhe.

Is there anything we can do that will affect the outcome of our life —our destiny?
Ingaba bethu ikho into esinokuyenza ukuze silawule oko buya kuba kuko ubomi okanye—isiphelo sethu?

And if our destiny is already determined, why take measures to protect our safety?
Ukuba isiphelo sethu sele simiselwe, kutheni sifanele sizikhusele?

What Is Earth’s Destiny?
Siyintoni Isiphelo Somhlaba?

The Babylonians believed that gods “shaped the destinies of all mankind, individually and collectively.”
Abantu baseBhabhiloni babekholelwa ekubeni oothixo “babemisela iimeko zabantu bonke kusengaphambili, ezomntu ngamnye nezabo xa bebonke.”

In the revelations, the doctrines of the gospel are set forth with explanations about such fundamental matters as the nature of the Godhead, the origin of man, the reality of Satan, the purpose of mortality, the necessity for obedience, the need for repentance, the workings of the Holy Spirit, the ordinances and performances that pertain to salvation, the destiny of the earth, the future conditions of man after the Resurrection and the Judgment, the eternity of the marriage relationship, and the eternal nature of the family.
Kwizityhilelo, iimfundiso zevangeli zenziwe zazeka ngeenkcazelo ngemiba abalulekileyo enjalo njengendalo yentloko yobuThixo, imvelaphi yomntu, isisiqinisekiso ngoSathana, injongo yokuba nokufa, imfuneko yokuthobela, imfuneko yokuguquka, imisebenzi kaMoya oyiNgcwele, imimiselo nezenzo eziphathelele elusindweni, okomhlaba okuya kwenzeka, iimeko zexesha elizayo zomntu emva koVuko noMgwebo, ukuba ngunaphakade kolwalamano lomtshato, nendalo yanaphakade yosapho.

Your response to it will affect your eternal destiny. —1 Corinthians 9:16, 23.
Ukusabela kwakho kuko kuya kulichaphazela ikamva lakho likanaphakade.—1 Korinte 9:16, 23.

“The ancient Greeks,” says Boteach, “were obsessed with the idea that all hope was futile since man could not overcome predetermined destiny.”
UBoteach uthi: “AmaGrike amandulo ayenengcamango yokuba akukho themba ekubeni umntu engenakulilawula ikamva lakhe elimiselwe kwangaphambili.”

Others reject family planning because of belief in destiny or because of thinking that it is God’s will that a family have ‘as many children as God sends.’
Abanye balikhaba ngawo omane ucwangciso-ntsapho ngenxa yokuba bekholelwa ekumiselweni kwangaphambili kwekamva labo okanye ngenxa yokucinga ukuba kukuthanda kukaThixo ukuba intsapho ibe ‘nabantwana abaninzi kangangoko uThixo ebathumela.’

Expressing similar sentiments, the Italian Catholic press agency Adista said: “To speak about ‘inculturation’ of the Gospel in Africa means speaking about the very destiny of the Catholic Church in that continent, of its chances of surviving or not surviving.”
Livakalisa uluvo olufanayo, ijelo leendaba lamaKatolika iAdista laseItali lathi: “Ukuthetha ‘ngokuzivisisanisa nezithethe’ kweVangeli eAfrika kukuthetha ngekamva leCawa yamaKatolika kwelo lizwekazi, kukuthetha ngamathuba okusinda okanye ukungasindi kwayo.”

(Isaiah 65:11, 12) Their unwise choice brought destruction upon them, and the gods of Destiny and Good Luck were powerless to prevent it.
(Isaya 65:11, 12) Ukhetho lwawo lobuyatha lwawazisela intlekele, ibe oothixo beSihlo neThamsanqa babengenakuwakhusela koko.