detour oor Xhosa

detour

/ˈdiːtʊə/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A diversion or deviation from one's original route.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

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While making a long detour around Edom, the people get into trouble again as they complain against God and Moses.
Ngoxa behamba umgama omde bejikeleza elakwaEdom, abantu bangena enkathazweni kwakhona njengoko bekhalazela uThixo noMoses.

30 To the east of these hills and tablelands lies the extensive rocky wilderness that effectively cut off direct travel between the Promised Land and Mesopotamia, causing the caravan routes to detour many miles northward.
30 Kwimpuma yezi nduli namahewu kukho intlango enkulu engumwewe ebangela ukuba kungabikho ndlela konke konke enqumla phakathi kweLizwe Ledinga neMesopotami, nto leyo ebangela ukuba iindlela ehamba ngazo imikhoko ijikeleze kangangeekhilomitha ezininzi ngasemantla.

(Matthew 6:33; John 18:37) We cannot walk part of the time in the truth, giving merely token service but then pleasing ourselves by taking detours to indulge in excessive recreation or to enter on a time-consuming career or “slave . . . for Riches.”
(Mateyu 6:33; Yohane 18:37) Asinakungxungxa enyanisweni, sinikele inkonzo nje yokudlulisel’ usana kunina sandule ke sizikholise ngokuthabatha iindlela ezizezinye zokubandakanyeka ekuzihlaziyeni ngokugqithiseleyo okanye singenele umsebenzi wokuziphilisa otya ixesha okanye ‘sikhonze ubutyebi.’

One time, the only boat traveling to Nukumanu detoured to Australia for repairs, and then the owners had financial problems.
Ngesinye isihlandlo, isikhephe ekuphela kwaso esiya eNukumanu samisa eOstreliya ukuze silungiswe. Emva koko kwabonakala ukuba abaniniso abanamali.

The elephants usually oblige by making a detour.
Ngokuqhelekileyo iindlovu zidla ngokunyanzeleka ukuba zijike zize zihambe ngenye indlela.

What events mark the detour around Edom?
Ziziphi iziganeko eziphawula uhambo olude lokujikeleza elakwaEdom?

WHEN I was a boy, a harmless bird on the pathway would send me scurrying off on a wide detour.
XA ndandiyinkwenkwe, intaka engenabungozi endleleni yayindothusa ndijike ndikhawulezile.

When we were just 25 miles [40 km] from Sarajevo, we had to make a 90-mile [140 km] detour through the woods!
Xa sasimalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-40 kuphela ukuba sifike eSarajevo, kwafuneka siphambuke sihambe iikhilomitha ezili-140 ukutyhubela amahlathi!

One brother relates: “I would make a detour and drop off some workers at the site on my way to work and then pick them up after work.
Omnye umzalwana uchaza athi: “Xa ndisiya emsebenzini ndandidla ngokusa abanye abasebenzi esizeni ndiphinde ndiye kubalanda emva komsebenzi.

A mischievous juvenile male takes a detour by swinging himself from branch to branch to get a closer look at us.
Itshimpanzi encinane nendwebileyo ijinga kwisebe isiya kwelinye ukuze isondele kuthi.

Could it be that I am on a long, insecure detour and that what I really want and what is realistically possible can be attained by a less complicated route?
Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukuba ndikwindlela ende, enganqabisekanga nokuba oko ndikufunayo noko kunokwenzeka ngokwenene kunokufumaneka ngendlela elula?

So use is made of road transporters which carry the unit loads that weigh several hundred tons and that - often proceeding only at a snail's pace and having to make lengthy detours to seek out the strongest bridges and roads - after several days or even weeks of hard work on the part of their crews finally deliver the item concerned at the port.
Usetyenziso lwezihambisi zeendlela lwenziwe oluphatha iiyunithi zemithwalo elziingana neetoni ezingamakhulu aliqela kwaye ezihamba ngokucotha oku kukasinyeke ezigwegwelezayo zikhangela iibhurorho ezinamandla kunye neendlela emva kweentsuku eziliqela okanye iiveki zomsebenzi onzima kwicala labo bonke abasebenzi benqanawa ekugqibeleni bakhupha izinto eziqondene yo ezibukweni lenqanawa