dim oor Xhosa

dim

/dɪm/ adjektief, werkwoord, naamwoord, bywoord

not smart or intelligent

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dimmed
eyenziwe yafiphala

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It offers suggestions on how a person can rekindle his first love for Jehovah and the truth if that love has dimmed over the years.
Linamacebiso endlela umntu anokuluhlaziya ngayo uthando awayenalo kuqala ngoYehova nangenyaniso ukuba olo thando luye lwabuthathaka ukutyhubela iminyaka.

His eye had not grown dim, and his vital strength had not fled.”
Lalingenalurhatyazo iliso lakhe, yaye engekaphelelwa ngamandla.”

Soon after he arrives, however, his hope dims as he realizes that the city does not have streets paved with gold.
Noko ke, kungekudala emva kokuba efikile ithemba liyafiphala njengoko efumanisa ukuba eso yayingesosixeko apho imali idlal’ abantwana.

(1 Timothy 3:15) Afterward came a long period of apostasy in which the light of truth became dim.
(1 Timoti 3: 15) Emva koko kwalandela ixesha elide lowexuko elabangela ukuba ukukhanya kwenyaniso kufiphale.

(Hebrews 12:3) It stands to reason that if our God-given hope grows dim in our mind and heart or if our focus shifts elsewhere —perhaps to material things or to secular goals— spiritual weariness may soon overtake us, eventually leading to loss of moral strength and courage.
(Hebhere 12:3) Isengqiqweni into yokuba xa ithemba esilinikwe nguThixo lifiphila engqondweni nasentliziyweni okanye ingqalelo yethu ithinjwa zezinye izinto—njengezinto eziphathekayo okanye izinto zehlabathi—sinokudinwa ngokomoya, size sigqibele ngokuphelelwa yimilinganiselo nenkalipho.

We get the feeling that this dim environment calls for alert senses and a quiet step.
Le ndawo isemthunzini ibe ifuna sizole yaye sihlale siphaphile.

No crushed reed will he break; and as for a dim flaxen wick, he will not extinguish it.”
Ingcongolo evikivekileyo akayi kuyaphula, umsonto oqhumayo akayi kuwucima.”

By day this is done by hand flags and at night by flashing with a dimmed light.
Ngalemimi yenziwe ngeflegi yezandla ngobusuku ngokudanyaza umbane onciphileyo.

11 At its best, Jehovah’s chosen nation of ancient Israel could provide only a dim reflection of the holiness of God’s heavenly organization.
11 Kwanokuba lwalunokwenza okusemandleni alo, uhlanga olunyuliweyo lukaYehova olunguSirayeli wamandulo lwalunokubonakalisa ubungcwele bentlangano kaThixo yasezulwini ngomlinganiselo nje omncinane.

has suddenly grown dim.
liye lafiphala.

Solomon used intriguing poetic language to describe the calamitous days of old age —trembling hands, unsteady legs, loss of teeth, dim vision, poor hearing, white hair, and a bent frame.
USolomon wasebenzisa izafobe, esizobela umfanekiso wentlungu eza nale mihla yentlekele yokwaluphala—ukungcangcazela kwezandla, ukubhetyezela kwemilenze, ukuphelelwa ngamazinyo, urhatyazo lwamehlo, nokuba buthuntu kweendlebe, izimvi nokukhokhoba.

If you have a lamp that is not refilled with oil, the light grows dim.
Ukuba isibane sakho asinaoli yaneleyo, siba luzizi.

Similarly, on the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, Pope John Paul II asserted: “As the years go by, the memories of the War must not grow dim; rather, they ought to become a stern lesson for our generation and for generations yet to come.”
Ngendlela efanayo, xa kwakukhunjulwa iminyaka engama-50 yaphelayo iMfazwe Yehlabathi II, uPopu John Paul II wathi: “Njengoko iminyaka ihamba, izinto ezazisenzeka eMfazweni azifanele ziye ziphela; kunoko, ifanele ibe sisifundo esibuhlungu kwisizukulwana esikuso nezizukulwana ezizayo.”

He will not grow dim nor be crushed until he sets justice in the earth itself; and for his law the islands themselves will keep waiting.” —Isaiah 42:1-4.
Akayi kuba norhatyazo okanye atyunyuzwe ade amise okusesikweni emhlabeni; kwaye iziqithi ziya kuhlala zilindele umthetho wakhe.”—Isaya 42:1-4.

6 Like the congregation at Ephesus, we may have labored loyally and hated the deeds of sectarian apostates, but if our own love has dimmed in any way, let us return repentantly to our first love, with all its fire of enthusiasm!
6 Njengebandla lase-Efese, sisenokuba siye sabulaleka ngokunyanisekileyo saza sayithiya imisebenzi yabawexuki abanamahlelo, kodwa ukuba uthando lwethu luye lwaphola ngandlel’ ithile, masiguquke siluvuselele uthando esasinalo kuqala, nako konke ukuvutha kwalo!

They recognized that a mistake had been made but that in no respect had God’s Word failed, and therefore there was no reason either to let their own hope grow dim or to slow down in the work of pointing people to God’s Kingdom as mankind’s only hope.
Baqonda ukuba kwenziwa impazamo kodwa oko kwakungathethi ngayo nayiphi na indlela ukuba iLizwi likaThixo lalisilele, yaye ngenxa yoko kwakungekho sizathu sokuvumela ithemba labo libe luzizi okanye bayekelele emsebenzini wokwalathisela abantu kuBukumkani bukaThixo njengobukuphela kwethemba loluntu.

Yet, like a gem seen in dim light, the Bible provides a sparkle of hope for fallen mankind: a “seed” that will eventually undo the effects of sin and death.
Sekunjalo, iBhayibhile, njengelitye elinqabileyo elibonakala ekukhanyeni okuluzizi, inikela ithemba eliqaqambileyo kubantu abanesono: “Imbewu” eya kuthi ekugqibeleni iphelise imiphumo yesono nokufa.

LOVE FOR THE TRUTH NEVER GREW DIM
UTHANDO LWENYANISO ALUPHELI

Even the Gulf War in the Middle East did not dim the hope that the long-standing rivalry between East and West was over, and a new world order was at hand.
KwaneMfazwe eyayikwiGulf kuMbindi Mpuma ayizange ilenze mfiliba ithemba lokuba usukuzwano ebekukudala lukho phakathi kweMpuma neNtshona lwaluphelile, yaye ulungelelwaniso olutsha lwehlabathi lwalusemnyango.

Because they adopt God’s viewpoint, they are fully aware of how dim this world’s prospects really are.
Ngenxa yokuba benembono kaThixo ngezinto, bazi kakuhle ukuba eli hlabathi sele liza kuphela.

Upon the completion of the study, the lights dimmed.
Ekugqityweni kweso sifundo, izibane zakhanyiswa kancinane.

The dim light of the streetlights reflected faintly in the wet surface of the black pavement.
Ukukhanya okuluzizi kwezibane zezitrato kwakukhanya luzizi kwindledlana yabahamba ngeenyawo emnyama nemanzi.

My eyes have grown dim now, and I experience the frustrations that this brings.
Amehlo am abona luzizi ngoku, yaye ndijamelene neenkxwaleko ezihambisana noko.

For one thing, the courts and lawmakers in many lands have taken an increasingly dim view of men who fail to support their children.
Ngokomzekelo, iinkundla nabaqulunqi bemithetho kumazwe amaninzi baya bengawanyamezeli amadoda asilelayo ukuxhasa abantwana bawo.

Jesus neither broke a “crushed reed” nor extinguished “a dim flaxen wick.”
UYesu akazange ayaphule “ingcongolo etyumkileyo” engazange awucime ‘nomsonto weflekisi olozizayo.’