dumb oor Xhosa

dumb

/dʌm/ adjektief, werkwoord

To silence.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

sisimumu

Unable to speak; lacking power of speech.

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3 Now they durst not slay them, because of the aoath which their king had made unto Limhi; but they would smite them on their bcheeks, and exercise authority over them; and began to put heavy cburdens upon their backs, and drive them as they would a dumb ass—
3 Ngoku bebengekhe balinge ukubabulala, ngenxa yesifungo awathi wasenza ukumkani wabo kuLimhayi; kodwa babeya kubabetha aezidleleni zabo, baze basebenzise igunya phezu kwabo; baza baqalisa ukubathwalisa bimithwalo enzima phezu kwemiqolo yabo, kwaye babaqhube njengoko babeya kwenza kulo iesile elisisimumu—

Inevitably, word of this spread like wildfire, and soon “great crowds approached him, having along with them people that were lame, maimed, blind, dumb, and many otherwise, and they fairly threw them at his feet, and he cured them.”
Ngokuqinisekileyo, zanwenwa ngokukhawuleza iindaba ngoku kwenzekayo, yaye kungekudala “kweza kuye izihlwele ezikhulu, zinabantu ababeqhwalela, izilima, iimfama, izimumu, nabanye abaninzi, zababeka ezinyaweni zakhe, waza wabaphilisa.”

All people are concerned about health problems, so we can read with them what Jesus did to illustrate what he will do on a much larger scale in Kingdom power: “Great crowds approached him, having along with them people that were lame, maimed, blind, dumb, and many otherwise, . . . and he cured them.” —Matthew 15:30.
Bonke abantu baxhalatyiswa ziingxaki zempilo, ngoko sinokufunda kunye nabo oko uYesu wakwenzayo ukuze abonise into aza kuyenza ngomlinganiselo omkhulu xa ekumandla oBukumkani: “Kweza kuye izihlwele ezikhulu, zinabantu ababeqhwalela, izilima, iimfama, izimumu, nabanye abaninzi, . . . waza wabaphilisa.”—Mateyu 15:30.

He miraculously feeds a crowd of 5,000 and more; walks on the sea; turns back further criticism from the Pharisees, who, he says, are ‘overstepping the commandment of God because of their tradition’; heals the demon-possessed, the “lame, maimed, blind, dumb, and many otherwise”; and again feeds more than 4,000, from seven loaves and a few little fishes.
Ngokungummangaliso wondla isihlwele sabantu abangama-5 000 nangaphezu koko; uhamba phezu kolwandle; uphendula ukugxekwa kwakhe okungakumbi ngabaFarisi, abo athi, ‘bayawugqitha umthetho kaThixo ngenxa yesithethe sabo’; uphilisa abaphethwe ziidemon, “iziqhwala, iimfama, izidenge, izilima, nabanye abaninzi”; yaye uphinda ondle abantu abangaphezu kwama-4 000 ngezonka ezisixhenxe neentlanzi ezincinane ezimbalwa.

There they climb a mountain, but the crowds find them and bring to Jesus their lame, crippled, blind, and dumb, and many that are otherwise sick and deformed.
Apho benyuka intaba, kodwa izihlwele ziyabafumana yaye ziza kuYesu neziqhwala, izilima, iimfama, izidenge, nenye inkitha eyayigula neyayineziphene ngezinye iindlela.

6 And after all this, after working many mighty miracles among the children of men, he shall be led, yea, even aas Isaiah said, as a sheep before the shearer is dumb, so he bopened not his mouth.
6 Kwaye emva kwako konke oku, emva kokusebenza imimangaliso enamandlakazi emininzi phakathi kwabantwana babantu, uya kukhokelwa, ewe, kwa ananjengokuba watshoyo uIsaya ukuthi, njengemvu phambi kwabachebi esisimumu, ke bakazange awuvule umlomo wakhe.

Mosiah forbids persecution and enjoins equality—Alma the younger and the four sons of Mosiah seek to destroy the Church—An angel appears and commands them to cease their evil course—Alma is struck dumb—All mankind must be born again to gain salvation—Alma and the sons of Mosiah declare glad tidings.
UMozaya uyayala intshutshiso kwaye uwisela umthetho wokulingana—UAlma omncinane noonyana abane bakaMozaya bazama ukutshabalalisa iBandla—Ingelosi iyabonakala kwaye ibayalele ukuba bayiyeke indlela yabo embi—UAlma ubethwa abesisimumu—Lonke uluntu kufuneka luzalwe ngokutsha ukuze luzuze usindiso—UAlma noonyana bakaMozaya bavakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo.

Emotional harm may also result if children are labeled as “dumb” or “stupid.”
Kwakhona, abantwana basenokukhathazeka xa kusithiwa “zizidenge” okanye “abanangqondo.”

“If you can prove that to me from the Bible, I’ll even go to one of your dumb meetings!”
Ukuba ungandibonisa oko eBhayibhileni, ndiza kuya kwezo ntlanganiso zakho!”

The account further says: “When he came out [of the sanctuary] he was not able to speak to [the people waiting], and they perceived that he had just seen a supernatural sight in the sanctuary; and he kept making signs to them, but remained dumb.”
Ingxelo ihambisa isithi: “Uthe ke akuphuma [endaweni engcwele], akaba nako ukuthetha kubo [abantu ababelindile]; baqonda ukuba ubone umbono endaweni engcwele apho, waye yena emana ukunqwala kubo, wahlala engathethi [“esisimumu,” NW].”

And God gave him the power to heal people of all their illnesses, as the Bible relates: “Great crowds approached him, having along with them people that were lame, maimed, blind, dumb, and many otherwise, and they fairly threw them at his feet, and he cured them.” —Matthew 15:30.
Yaye uThixo wamnika amandla okuphilisa abantu kuzo zonke izigulo zabo, njengokuba iBhayibhile ibalisa: “Kweza kuye izihlwele ezininzi, zinazo iziqhwala, iimfama, izidenge, izilima, nabanye abaninzi, zababeka phantsi ezinyaweni zikaYesu; wabaphilisa.”—Mateyu 15:30.

7 Therefore they turned their hearts to the sacrifice of the aheathen in offering up their children unto these dumb idols, and hearkened not unto my voice, but endeavored to take away my blife by the hand of the priest of Elkenah.
7 Ke ngoko baguqulele iintliziyo zabo kumadini abahedeni ngokunikela abantwana babo kwezi zithixo zizizimumu, kwaye abaliphulaphulanga ilizwi lam, kodwa bazama ukuthabatha ubomi bam ngesandla sombingeleli wase-Elikena.

A navigational instrument, similar to a binnacle and mariner's compass, but without a magnetic needle, used in taking bearings, especially when the object to be sighted is not visible from the ship's compass. Also known as a Dumb Compass.
Isixhobo soomatiloshe esifanayo negumbi lesalatha mbombo enqanaweni kwane khampasi yemarine, kodwa engenayoinaliti enomazibuthe, esetyenziselwa ukuthatha iibheringi ingakumbi xa into leyo ifuna ukufitwa ingabonakali kwikhampasi yenqanawe. Yaziwa nangokuba yi-Dumb Compass.

Jehovah’s witnesses have been assaulted, beaten, kidnapped, driven out of towns, counties and states, tarred and feathered, forced to drink castor oil, tied together and chased like dumb beasts through the streets, castrated and maimed, taunted and insulted by demonized crowds, jailed by the hundreds without charge and held incommunicado and denied the privilege of conferring with relatives, friends or lawyers.
Amangqina kaYehova aye axhatshazwa, abethwa, aqweqwediswa, agxothwa ezidolophini, kwiinqila nakumazwana, aqatywa itela afakwa neentsiba, anyanzelwa ukuba asele icastor oil, abotshelelwa kunye aza aleqwa ezitratweni ngokungathi ngamarhamncwa angenazingqondo, athenwa aza angxwelerhwa, agculelwa aza athukwa zizihlwele eziphenjelelwa ziidemon, amakhulukhulu awo abanjwa engamangalelwanga aza ahlukaniswa nabantu engalinikwa nelungelo lokuncokola nezalamane, abahlobo okanye ukuthetha namagqwetha.

For the moment —an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by— I was struck dumb with amazement . . .
Okwethuba elithile—kumele ukuba kwabanye ababeme kufutshane kwabonakala ngathi lixesha elingenasiphelo—ndandiqhiphuke umbilini ndimangalisiwe . . .

(Proverbs 12:18) Calling a child “stupid” or “dumb” is abusive and potentially harmful to the child.
(IMizekeliso 12: 18) Ukuthi umntwana “usisidenge” okanye “usisiphukuphuku” kukumthuka yaye kusenokumenzakalisa umntwana.

(Matthew 14:36) As a result, “the crowd felt amazement as they saw the dumb speaking and the lame walking and the blind seeing, and they glorified the God of Israel.”—Matthew 15:31.
(Mateyu 14:36) Ngenxa yoko, “isihlwele sathi manga njengoko sasibona izimumu zithetha neziqhwala zihamba neemfama zibona, saza samzukisa uThixo kaSirayeli.”—Mateyu 15:31.

“Great crowds approached him,” the Bible says, “having along with them people that were lame, maimed, blind, dumb, and many otherwise, and they fairly threw them at his feet.”
IBhayibhile ithi, “Kweza kuye izihlwele ezininzi, zinazo iziqhwala, iimfama, izidenge, izilima, nabanye abaninzi, zababeka phantsi ezinyaweni zikaYesu.”

In some cultures Deaf people have been mistakenly described as “dumb” or “mute,” although Deaf people are usually not vocally impaired.
Kwezinye iindawo abantu abaziziThulu ngempazamo baye bachazwa “njengezidenge” okanye “izimumu,” nangona abantu abaziziThulu ngokuqhelekileyo bayakwazi ukuthetha.

(Matthew 8:2, 3) Jesus did things like this in full view of many witnesses, as the historian Matthew reports: “Great crowds approached him, having along with them people that were lame, maimed, blind, dumb, and many otherwise, and they fairly threw them at his feet, and he cured them; so that the crowd felt amazement . . . and they glorified the God of Israel.”
(Mateyu 8:2, 3) UYesu ezi zinto wazenza ebonwa ngokupheleleyo ngamangqina amaninzi, njengoko umbhali-mbali onguMateyu ebika oku: “Kweza kuye izihlwele ezininzi, zinazo iziqhwala, iimfama, izidenge, izilima, nabanye abaninzi, zababeka phantsi ezinyaweni zikaYesu; wabaphilisa; zada zamangaliswa izihlwele ezo, . . . zamzukisa uThixo kaSirayeli.”

1 Now it came to pass that after the end of Korihor, Alma having received tidings that the Zoramites were perverting the ways of the Lord, and that Zoram, who was their leader, was leading the hearts of the people to abow down to dumb bidols, his heart again began to csicken because of the iniquity of the people.
1 Ngoku kwenzekile okokuba emva kwesiphelo sikaKorihor, uAlma ekubeni efumene iindaba zokokuba amaZoramayithi ayezigqwethile iindlela zeNkosi, nokokuba uZorami, owayeyinkokheli yawo, wayekhokelela iintliziyo zabantu ekubeni aziqubude bkwizithixo ezizizimumu, intliziyo yakhe kwakhona yaba cbuhlungu ngenxa yobugwenxa babantu.

He makes us feel the discomfort of the man on a couch that is too short with a sheet that is too narrow, and he makes us hear the heavy slumbering of the prophets who are like dumb dogs, too lazy to bark.
Usenza sibuve ubunzima bomntu ongqengqe kwisingqengqelo esifutshane gqitha nesigubungelo esincinane gqitha, kwaye usenza sikuve ukurhona kwabaprofeti abaleleyo abanjengezinja ezizizidenge, ezingamavila gqitha ukuba zingakhonkotha.

A Bible commentary renders this verse as follows: “A righteous man’s kindness extends even to dumb animals, but a wicked man is cruel, even when he thinks he is being most gentle.”—Believer’s Bible Commentary, by William MacDonald.
Incwadi egqabaza ngeBhayibhile iyiguqulela le ndinyana ngokulandelayo isithi: “Ububele bendoda elilungisa budluliselwa nakwisilwanyana esisisidenge, kodwa indoda engumenzi wobubi ikhohlakele, kwanaxa icinga ukuba inobubele ngeyona ndlela.”—Believer’s Bible Commentary, nguWilliam MacDonald.

21:3) Our heavenly Father is not like the demon gods, who must be represented by fearsome dumb idols.
21:3) UBawo wethu wasemazulwini akafani noothixo abaziidemon, abamele babe nabameli abazizithixo ezoyikekayo nezizizimumu.

Might she not have reasoned that this lowly, dumb creature had itself eaten from that fruit and had thereafter been able to speak?
Mhlawumbi wacinga ukuba esi sidalwa singakwaziyo ukuthetha naso sitye kulo mthi saza sakwazi ukuthetha.