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egos

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Plural form of ego.

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They had to be careful that their own ego never became more important than the sanctification of Jehovah’s name.
Babefanele balumke ukuba udumo lwabo lungaze lube yinto ebaluleke ngaphezu kokungcwaliswa kwegama likaYehova.

Some men have an ego problem, and it seems they have a need to impose their authority over the women working with them.”
Wambi amadoda anengxaki yokufuna igugu, yaye kubonakala ukuba afuna ukubonakalisa igunya lawo kumabhinqa asebenza nawo.”

As we have seen, the wages of sin is, not just a bruised ego or embarrassment, but death.
Njengoko siye safunda, umvuzo wesono asikokwehlelwa sisidima okanye ukuphoxeka kuphela kodwa kukufa.

Do not allow skills or privileges to inflate your ego. —Ro 12:3
Musa ukuvumela ubuchule nezabelo onazo zikwenze ubajongele phantsi abanye abantu. —Rom 12:3

Ego Boosting
Ukwandisa Uzuko Lobuqu

But in a boastful fit of ego, Babylonian king Belshazzar mocked Jehovah.
Kodwa ngokuqhayisa nokuziphakamisa, ukumkani wamaBhabhiloni uBheleshatsare wahlekisa ngoYehova.

However, such knowledge only “puffs up,” or inflates the ego like a balloon; it does not ‘build up’ loving Christian relationships.
Noko ke, ulwazi olunjalo “luyakhukhumalisa,” lusibangela ukuba sikhukhumale njengebhaloni; ‘alulwakhi’ ulwalamano lothando lobuKristu.

“Sometimes it’s hard to say ‘I’m sorry’ because my ego gets in the way,” admits a husband named Charles.
UCharles oyindoda etshatileyo uthi, “Ngamany’ amaxesha kuba nzima ukuthi ‘uxolo’ kuba ndiye ndonganyelwe likratshi.”

For example: Do we have an ego problem?
Ngokomzekelo: Ngaba sinengxaki yokuzigwagwisa?

Do men need to view women as a threat to their male ego?
Ngaba amadoda afanele awagqale amabhinqa njengesisongelo kwigugu lawo lobudoda?

It is so much easier to see the straws in the eyes of others than the rafters in our own —and much more reassuring to our ego!
Kulula gqitha ukubona izibi ezisemehlweni abanye kunokubona imiqadi ekwawethu—yaye ngaloo ndlela sizikhukhumalisa ngokungakumbi!

Because you have unwittingly threatened a male ego.”
Ngenxa yokuba ungaqondanga uye wasongela igugu lomntu oyindoda.”

Although some bullies have a big ego, many are insecure and put others down to make themselves feel better.
Nangona abanye abantu abantlontayo besenokubonakala bezithembile, abanye bazonwabisa ngokuntlonta abanye kuba abazithembanga.

(2 Timothy 3:2) “The ego of materialism has in recent times overpowered the spirit of modesty.
(2 Timoti 3:2) “Ukuthanda izinto eziphathekayo mvanje kuye kongamela umoya wokuthozama.

And when National Geographic assigned an investigative reporter to find out how a fossil hoax ended up in its pages, the reporter spoke of “a tale of misguided secrecy and misplaced confidence, of rampant egos clashing, self-aggrandizement, wishful thinking, naive assumptions, human error, stubbornness, manipulation, backbiting, lying, [and] corruption.”
Yaye xa iNational Geographic yathumela intatheli ukuba iphande ngokubhalwa kwengcamango engenasihlahla yefosili kulo lindixesha, le ntatheli yathetha “ngeyelenqe elenziwe ngabantu abathenjiweyo, ukungqubana kwezimvo, ukuzicingela ngokugqithiseleyo, ukukholelwa iingcamango zobuyatha, iimpazamo zabantu, ubuntamo-lukhuni, ukuqhatha, ukudlan’ izithende, ukuxoka, nobuqhetseba.”

Nevertheless, the book The Lore of Birthdays states: “Other holidays lift the heart, but birthdays warm the ego.”
Sekunjalo, incwadi ethi The Lore of Birthdays ithi: “Ezinye iiholide zivuyisa intliziyo, kodwa ukubhiyozela umhla wokuzalwa kukwenza uzive umkhulu.”

But do we flirt in order to elicit such interest —just to give our ego a little boost or to evoke such a response in another?
Kodwa ngaba sidlala ngothando ukuze sifumane ingqalelo enjalo—ukuze sizive nje sixabisekile okanye ukuze omnye abonakalise ukuba uyasithanda?

I drove around in a big imported car for the sheer enjoyment of it—it was an ego trip.
Ndandiqhuba umnyobo wenqwelo-mafutha ephuma kwelinye ilizwe ndinandipha nje ukuyikhwela—ndandisenzela nje ukucel’ injezu.

(Genesis 1:28; Proverbs 5:15-19) But outside of marriage, it often serves as little more than a salve for emotional wounds, an escape from pressures, a way to bolster a sagging ego, a response to peer pressure, or a chance to enjoy the intimacies of marriage without accepting its responsibilities.
(Genesis 1:28; IMizekeliso 5: 15-19) Kodwa ngaphandle kweqhina lomtshato, ngokufuthi asiphumezi nto ingako ngaphandle kokuthomalalisa amanxeba angokweemvakalelo, sibe yindawo yokubaleka iingcinezelo, indlela yokuvuselela ukuzixabisa okuya kuphela ngokuphela, ukusabela kwingcinezelo yoontanga okanye ithuba lokunandipha usondelelwano lomtshato ngaphandle kokwamkela iimbopheleleko zawo.

There are no battling egos.
Akukho ngquzulwano lokufuna ukuba ngomkhulu.

Do you have an ego problem?
Ngaba unengxaki yokuzigwagwisa?

They wanted something more, something that would tickle their ego, something that would exalt them and put them in a class with worldly philosophers, and they were willing to contaminate and divide the Christian congregation in order to gain their selfish ends.
Babefuna okungakumbi, into eyayiza kubenza bakhukhumale, into eyayiza kubaphakamisa ize ibabeke kudidi lwezithandi-bulumko zehlabathi, yaye babekulungele ukulingcolisa nokulahlula ibandla lamaKristu ukuze banelise iinjongo zabo zokuzingca.

Getting a reaction to a seductive glance or touch may indeed boost your ego —but only temporarily.
Ukuba ubani uyasabela kwindlela omjonga ngayo okanye ukumphathaphatha okuhendayo ngokwenene oko kungakwenza uzive unguwe —kodwa kuphela okwexeshana.

One survey conducted with compulsive gamblers showed that 94 percent considered gambling to be an “ego building activity,” and 92 percent said they felt like a “big shot” when they gambled.
Olunye uhlolisiso olwenziwa nabangcakazi abakhotyokisiweyo lwabonisa ukuba ama-94 ekhulwini ayekujonga ukungcakaza ‘njengomdlalo owakha ukuzihlonela,’ yaye ama-92 ekhulwini athi ayevakalelwa ngokungathi ‘ayezizikhulu’ xa ayengcakaza.

And they should resist any tendency to offer their own personal opinions as dogma or to let their ego get in the way if someone disagrees with such views. —2 Corinthians 3:17; 1 Peter 2:16.
Yaye bafanele baxhathise naluphi na utyekelo lokunikela iimbono zabo zobuqu njengemfundiso okanye ukuvumela ukuzicingela kwabo kubaphazamise ukuba umntu othile akavumelani nezo mbono.—2 Korinte 3:17; 1 Petros 2:16.