endeavour oor Xhosa

endeavour

/ɪnˈde.və(r)/, /ɛnˈdɛvəɹ/, /ɛnˈdɛvɝ/, /ɪnˈdɛ.və/ werkwoord, naamwoord

(obsolete, reflexive) To exert oneself. [15th-17th c.]

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Edict after edict was issued by the prefects, who honestly endeavoured to stop the arbitrariness and the oppression inherent in the system . . .
Abaphathi babehlala beyalela abantu ngoko bafanele bakwenze, nangona babezama ngokunyanisekileyo ukuphelisa ukulawulwa kwabantu ngenkohlakalo nengcinezelo yale nkqubo . . .

Preparation formerly put on ships' bottoms in an endeavour to prevent attachment of barnacles and other marine life.
Amalungiselo akuqala awayesenziwa kumazantsi enqanawa kwinzame zokukhusela ukuncamathela kweentsentsane nezinye izinto eziphila emanzini.

Casualty due to extraordinary natural causes and circumstances, to which there was no human contribution, and which could not have been foreseen or averted by the exercise of any amount of reasonable intelligence or endeavour.
Iingozi ngenxa yonobangela abadaliweyo abavele benzeke okanye ngenxa yemeko, apho kungakhange kubekho mntu onegalelo, okanye ongakhange abenombono okanye ongakhange anqandwe sesosenzo salomnganiselo osezingqondweni wamkelekayo okanye udibanisayo.

She should endeavour to keep along the centre of the canal as she passes the other ship.
Kufuneka izame ukuhlala embindini womjelo xa idlula enye inqanawa.

“The Christians stood aloof and distinct from the state, as a priestly and spiritual race, and Christianity seemed able to influence civil life only in that manner which, it must be confessed, is the purest, by practically endeavouring to instil more and more of holy feeling into the citizens of the state.”—The History of the Christian Religion and Church, During the Three First Centuries (New York, 1848), Augustus Neander, translated from German by H.
“AmaKristu ayechasele ibe ezahlulile kurhulumente, njengesizwe sababingeleli nesokomoya, ibe ubuKristu babonakala bukwazi ukuphembelela ubomi babantu kuphela ngaloo ndlela, emele ivunywe ukuba, yeyona isulungekileyo, ngokusisiseko ngokuzabalazela ukubethelela ngakumbi nangakumbi imvakalelo engcwele kubemi belizwe.”—The History of the Christian Religion and Church, During the Three First Centuries (New York, 1848), Augustus Neander, yaguqulelwa isuka kwisiJamani nguH.

To summarise, it may be said that in endeavouring to give the shipowner a maximum carrying capacity, the ship designer is restricted by regulations in the following ways.
Ukuquka, kungatshiwo ukuba iinzame zokunika inqanawa eyiyiyo yokuthwala ubuncinci bombilini, inqanawa yokuyila zesithinteli semihla ngemihla kwezi ndlela zilandelayo.

Her crew must therefore endeavour to keep the boat balanced on the forward slope of the wave.
Abasebenzi balo kufuneka kengoko bazame ukuligcina lilinganisekile iphenyane kwithambeka eliphambili leliza

They should endeavour to turn at the same rate as the senior officer.
Kufuneka benze iinzame zokujika kwindlela enye njengomphathi ophezulu.

“Instead of perceiving death as something natural, modern physicians have come to see it as bad or alien, a defeat of all their therapeutic endeavours, at times almost as a personal defeat,” states The New Encyclopædia Britannica.
IThe New Encyclopædia Britannica ithi: “Kunokuba bakuqonde njengento yokwemvelo ukufa, oogqirha banamhlanje baye bakubona njengento embi okanye engaqhelekanga, njengokoyisakala kwayo yonke imizamo yabo engokonyango, maxa wambi njengokoyisakala kobuqu.

But in endeavouring to do so a ship is bound to be influenced by the behaviour of the other ships in the line between her and the guide.
Kodwa isenza kwiinzame zokwenza njalo inqanawa ibophelelekile okokuba inikwe iimpembelelo kukuziphatha kwezinye iinqanawa kumgca phakathi kwayo nesikhokelo.

The Encyclopædia Britannica states: “The philosophy and theology of the Enlightenment endeavoured to push the figure of the devil out of Christian consciousness as being a product of the mythological fantasy of the Middle Ages.”
IEncyclopædia Britannica ithi: “Intandabulumko nengcamango yeXesha Lokhanyo yabangela ukuba amaKristu angamgqali umtyholi njengomntu wokwenene kodwa umntu weentsomi zamaXesha Aphakathi.”

The court allowed the adoption on the understanding that the parents “use their best endeavours to secure that the children will be made aware of their [ethnic] identity and brought up with an understanding of their ethnic origins and traditions,” reports The Times.
Inkundla yabavumela ukuba babakhulise kuba iqonda ukuba aba bazali “bawa bevuka bezama ukuqinisekisa ukuba aba bantwana baya kwenziwa balwazi [uhlanga] lwakokwabo ibe bakhule beyiqonda imvelaphi yabo yobuhlanga nezithethe zabo,” yatsho njalo iThe Times.

“Forty five years after its birth, after being long paralyzed, the [United Nations] is unfolding itself before our eyes, and is now emerging as a true judge, setting forth the law and endeavouring to enforce it.” —President François Mitterrand of France to the 45th session of the UN General Assembly, September 24, 1990.
“Emva kweminyaka engamashumi amane anesihlanu zikho, emva kokungasebenzi kakuhle ithuba elide, [iZizwe Ezimanyeneyo] ziyazibonakalisa kuthi, yaye ngoku zivela njengomgwebi wokwenyaniso, ziwisa umthetho yaye zizabalazela ukuqinisekisa ukuba uyathotyelwa.” —UMongameli uFrançois Mitterrand waseFransi kwintlanganiso yama-45 yeNgqungquthela yeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo ngoSeptemba 24, 1990.

In this respect they were, to a considerable extent, like those early Christians described by Augustus Neander in the book The History of the Christian Religion and Church, During the Three First Centuries: “The Christians stood aloof and distinct from the state, . . . and Christianity seemed able to influence civil life only in that manner which, it must be confessed, is the purest, by practically endeavouring to instil more and more of holy feeling into the citizens of the state.”
Kule nkalo, ngomlinganiselo omkhulu, babefana naloo maKristu okuqala achazwe nguAugustus Neander kwincwadi ethi The History of the Christian Religion and Church, During the Three First Centuries: “AmaKristu ayahlukile yaye engafani norhulumente, . . . yaye ubuKristu babubonakala bukwazi ukuphembelela ubomi babantu abaqhelekileyo kuphela ngendlela ekumele kuvunywe ukuba yeyona inyulu, ngokuzabalazela ukubethelela imvakalelo engcwele ngakumbi kubemi belizwe.”

IN 1770 the famous English explorer Lieutenant James Cook was sailing the 369-ton bark Endeavour along the unexplored east coast of Australia.
NGOWE-1770 umhloli odumileyo wamazwe oliNgesi nowayekwanguMphathi- mkhosi uJames Cook wayehamba ngenqanawa enokuthwala ubunzima obungama-369 etoni egama liyiEndeavour ngakunxweme olukwintshona yeOstreliya ekwakungekafiki bahloli-bamazwe kulo.

Nevertheless, always endeavour to reach a liferaft.
Akukhathelisekile, zama ngalo lenke ixesha ukufikelela kwisihlenge.

He must not endeavour either to keep in the wake of the next ahead or keep the masts of the column in line.
Makenze iinzame okunye ukugcina kuvuko lwelandelayo ngaphambili okanye agcine iimasti zoluhlu kumgca.

Justin Martyr, a historian in early Christian times, wrote: “We who hated and destroyed each other, and, on account of the difference of manners, refused to live with men of a different tribe, now, since the appearance of Christ, live on terms of familiar intercourse with them, and pray for our enemies, and endeavour to persuade those who hate us without a cause to live conformably to the perfect precepts of Christ.”
UJustin Martyr, umbhali-mbali wamaxesha okuqala kobuKristu, wabhala oku: “Thina bantu babethiyene yaye sitshabalalisana, ibe, ngenxa yokwahlukahlukana kwezimilo, singakufuni ukuhlala nabantu besizwe esahlukileyo, ngoku, ukususela ekubonakaleni kukaKristu, siphila ngokuqhubana kakuhle nabo, size sizithandazele iintshaba zethu, yaye sizabalazela ukweyisela abo basithiye ngaphandle kwesizathu ukuba baphile ngokuvisisana nemithetho egqibeleleyo kaKristu.”

Cotter wrote in 1817: “Their [Christians’] endeavours to reform the lives of mankind by their preaching, so far from making the people feel grateful, would, in reality, cause them to hate and persecute the disciples for exposing their vices.”
Cotter, ngowe-1817 wabhala: “Imigudu yawo [amaKristu] yokuguqula ubomi babantu ngokushumayela kwawo, kunokuba yenze abantu babe nombulelo ibangela ukuba babatshutshise abafundi ngenxa yokubhenca imikhuba yabo.”

Then she must endeavour to haul in the towing hawser by hand.
Ngoko makenze iinzame atsale intambo enkulu yokurhuqa ngesandla.