legend oor Xhosa

legend

/ˈlɛʤ.ənd/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events. Also historical legend.

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But it can hardly be a coincidence that in primitive legends around the world there is recollection of a great flood that destroyed mankind with the exception of a few who were preserved together.
Kodwa kunokuba nzima ukuba kube kukuhla nje kweziganeko ngexesha elinye into yokuba kwiintsomi zabantu bakuqala jikelele ehlabathini kube kukho amabali angomkhukula omkhulu owatshabalalisa uluntu ngaphandle kwabambalwa abalondolozwa kunye.

They were killers whose violent exploits are likely echoed in ancient myths and legends.
Zazingababulali abanogonyamelo ekuthethwa ngabo kwiintsomi namabali amandulo.

Similarly, by placing the religions side by side, we can examine their doctrines, legends, rituals, ceremonies, institutions, and so on, and see if there is any underlying thread of common identity and, if so, to what that thread leads us.
Ngokukwanjalo, ngokuzibopha ngabande linye zonke iinkonzo, sinokuhlolisisa iimfundiso zazo ezisisiseko, amabali, izithethe, imisitho, iziqalelo zazo, njalo njalo, size sibone enoba kukho nawuphi na umzila wokufana okuthile yaye, ukuba ukho, sinokulanda emkhondweni wawo.

How different Moses is from the heroes of ancient myths and legends!
Hayi indlela ahluke ngayo uMoses kumaqhawe eentsomi zamandulo!

Just as those mariners hoped, their wooden ships did not burst into flame, nor did they see the headless monsters of legend.
Kanye njengokuba abo matiloshe babenethemba, amaphenyane abo awayenziwe ngomthi awazange avuthe ngamadangatye, bengazange babone nezigebenga ezingenantloko zasentsomini.

(2 Peter 2:5) According to this legend, before the Flood the earth was inhabited by violent individuals called the men of bronze.
(2 Petros 2:5) Ngokweli bali, ngaphambi koMkhukula umhlaba wawumiwe ngabantu abanogonyamelo ababebizwa ngokuba ngabantu bobhedu.

It also presents an analysis of Flood legends from six continents and the islands of the sea to show that memories of the Deluge of Noah’s day are found among people of diverse cultures all over the earth.
Likwathetha ngokuhlolisiswa kweentsomi zoMkhukula ezivela kumazwekazi amathandathu nakwiziqithi zolwandle ukuze libonise ukuba iinkumbulo ezingoNogumbe womhla kaNowa ziyafumaneka kubantu abaneemvalaphi ezahlukeneyo abakuwo wonke umhlaba.

Anthropologists have collected as many as 270 flood legends from nearly all tribes and nations.
Izazinzulu ngemvelaphi nentlalo yabantu ziye zaqokelela amabali omkhukula angama-270 phantse kuzo zonke iintlanga nezizwe.

Over the years many legends have developed about his exploits.
Kangangeminyaka kuye kwavela iintsomi ezininzi ngokuphathelele izenzo zakhe.

Some people maintain that the Bible is little more than a collection of myths, legends, and folk wisdom.
Bambi abantu bathi iBhayibhile yingqokelela nje yeentsomi, amabali nobulumko babantu.

The rabbis rejected the legend of the 72 translators, stating: “It happened once that five elders wrote the Torah for King Ptolemy in Greek, and that day was as ominous for Israel as the day on which the golden calf was made, since the Torah could not be accurately translated.”
Oorabhi bayikhaba ngaw’ omane imbali yabaguquleli abangama-72, besithi: “Kukho amadoda amakhulu athile amahlanu awabhala iTorah ngesiGrike esenzela uKumkani uPtolemy yaye loo mini yaba yintlekele njengamhla amaSirayeli enza ithole legolide, ekubeni iTorah yayingenako ukuguqulelwa ngokuchanileyo.”

Dubbed The Ghan, the train had just completed its inaugural 1,850-mile [2,979 km], two-day south-to-north crossing of the continent. —See the box “The Legend Behind the Name,” on page 25.
Lo loliwe ubizwa ngokuba yiGhan, wayesandul’ ukuqukumbela uhambo lwakhe lweekhilomitha ezingama-2 979, ukusuka emzantsi ukusa emntla ecanda eli lizwekazi.—Bona ibhokisi ethi “Imvelaphi Yeli Gama,” kwiphepha 25.

Some legends mention violent giants living on the earth before the Flood.
Wambi amabali akhankanya izigebenga ezinogonyamelo ezaziphila emhlabeni ngaphambi koMkhukula.

For example, the lines of magnetic variation will be shown on the chart, but under the legend it will be stated how many minutes per year these lines will incline eastwards or westwards and the amount of this annual variation line change must be multiplied by the number of years that have elapsed since the date the chart was printed.
Umzekelo, imigca kamazibuthe eyahlukileyo izakeuboniswa kwitshati, kodwa phantsi kweleva izakuba ichaza ukuba mingaphi imizuzu ngonyaka le migca izakunyukela kwiwardi yasesMpuma okanye eNtshona kunye nemali yonyaka yokwahuka kotshintsho lomgca ekufuneka iphinda-phindwe ngenani lonyaka iphelile ukusukela ngomhla eyayibhalwe ngawo itshati.

And I was appalled, because what I was reading [in the Gospel accounts] was not legend and it was not naturalistic fiction.
Kwaye ndothuka, kuba oko ndandikufunda [kwiingxelo zeencwadi zeVangeli] kwakungeyontsomi yaye kungelobali elikhiwe entloko elivakala liyinyaniso.

What can we conclude from these many Flood legends?
Sisiphi isigqibo esinokufikelela kuso ngokusuka kula mabali maninzi angoMkhukula?

From this came the legend of 'bottomless depths'.
Emva koko kwaxelwa imbali yobunzulu obungapheliyo.

A popular legend says that Constantine saw a vision of a cross with the Latin words “In hoc signo vinces” (In this sign conquer).
Ibali elithandwayo lithi uConstantine wabona umbono womnqamlezo onamagama esiLatini athi “In hoc signo vinces” (Yoyisa ngolu phawu).

Thus we find legend and history, contemporary science and folklore, Biblical exegesis and biography, homily and theology woven together into what, to one unfamiliar with the ways of the academies, would seem to be a curious medley of unorganized data.”
Ngaloo ndlela sifumana ingxubevange yembali neentsomi, inzululwazi yelo xesha nobuvuvu, ubucukubhede beBhayibhile namabali obomi babantu, iintshumayelo nezakwalizwi, nto leyo umntu nje ongenalwazi ngezi nkqubo zokufundisa anokuyibona ingumdudo nje woononkala.”

Another example, from Greek legend, is the superhuman Hercules (or Heracles).
Omnye umzekelo, webali lamaGrike, nguHercules (okanye uHeracles) owayenamandla angaphezu kwawabantu.

Though the Bible mentions eight Flood survivors, in Greek legend only Deucalion and his wife, Pyrrha, survived.
Ngoxa iBhayibhile ikhankanya abantu abasibhozo abasindayo kuMkhukula, kwibali lamaGrike kuphela yayinguDeucalion nowakwakhe, uPyrrha, abasindayo.

The brochure says: “Legend has it that the first Polynesian settlers uttered these words upon their arrival when seeing the coconut trees growing on the land.”
Le ncwadana ithi: “Ngokutsho kwebali lakudala abemi bokuqala basePolynesia bathetha la mazwi xa babefika bebona imithi yekokonathi eyayikhula kwelo lizwe.”

The book Moses —A Life, by Jonathan Kirsch, concludes: “All that we can say about the historical Moses is that someone like the man described in the Bible might have lived at some unknowable time and place in the far-distant past, and his exploits might have been the grain of sand around which the pearly accretions of legend and lore slowly built up over the centuries until he became the rich and provocative figure whom we find in the pages of the Bible.”
Incwadi ethi Moses—A Life ebhalwe nguJonathan Kirsch iqukumbela ngelithi: “Into esinokuyithetha ngomntu obizwa ngokuba nguMoses kukuba umntu ofana nalowo kuthethwa ngaye eBhayibhileni kusenokwenzeka ukuba wakha waphila ngaxa lithile kwindawo esingayaziyo mandulo phayaa, yaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba kukho ubaxo oluthile ngokuphathelele izinto awazenzayo yaye ukutyhubela iinkulungwane inkcazelo nenkolelo ephathelele le ndoda yanda ngokuthe ngcembe de yaphumela kuloo mntu ubalaseleyo nekuphikiswana ngaye, esifunda ngaye eBhayibhileni.”

18 Similarly, the Incas had their Flood legends.
18 Ngokufanayo, amaInca nawo ayenamabali awo angoMkhukula.

From what source could the Chinese flood legends have come?
Amabali omkhukula aseTshayina anokuba avela kuwuphi umthombo?