modest oor Xhosa

modest

/ˈmɑdəst/ adjektief

Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

lumkileyo

nengqiqo

Modest

Male Russian first name.

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The size and furnishings of the other residents’ quarters essentially did not differ from the modest arrangement in Vasily Kalin’s apartment.”
Ubukhulu nezinto ezikwezi ndawo zokuhlala ngokusisiseko buyafana nobo bukwigumbi elilungiswe kakuhle likaVasily Kalin.”

The teacher was also impressed with Anna’s behavior, praising her in front of the whole class for her good manners and modest dress.
Utitshala wayeyithanda nendlela uAnna awayeziphethe ngayo, emncoma phambi kweklasi yonke ngesimilo sakhe nendlela enesidima awayenxiba ngayo.

Isaiah’s contemporary Micah declares: “What is Jehovah asking back from you but to exercise justice and to love kindness and to be modest in walking with your God?”
Oku kungqinwa nguMika, owayephila ngexesha likaIsaya, esithi: “Yintoni ayibizayo kuwe uYehova ngaphandle kokuqhelisela okusesikweni nokuthanda ububele nokuthozama ekuhambeni noThixo wakho?”

They are modest, clean, and well-arranged, reflecting dignity in appearance.
Zindilisekile, zicocekile kwaye zilungiswe kakuhle, kwaye ziyahlonelwa.

Even people of modest income could afford one.
Kwanabantu abamkela umvuzo ophantsi babekwazi ukuyithenga.

Is that being modest, however?
Kodwa ngaba kukuthozama ke loo nto?

Be modest in dress and grooming
Nxiba uze uzilungise ngendlela enesidima

“Finally,” she said, “after all these years and at the age of 70, I found the modest and humble people the Bible speaks about, those who treat me like a person.
Wathi, “Ekugqibeleni, emva kwayo yonke le minyaka nakubudala beminyaka engama-70, ndibafumene abantu abathozamileyo nabathobekileyo ethetha ngabo iBhayibhile, abo bandiphatha njengomntu.

The cabins in the topgallant poop started as a modest structure, with their stern lights peeping through the carvings.
Kweli gumbi lokulala apha enqanaweni elikwindawo apho kukho umgangatho ophakamileyo kwindawo engasemva enqanaweni, yaqala ngendawo yokwenza imiboniso, indlela eyenziwa ngayo,inendawo apha ngemva ekhanyayo yokukroba ephumela ngaphaya kwemifanekiso eqingqiweyo.

A person who is modest is concerned about not needlessly offending others and not drawing undue attention to himself.
Umntu othozamileyo ukuxhalabele ukungabakhubekisi ngokungeyomfuneko abanye nokunganikeli ingqalelo engafanelekanga kwisiqu sakhe.

Then again, we can praise Jehovah by our upright conduct, even by the neat and modest way we dress and groom ourselves.
Kwakhona, sinokumdumisa uYehova ngehambo yethu ethe tye, kwanangendlela ecocekileyo nendilekileyo esinxiba size sizilungise ngayo.

(Micah 6:8) Modest people accept their limitations, and they do not fall victim to the intense ambition and cutthroat competition that are evident in many educational institutions.
(Mika 6:8) Abantu abathozamileyo bayazi ukuba ubuchule babo bulinganiselwe, yaye abanawo umoya wokhuphiswano nokufuna ukugqwesa okukhuthazwa ngamaziko emfundo amaninzi namhlanje.

A modest museum documenting the modern-day history of Jehovah’s Witnesses is also planned for the site.
Kucetywa nokwakhiwa imyuziyam yala maxesha eza kubonisa imbali yamaNgqina kaYehova.

We also faced the challenge of modest assembly facilities built right in the bush.
Olunye ucelomngeni esasijamelene nalo yayingamaxhobongwana ezakhiwo zendibano ezazisakhiwa ehlathini.

(Hosea 6:6; 10:12; 12:6) Micah declared: “What is Jehovah asking back from you but to exercise justice and to love kindness and to be modest in walking with your God?”
(Hoseya 6:6; 10:12; 12:6) UMika wathi: “Yintoni ayibizayo kuwe uYehova ngaphandle kokuqhelisela okusesikweni nokuthanda ububele nokuthozama ekuhambeni noThixo wakho?”

The Bible wisely says, therefore, that “wisdom is with the modest ones.”
Ngoko ke, ngobulumko iBhayibhile ithi, “bunabathozamileyo ubulumko.”

The Witnesses were more modest in their dress, and they were honest and respectful.
AmaNgqina ayenxibe ngokundilisekileyo, enyanisekile yaye enentlonelo.

His gift might be considered relatively modest today, but Jehovah took note of it and expressed his approval.
Isipho sakhe sinokugqalwa njengesingabalulekanga kangako namhlanje, kodwa uYehova wasiphawula waza wasamkela.

6 At first, a Xhosa-speaking sister named Noma had reservations about inviting white brothers from an English-language congregation to her modest home.
6 Ekuqaleni, omnye udade othetha isiXhosa onguNoma wayesonqena ukumemela abazalwana abamhlophe abakwibandla lesiNgesi ekhayeni lakhe eliphantsi.

Shortly before that, at a congregation meeting in a neighboring village, I had met Lidiya, a modest dark-haired girl.
Kancinane nje ngaphambi koko, kwelinye ibandla elikwidolophana eselumelwaneni ndandibone uLidiya, intombazana enesidima eneenwele ezimnyama.

We need “to be modest” in pursuing such a course.
Kufuneka ‘sithozame’ xa sihamba noThixo.

This modest and meek man spent almost a third of the century in Soviet prisons and labor camps.
Loo ndoda ithozamileyo nelulamileyo yachitha phantse isahlulo sesithathu senkulungwane kwiintolongo neenkampu zomsebenzi zaseSoviet.

But, beginning in 1982, the Polish government permitted them to hold one-day assemblies of modest size in rented facilities.
Kodwa, ukususela ngowe-1982, urhulumente wasePoland wawavumela ukuba aqhube iindibano zosuku olunye engemaninzi kangako kwizakhiwo eziqeshiweyo.

Another modest man who became a role model for me was John Booth, now a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Enye indoda eyayithobekile eyaba ngumzekelo omhle kum yayinguJohn Booth, ngoku olilungu leQumrhu Elilawulayo lamaNgqina kaYehova.

(Matthew 24:45) The Bible says that dress for women should be ‘well arranged and modest.’
(Mateyu 24:45) IBhayibhile ithi isinxibo sabafazi sifanele sibe ‘sesifanelekileyo, sindiliseke.’