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mountain

/ˈmaʊn.tən/, /ˈmaʊn.tɪn/, /'maUntn/ naamwoord

A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.

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large mass of earth and rock

Initially, they walked along a riverbed and then up a narrow, winding mountain path.
Baqala bahamba kwindlela egudle udonga lomlambo emva koko benyuka intaba ngendledlana emxinwa emajikojiko.

Mountain

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Manu builds a boat, which the fish pulls until it is grounded on a mountain in the Himalayas.
UManu wakha umkhombe, le ntlanzi ewutsalayo ude uye kuhlala phezu kweentaba zeHimalaya.

Christians, breathing clean spiritual air on the elevated mountain of Jehovah’s pure worship, resist this inclination.
AmaKristu, aphefumla umoya ococekileyo wokomoya kwintaba ephakamileyo yonqulo olunyulu lukaYehova, ayaluxhathisa olu tyekelo.

For a time we also shared in the circuit work, visiting congregations from the Queen Charlotte Islands eastward across the mountains to Fraser Lake, and later as far as Prince George and Mackenzie.
Kwakhona kangangexesha elithile saba nesabelo kumsebenzi wesiphaluka, sityelela amabandla ukusuka kwiZiqithi zeQueen Charlotte ngasempuma phesheya kweentaba ukuya kwiChibi iFraser, yaye kamva sasisiya kude njengasePrince George naseMackenzie.

Jehovah, the Perfect Shepherd, will gather the scattered sheep and bring them to a fat pasturage on the mountains of Israel.
UYehova, uMalusi Ogqibeleleyo, uya kuzihlanganisa izimvu eziziintsali aze azibuyisele kwidlelo elilungileyo elisezintabeni zakwaSirayeli.

He had the sensation of descending to the very depths of the sea, near the roots of the mountains, where seaweed entangled him.
Wayeqonda ukuba uza kwehlela enzonzobileni yolwandle, enyeleni yentaba, apho wayeza kuthandelwa zizityalo zaselwandle.

I have striven to keep from making mountains out of molehills or taking myself too seriously.
Ndandikuphepha ukuzenza nkulu izinto ezingenamsebenzi okanye ukuzicingela ngokugqithiseleyo.

On some of the narrow, winding mountain roads, you would be rewarded with breathtaking, ever-changing panoramic views of the land and sea.
Nokuba sele ubhudlwa ngumoya kwiindlela ezisentabeni, kuye kuthi ngco xa ubona ubuhle obahlukahlukeneyo belo lizwe nobamanzi olwandle.

Recognizing this as an opportunity to escape the destruction that Jesus had foretold, faithful Christians fled to the mountains.
Eqonda ukuba eli lithuba lokusinda kwintshabalalo eyayixelwe nguYesu, amaKristu athembekileyo asabela ezintabeni.

Explaining the reason for his view in the newspaper Rocky Mountain News, he notes: “AIDS is not a disease of homosexuality.
Echaza isizathu sokuba abe nembono enjalo kwiphephandaba iRocky Mountain News, uthi: “IAIDS ayisiso isifo samafanasini.

“It must occur in the final part of the days,” the prophet Isaiah wrote, that “the house of Jehovah will become firmly established above the top of the mountains . . . and to it all the nations must stream.
Umprofeti uIsaya wabhala oku: “Kuya kuthi ekupheleni kwemihla, intaba yendlu kaYehova ivelele ezincotsheni zazo iintaba, . . . zibe ngumsinga ukuya kuyo zonke iintlanga.

Five months later the ark came to rest on the top of a mountain.
Iinyanga ezintlanu kamva umkhombe wahlala encotsheni yentaba.

At the coming end of this system of things, how will “every mountain and every island” be removed from their places?
Kwisiphelo esizayo sale nkqubo yezinto, ziya kushenxiswa njani ezindaweni zazo “zonke iintaba nazo zonke iziqithi”?

Unexpectedly, Gallus withdrew his troops, opening the way for Christians in Jerusalem and Judea to obey Jesus’ words and flee to the mountains. —Matthew 24:15, 16.
Bengalindelanga, uGallus nomkhosi wakhe barhoxa, bevula ithuba lokuba amaKristu aseYerusalem nawelakwaYuda athobele amazwi kaYesu aze abalekele ezintabeni.—Mateyu 24:15, 16.

How we would thrill to the exhilaration of soaring from a mountain peak up into the sky with nothing to hinder our freedom!
Hayi indlela ebeluya kusichulumancisa ngayo uvuyo lokuntinga sisuka encotsheni yentaba sinyukela esibhakabhakeni kungekho nto ithintela inkululeko yethu!

Then let those in Judea begin fleeing to the mountains, and let those in the midst of her withdraw, and let those in the country places not enter into her; because these are days for meting out justice, that all the things written may be fulfilled.”
Ngelo xa mabathi abakwelakwaYuda basabele ezintabeni, nabo baphakathi kwayo mabaphume bemke, nabo basemaphandleni mabangangeni kuyo. Ngokuba yimihla yempindezelo leyo, ukuze kuzaliseke konke okubhaliweyo.”

Of the six nights, we spent four sleeping in the open mountain air or beside a river.”
Kwezo ngokuhlwa zintandathu, ezine sazichitha silele empengempenge okanye ecaleni komlambo.”

In fact, like many Pacific islands, it is made up of just the tips of enormous underwater mountains.
Eneneni, njengeziqithi ezininzi zasePasifiki, sineentaba ezinkulu eziphantsi kwamanzi.

“And it must occur in the final part of the days that the mountain of the house of Jehovah will become firmly established above the top of the mountains, and it will certainly be lifted up above the hills; and to it all the nations must stream.” —Isaiah 2:2.
“Ke kaloku kuya kuthi ekupheleni kwemihla, intaba yendlu kaYehova ivelele ezincotsheni zazo iintaba, izongamele iinduli, zibe ngumsinga ukuya kuyo zonke iintlanga.”—Isaya 2:2.

Jeannette, who lives in the mountains of rural Burundi, has always had the desire to pioneer, but she suffers from a chronic heart condition that prevents her from walking far or climbing steep hills.
UJeannette ohlala kwiilali zaseBurundi ezisezintabeni, wayesoloko enomnqweno wokuba nguvulindlela, kodwa unesigulo sentliziyo esinganyangekiyo, esimenza angakwazi ukuhamba imigama emide okanye ukunyuka amaqhina.

IN THE north of Mozambique lies a lush valley surrounded by beautiful mountains—some rocky, others covered in luxuriant vegetation.
KUMANTLA eMozambiki kukho intlambo echumileyo erhangqwe ziintaba ezintle—ezinye zinamatye, ezinye zigqunywe luhlaza oluchumayo.

It had been heard by people in large towns as well as in villages, even reaching palaces and mountain homesteads.”
Zaviwa ngabantu abakwiidolophu ezinkulu needolophana, emabhotweni nakwimizana.”

39:7-12) Others might think of Christians who fled from Jerusalem in the year 66 C.E., obeying Jesus’ warning: “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by encamped armies, then . . . let those in Judea begin fleeing to the mountains, and let those in the midst of her withdraw.” —Luke 21:20, 21.
39:7-12) Kanti abanye banokucinga ngamaKristu awabaleka eYerusalem ngowama-66 C.E., ethobela esi silumkiso sikaYesu: “Xa niyibona iYerusalem ingqongwe yimikhosi emise iintente, . . . mabandule abo bakwelakwaYuda basabele ezintabeni, nabo baphakathi kuyo mabemke.”—Luka 21:20, 21.

Contrasts in the Mountain Range
Ukwahlukahlukana Kwemimandla Ekwezi Ntaba

To the east are the mountains of Judah; to the west, the coastal plain of Philistia.
Ngasempuma kukho iintaba zakwaYuda; entshona, kukho ithafa eliselunxwemeni lamaFilisti.

And many peoples shall go and say: ‘Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths.’ . . .
Kuya kuhamba izizwe ezininzi, zithi, Yizani, sinyuke siye entabeni kaYehova, endlwini kaThixo kaYakobi; asiyalele iindlela zakhe, sihambe ngomendo wakhe. . . .