road oor Xhosa

road

/ɹəʊd/ adjektief, naamwoord

A way used for travelling between places, usually surfaced with asphalt or concrete. Modern roads, both rural and urban, are designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. [from 16th c.]

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indlela

naamwoord

They can also operate over land, where they require no tracks or roads.
Zingasebenzela naphezulu komhlaba, apho zingazokufuna mzila okanye indlela.

lendlela

naamwoord

a way for travel

What would you have done?— Well, the priest just went by on the opposite side of the road.
Yintoni wena owawuya kuyenza?— Yena ke loo mbingeleli wasuka wahamba kwelinye icala lendlela.

Road

voorbeelde

Concerning the fulfillment of that prophecy, it is written: “Most of the crowd spread their outer garments on the road, while others began cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.
Ngokubhekisele kwinzaliseko yeso siprofeto, kubhaliwe kwathiwa: “Yathi ke inkoliso yezihlwele yazandlala iingubo zayo endleleni; baye abanye bexhuzula amasebe emithini, bewandlala endleleni.

Jehovah’s Witnesses have found it a source of joy to help responsive individuals, though realizing that few from among mankind will take the road to life.
AmaNgqina kaYehova aye akufumanisa kuluvuyo ukunceda abo basabelayo, nangona eqonda ukuba bambalwa kubantu abaza kuhamba ngendlela esa ebomini.

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.

There are many such examples: a sign alerting you to high voltage; a radio announcement of a storm roaring down on your area; a piercing mechanical noise from your car as you are driving on a crowded road.
Kukho imizekelo emininzi yoku: uphawu olukulumkisa ngamandla ombane ayingozi; ukubhengeza kukanomathotholo isaqhwithi esibhudla ngamandla sisiza kwingingqi ohlala kuyo; ingxolo engaqhelekanga kwinqwelo-mafutha yakho njengoko uqhuba kwindlela ephithizelayo.

(Matthew 24:3-8, 34) However, it is a sad fact that most people today are on the broad road that leads to destruction.
(Mateyu 24:3-8, 34) Noko ke, kusisibakala esibuhlungu ukuthi abantu abaninzi namhlanje bakwindlela ephangaleleyo esa entshabalalweni.

Is this so because the lights from roads, stadiums, and buildings are stronger or more beautiful than starlight?
Ngaba oku kubangelwa yinto yokuba ukukhanya kwezi zibane kuqaqamba okanye kukuhle ngaphezu kobeenkwenkwezi?

He realized that it would be a challenge to reach the sparsely populated regions that had few roads and bridges.
Wabona ukuba kuza kuba nzima ukufikelela imimandla enabemi abahlala kwimizi egqagqeleneyo apho kungekho ndlela nazibhulorho zingako.

Indeed, this Unity of Brethren, or the Czech Brethren, as this community of believers came to be called, searched for the ‘cramped road leading to life.’
Ngokwenene, iqela iUnity of Brethren, okanye iCzech Brethren, njengokuba ayebizwa njalo la makholwa, lafuna ‘indlela emxinwa esa ebomini.’

Unlike the USA, Japan and many industrialised countries in Western Europe, the USSR and the majority of the other socialist countries can carry the bulk of their mutual import and export trade by means of road and rail vehicles.
Ngokungafaniyo neUSA iJapani kunye namanye amazwe atyebileyo kwintshona ye-Europe iUSSR kunye namanye amazwe amaninzi nameleneyo angaphakathi imithwalo enzima efana namacala othungiso lwempahla eziphumayo nezingenayo ngoncedo lwezithuthi nendlela, neziporo.

Long walks over muddy roads are rewarded when Kingdom seed takes root in the hearts of teachable individuals.
Uhambo olude kwiindlela ezinodaka luyavuzwa xa imbewu yoBukumkani isendela kwiintliziyo zabo bafundisekayo.

But a certain Samaritan traveling the road came upon him and, at seeing him, he was moved with pity.
Kodwa umSamariya othile owayehamba kuloo ndlela waya kuye, waza akumbona, waba nosizi.

Consider what happened some 3,000 years ago when the aged widow Naomi and her widowed daughters-in-law, Orpah and Ruth, were on the road from Moab to Judah.
Cinga nje ngoko kwenzeka kwiminyaka emalunga nama-3 000 eyadlulayo xa umhlolokazi osele ekhulile uNahomi noomolokazana bakhe abangabahlolokazi, uOrpa noRute babesendleleni esuka kwaMowabhi eya kwaYuda.

(John 14:6) If we apply his sayings and follow closely in his footsteps, we will be on the same road. —John 6:68; 1 Peter 2:21.
(Yohane 14:6) Ukuba siyakusebenzisa oko akutshoyo, size sihambe ngokusondeleyo emanyathelweni akhe, siya kuba sihamba kuloo ndlela.—Yahane 6:68; 1 Petros 2:21.

Before taking the first step down such a road, ask yourself, ‘Where is this leading me?’
Ngaphambi kokuba uthabathe nawaphi na amanyathelo qala uzibuze, ‘Ndiya kuphelela phi?’

21 En route, the bus sped through a routine road checkpoint, and the traffic police gave chase and stopped it, suspecting that it carried contraband.
21 Endleleni, uduladula wadlula ngesantya esiphezulu kwindawo ngokuqhelekileyo ekuhlolwa kuyo izithuthi, yaye amagosa endlela amsukela aza ammisa, erhanela ukuba uthwele izinto zomgunyathi.

Many a divorced person would confide that marriage is not automatically a road to happiness.
Abantu abaninzi abaqhawule umtshato baya kukuxelela ukuba umtshato awuthi ngokuzenzekelayo ube yindlela esa elonwabeni.

16 Jesus once likened the word of the Kingdom to seeds that “fell alongside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.”
16 Ngesinye isihlandlo uYesu walifanisa ilizwi loBukumkani nembewu ‘eyawa ngasendleleni, zeza iintaka zayidla zayigqiba.’

In recognition of the precious unity of God’s people, the brothers obtained permission to give the public road leading to the Assembly Hall the name Unity Place.
Ngenxa yomanyano oluxabisekileyo lwabantu bakaThixo, abazalwana banikwa imvume yokubiza indlela enkulu eya ngakuloo Holo yeNdibano ngokuthi yiUnity Place (Indawo Yomanyano).

He looked up and down the road, then asked in a low voice: “Are you one of Jehovah’s Witnesses?”
Wakhangela ngentla nangasezantsi endleleni, wandula ke wabuza ngelizwi eliphantsi: “Ngaba ungomnye wamaNgqina kaYehova?”

Augustus also had maps of the empire’s road system put on display.
UAwugusto wayenemephu enazo zonke iindlela zobukhosi bakhe eyayinokubonwa nguwonke wonke.

That can mean spending hours each week—or even each day—commuting on crowded trains and buses or on congested roads.
Oku kunokuthetha ukuchitha iiyure ezininzi veki nganye—okanye suku ngalunye—behamba ngoololiwe neebhasi ezizele ngabantu okanye kwiindlela ezixakekileyo.

It is, for example, possible to transport containers by rail or road by means of the North American land bridge on the shortest route between the East Coast of the USA and the West Coast, and from there forward them by ship to Japan.
Ngokomzekelo kunokwenzeka ukuhambisa izikhongozeli zomhlaba ngololiwe okanye ngendlela yoncedo lomntla Melika lebrorho zomhlaba kwindlela emfutshane phakathi konxweme oluse Mpuma lwase-USA kunye nonxweme oluseNtshona, ukusuka apho ahanjiselwe phambili ngenqanawa ukuya eJapan.

19 It is not easy to remain on the narrow road to life.
19 Ukuhlala kwindlela emxinwa esa ebomini akuyondlwan’ iyanetha.

SOON Jesus is on the road again, teaching from city to city and from village to village.
NGOKUKHAWULEZA uYesu usendleleni kwakhona, efundisa kwizixeko ngezixeko nakwimizi ngemizi.

It is the only road that leads to everlasting life.
Kuphela kwendlela ekhokelela kubomi obungunaphakade.