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(impersonal) to have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.

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“Happiness or related mental states like hopefulness, optimism and contentment appear to reduce the risk or limit the severity of cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, diabetes, hypertension, colds and upper-respiratory infections,” says a report in Time magazine.
Iphephancwadi iTime lithi: Ukonwaba, ukuba nethemba nokwaneliseka, ezo zinto zinokunciphisa amathuba okuba nesifo sentliziyo, isifo semiphunga, isifo seswekile, uxinezeleko lwegazi, umkhuhlane neengxaki zamarhanana.”

The account says: “Jesus, therefore, said to them again: ‘May you have peace.
Ingxelo ithi: “UYesu, ke ngoko, wathi kubo kwakhona: ‘Ngamana ningaba noxolo.

“They’re also at risk of attracting the attention of older boys who are more apt to be sexually experienced,” says the book A Parent’s Guide to the Teen Years.
Incwadi ethi A Parent’s Guide to the Teen Years ithi: “Asengozini yokuthimb’ ingqalelo yabafana abadala kunawo abasenokuba banamava ngezesondo.”

“There were so many different customs to get used to,” say two fleshly sisters in their late 20’s from the United States, who serve in the Dominican Republic.
Abanye oodade ababini baseUnited States nabazalwa ngumntu omnye abakwiminyaka engaphezu kwama-25 ubudala, abakhonza kwiDominican Republic bathi: “Kwakukho izithethe ezahlukahlukeneyo ekwakufuneka siqhelane nazo.

When on earth he preached, saying: “The kingdom of the heavens has drawn near,” and he sent out his disciples to do the same.
Xa wayesemhlabeni washumayela esithi: “Ubukumkani bamazulu busondele,” yaye wathumela abafundi bakhe ukuba benze okufanayo.

“I wanted to help people in emergencies,” says Roberto, an officer in Bolivia.
URoberto olipolisa kwelaseBolivia uthi: “Ndandithanda ukuhlangula abantu abafuna uncedo olungxamisekileyo.

The kings and other mighty ones of the earth weep over her, saying: “Too bad, too bad, you great city, Babylon you strong city, because in one hour your judgment has arrived!”
Ookumkani nezinye izidwangube zasemhlabeni ziyayililela, zisithi: “Yeha, yeha, mzi mkhulu Bhabheli, mzi unamandla! Ngokuba kufike ngaxa linye ukugwetywa kwakho.”

In contrast, “the ancient Egyptians were the only Oriental nation who objected to wearing the beard,” says McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature.
Ngokwahlukileyo, “amaYiputa ayekuphela kohlanga lwaseMpuma olwalungazikhulisi iindevu,” ngokutsho kweCyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature kaMcClintock noStrong.

The students were encouraged to fulfill what Psalm 117 says by urging others to “Praise Jah.”
Aba bafundi bakhuthazwa ukuba bazalisekise oko kuthethwa yiNdumiso 117 ngokubongoza abanye ‘baDumise uYa.’

This is why after giving the parable and a related one, he concluded: “Thus, you may be sure, none of you that does not say good-bye to all his belongings can be my disciple.”
Kungenxa yoku le nto emva kokuba ethethe lo mzekeliso nomnye ohlobene nalo, waqukumbela ngelithi: “Ngokukwanjalo ngoko, wonke umntu kuni ongazishiyiyo zonke iimpahla zakhe, akanakuba ngumfundi wam.”

“I used to sit there and never comment, thinking that nobody would want to hear what I had to say.
Ngaphambili ndandihlala nje ndingaphenduli ezintlanganisweni kuba ndicinga ukuba akukho mntu uhoyileyo ukuba ndifuna ukuthini.

(John 14:2) John gives some idea of the blessings to be enjoyed by these, saying: “And no more will there be any curse.
(Yohane 14:2) UYohane usichazela ngokufutshane ngeentsikelelo eziza kunanditshwa ngabo, esithi: “Akusayi kuba sabakho siqalekiso.

He then enlarged on that basic truth by saying that the dead can neither love nor hate and that “there is no work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the Grave.”
Yaye wakugxininisa oko ngokuthi abafileyo abanalo uthando okanye intiyo, yaye “akukho msebenzi nakuyila nakwazi nakulumka [engcwabeni].”

Next, Jesus says of the boy: “Bring him to me.”
Emva koko, uYesu uthi ngomntwana: “Mziseni kum.”

For example, according to the Catholic Jerusalem Bible, Proverbs 8:22-30 says of the prehuman Jesus: “Yahweh created me when his purpose first unfolded, before the oldest of his works. . . .
Ngokomzekelo, ngokweJerusalem Bible yamaKatolika, IMizekeliso 8:22-30 ithi ngokuphila kukaYesu ngaphambi kokuba abe ngumntu: “UYahweh wandidala xa injongo yakhe yaqalisa ukutyhilwa, ngaphambi kweyona misebenzi yakhe midala. . . .

4 If you placed the May 1, 1992, “Watchtower,” you could say:
4 Ukuba ubuhambise i-“Mboniselo” kaMeyi 1, 1992, unokuthi:

The director of the National Vocation Service of the French Catholic Church was quoted as saying: “We’re seeing the super-marketing of religion.
Kuthiwa umalathisi weNational Vocation Service weCawa yamaKatolika eFransi wathi: “Namhlanje unqulo lungukheth’ oyikhethayo.

Many can truthfully say that Jesus’ teachings have refreshed them and helped them to turn their lives around.
Abaninzi ngokunyanisekileyo banokuthi iimfundiso zikaYesu ziye zabenza bahlaziyeka zaza zabanceda baguqula ubomi babo ngokupheleleyo.

When my parents would ask what I would do if they were put in jail for preaching the good news, I would say, ‘I’ll serve Jehovah.’
Xa abazali bam babendibuza ukuba ndandiya kuthini na ukuba babevalelwe entolongweni ngenxa yokushumayela iindaba ezilungileyo, ndandidla ngokuthi, ‘Ndiya kukhonza uYehova.’

Says Psalm 104:24: “How many your works are, O Jehovah!
INdumiso 104:24 ithi: “Hayi indlela emininzi ngayo imisebenzi yakho, Yehova!

Psalm 146:3, 4, says: “Do not put your trust in nobles, nor in the son of earthling man, to whom no salvation belongs.
INdumiso 146:3, 4, ithi: “Musani ukukholosa ngezidwangube, nangonyana womntu wasemhlabeni, lowo ungenalo usindiso.

(Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable) “In a few years, their numbers were very considerable,” says the book The Lollards.
(Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable) “Kwathi kwiminyaka nje embalwa, labe inani labo selaphule izikeyi.

4. (a) What did Daniel 9:27 say would follow the Jews’ rejection of the Messiah?
4. (a) UDaniyeli 9:27 wathi kwakuza kwenzeka ntoni emva kokuba amaYuda emchasile uMesiya?

She wholeheartedly agrees with the words of the Proverb that says: “The blessing of Jehovah —that is what makes rich, and he adds no pain with it.” —Proverbs 10:22.
Uvumelana ngokupheleleyo namazwi omzekeliso othi: “Intsikelelo kaYehova, yiyo etyebisayo, imbulaleko ayongezi nento kuyo.”—IMizekeliso 10:22.

When Peter asked whether we should forgive “up to seven times,” Jesus replied: “I say to you, not up to seven times, but up to 77 times.”
Xa uPetros wabuza uYesu enoba simele sixolele “ukusa kwizihlandlo ezisixhenxe na,” wamphendula wathi: “Ndithi kuwe, kungekhona, ukusa kwizihlandlo ezisixhenxe, kodwa, ukusa kwizihlandlo ezingamashumi asixhenxe anesixhenxe.”