seventy oor Xhosa

seventy

/ˈsɛv.ən.tɪ/, /ˈsɛv.əɾ̃.i/, /ˈsɛv.ən.di/, /ˈsɛvnti/ adjektief, naamwoord, Syfer

The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

amashumiasixhenxe

Seventy

eienaam

The translators of the Septuagint

voorbeelde

3 And it came to pass that two hundred and seventy and six years had passed away, and we had many seasons of peace; and we had many aseasons of serious war and bloodshed.
3 Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba engamakhulu amabini anamashumi asixhenxe anesithandathu iminyaka idlule, kwaye sasinamaxesha amaninzi oxolo; kwaye sasinawo namaxesha amaninzi eemfazwe ezinzima nempalalo-gazi.

Seventy species of hard corals, 36 species of soft corals, and 500 species of fish have been identified in the Belize Barrier-Reef Reserve System.
KwiBelize Barrier-Reef Reserve System kuye kwafunyanwa iindidi zeengqaqa eziqinileyo ezingama-70, ezithambileyo ezingama-36 neendidi zeentlanzi ezingama-500.

* “If the Seventies sent out a negative signal about the benefits of education,” says Fortune magazine, “the Eighties hit people over the head with a different cue: Get a degree or else.”
* Iphephancwadi iFortune lithi: “Ukuba kwiminyaka yee-1970 abantu babeyijonga imfundo ingeloncedo, ngoko iminyaka yee-1980 yabagqebh’ olungophiyo ngokuthi ivele ikhuthaza nto yimbi eyile: Kufuneka ube nesidanga okanye uya kuba sengxakini.”

5 But it came to pass that whatsoever lands we had passed by, and the inhabitants thereof were not gathered in, were destroyed by the Lamanites, and their towns, and villages, and cities were burned with fire; and thus three hundred and seventy and nine years passed away.
5 Kodwa kwenzekile okokuba nayiphina imihlaba esasithe sadlula ngakuyo, nabemi bayo babengahlanganiselwanga ngaphakathi, batshatyalaliswa ngamaLeymenayithi, needolophu zabo, needolophana, zaza izixeko zatshiswa ngomlilo; aza njalo amakhulu amathathu anamashumi asixhenxe anesithoba eminyaka adlula.

(Jeremiah 25:1, 2, 11, New International Version) The prophet later added: “This is what Jehovah has said, ‘In accord with the fulfilling of seventy years at Babylon I shall turn my attention to you people, and I will establish toward you my good word in bringing you back to this place.’”
(Yeremiya 25:1, 2, 11, iBhayibhile yesiXhosa) Kamva lo mprofeti wolek’ umsundulo wathi: “Utsho uYehova wemikhosi ukuthi, ‘Ngokuvisisana nokuzaliseka kweminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe eBhabhiloni ndiya kuphethulela ingqalelo yam kuni, kwaye ndiya kulimisela kuni ilizwi lam elilungileyo ngokunibuyisela kule ndawo.’”

Seventy years after the land of Judah had been desolated, a God-fearing remnant returned from exile in Babylon.
Kwiminyaka engama-70 emva kokuphanziswa kwelizwe lakwaYuda, intsalela eyoyik’ uThixo yabuya ivela ekuthinjweni eBhabhiloni.

And all this land must become a devastated place, an object of astonishment, and these nations will have to serve the king of Babylon seventy years.” —Jeremiah 25:9, 11.
Eli lizwe lonke liya kubharha, libe senkangala; ezi ntlanga zimkhonze ukumkani waseBhabheli iminyaka emashumi asixhenxe.’—Yeremiya 25:9, 11.

He appointed “seventy men of the older men of Israel” and put his spirit upon them so that they could suitably share the administrative work with Moses.
Wamisela ‘amadoda angamashumi asixhenxe kumadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli’ waza wawanika umoya wakhe ukuze asebenzisane kakuhle noMoses kumsebenzi wokwalathisa.

In fact, Daniel was highly privileged to have received from Jehovah the prophecy of the “seventy weeks.”
Phofu ke, ikwanguDaniyeli owathiwa jize nguYehova ngesiprofeto ‘seeveki ezingamashumi asixhenxe.’

(Psalm 94:20, King James Version; Acts 5:29) In 1954 the Watchtower magazine reported: “More than seventy countries at one time or another during the past forty years have made restrictive decrees and have persecuted Jehovah’s witnesses.”
(INdumiso 94:20; IZenzo 5:29) Ngowe-1954 iphephancwadi IMboniselo (yesiNgesi) lanikela le ngxelo: “Ngaxa lithile ebudeni beminyaka engamashumi amane edluleyo amazwe angaphezu kwamashumi asixhenxe aye akhupha imimiselo ethintela amangqina kaYehova aza awatshutshisa.”

“Seventy Years” for Whom?
Yeyantoni Le “Minyaka Ingamashumi Asixhenxe”?

17 Regarding the life span of imperfect humans, the psalmist says: “In themselves the days of our years are seventy years; and if because of special mightiness they are eighty years, yet their insistence is on trouble and hurtful things; for it must quickly pass by, and away we fly.”
17 Ngokuphathelele ubude bobomi babantu abangafezekanga, umdumisi uthi: “Imihla yeminyaka yethu yiminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe; yaye ukuba ithe ngenxa yamandla akhethekileyo yangamashumi asibhozo, ukuzingisa kwayo kusenkathazweni nakwizinto ezenzakalisayo; kuba imele idlule ngokukhawuleza, siphaphazele simke.”

* The Seventy are called to preach the gospel and be especial witnesses of Jesus Christ, D&C 107:25–26.
* AbangamaShumi aSixhenxe babizelwe ukushumayela ivangeli kwaye baba ngamangqina akhethekileyo kaYesu Krestu, I&M 107:25–26.

It tells us, for example, that off Belle Isle 'there is in sixty or seventy fathoms small dial sand' (the sort of sand used in sand-glasses) and off Penmarch 'there is in fifty fathoms black ooze'.
Iyasixelela, umzekelo yokuba iBelle Isle 'phakathi kukho amashumi amathandathu okanye amashumi asixhenxe umhlaba omncinci' (udidi lomhlaba osetyenziswa kwiiglasi zomhlaba) kwaye ePenmarch 'kukho ifathomus ezingamashumi amahlanu ezimnyama'.

Vern Seefeldt, an expert on the subject, is quoted as saying: “By the time they’re fifteen, seventy-five percent of kids who have ever played a sport have dropped out of it.”
Vern Seefeldt, ingcali kulo mbandela, kucatshulwa amazwi akhe athi: “Ngethuba beneminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu ubudala, amashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu ekhulwini abantwana abaye badlala umdlalo othile bawushiyile.”

Gabriel said that the period of “seventy weeks” had been determined “in order to terminate the transgression, and to finish off sin, and to make atonement for error, and to bring in righteousness for times indefinite, and to imprint a seal upon vision and prophet, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.”
UGabriyeli wathi ixesha ‘leeveki ezingamashumi asixhenxe’ lalimiselwe “ukuze kunqamke ukunxaxha, nokuze kupheliswe isono, nokucamagushela isiphoso, nokuzisa ubulungisa kangangamaxesha angenammiselo, nokushicilela itywina embonweni nakumprofeti, nokuthambisa iNgcwele yeeNgcwele.”

(2 Kings 25:1-4, 8, 9, 22-26; Zechariah 8:19) After the Jews were released from captivity in Babylon, Jehovah said through the prophet Zechariah: “When you fasted . . . , and this for seventy years, did you really fast to me, even me?”
(2 Kumkani 25:1-4, 8, 9, 22-26; Zekariya 8:19) Emva kokuba amaYuda ekhululwe ekuthinjweni eBhabhiloni, esebenzisa umprofeti uZekariya uYehova wathi: “Oko benizila ukudla . . . , iminyaka ke engamashumi asixhenxe, ukuzila oko benizilela mna na?”

He said that God’s people would be carried into captivity but would be restored to their homeland after “seventy years.”
Wathi abantu bakaThixo babeya kuthinjwa, kodwa baphinde babuyiselwe kwilizwe labo emva “kweminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe.”

(b) How long are the “seventy weeks,” and how do we know?
(b) Zithabatha ixesha elide kangakanani “iiveki ezingamashumi asixhenxe,” yaye sazi njani?

Seventy-two members of the Poland Bethel staff, January 1993
Amalungu angama-72 abasebenzi baseBheteli ePoland, ngoJanuwari 1993

At Charles's death in February 1685, the fleet consisted of one hundred and seventy-nine vessels.
Ekubhubheni kukaCharles ngoFebruwari 1685, umkhosi waye uquka iinqanawa eziyi179.

Jesus said that we should be ready to forgive “up to seventy-seven times,” without limit.
UYesu wathi sifanele silungele ukuxolela ‘kude kube kamashumi asixhenxe,’ oko kukuthi, singayeki.

16 By means of his prophet Daniel—a man of unwavering faith—Jehovah had given a prophecy involving “seventy weeks.”
16 Esebenzisa umprofeti wakhe uDaniyeli—indoda eyayinokholo olungagungqiyo—uYehova wayedlulisele isiprofeto esibandakanya “iiveki ezimashumi asixhenxe.”

How does 2 Kings 25:8, 25, 26 accurately describe the starting point of the fulfillment of the seventy years Jerusalem would lie desolate?
Iyichaza njani ngokuchanileyo incwadi yesi-2 yeziKumkani 25:8, 25, 26 inzaliseko yokuqala yeminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe yokuphanziswa kweYerusalem?

Within the Melchizedek Priesthood are the offices of elder, high priest, patriarch, Seventy, and Apostle (D&C 107).
Phakathi kuBubingeleli bukaMelkitsedeke kukho iiofisi yokuba ngumdala, ububingeleli obukhulu, usolusapho, amaShumi aSixhenxe, noMpostile (I&M 107).