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shrink

/ˈʃɻɪŋk/, /ʃrɪŋk/ werkwoord, naamwoord

(intransitive) To contract, to become smaller, especially through exposure to cold and moisture.

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How Christians Were Pressured to Shrink Back
Indlela AmaKristu Acinezelwa Ngayo Ukuba Arhwaqelele Emva

Empty churches and shrinking membership rolls show that millions no longer consider religion vital to happiness. —Compare Genesis 2:7, 17; Ezekiel 18:4, 20.
Iicawa ezikhal’ ibhungane noludwe olunciphayo lwamarhamente azo zibonisa ukuba izigidi zabantu azisalujongi unqulo njengento ebalulekileyo esa elonwabeni.—Thelekisa iGenesis 2:7, 17; Hezekile 18:4, 20.

Udall, referring to the United States, said: “We live in a land of vanishing beauty, of increasing ugliness, of shrinking open space, and of an overall environment that is diminished daily by pollution and noise and blight.”
Udall, isithethi ngezentlalo wathi: “Siphila kwilizwe apho ubuhle nemeko-bume zisiya ziwohloka ngenxa yokuxinana, ukungcola komoya nengxolo.”

Why should we not shrink back from studying the deeper truths of God’s Word?
Kutheni sifanele sifunde neenyaniso ezinzulu zeLizwi likaThixo?

So, like Paul and Jeremiah, we should be able to say: “Now we are not the sort that shrink back to destruction, but the sort that have faith to the preserving alive of the soul.” —Hebrews 10:35-39.
Ngoko, njengoPawulos noYeremiya, simele sikwazi ukuthi: “Ke thina asingabahlehla baye entshabalalweni; singabokholo olusa ekuzuzeni umphefumlo.”—Hebhere 10:35-39.

He always said that to shrink back was to give in to Satan and fear of men.
Wayesoloko esithi ukuzimela yayikukuzinikela kuSathana nasekoyikeni abantu.

Don’t shrink back, but let ev’ryone hear
Noko ke sikhonza ngehlombe.

He ended the account by quoting Hebrews 10:39: “We are not the sort that shrink back to destruction, but the sort that have faith to the preserving alive of the soul.”
Waqukumbela amava akhe ngokucaphula amaHebhere 10:39 athi: “Thina asingabahlehla baye entshabalalweni, kodwa siluhlobo olunokholo olugcina umphefumlo uphila.”

Did ones in the next city on his missionary tour, Thessalonica, find Paul shrinking back in fear?
Ngaba abo babekwisixeko esilandelayo kutyelelo lwakhe lobuvangeli basemazweni, iTesalonika, bafumanisa ukuba uPawulos urhwaqelela emva luloyiko?

How could they even think of shrinking back to “the weak and beggarly” things of corrupt Judaism? —Galatians 4:9.
Kwakunokwenzeka njani ukuba acinge kwaukucinga ngokurhwaqelela emva kwizinto “ezibuthathaka nezingento” zobuYuda obonakeleyo? —Galati 4:9.

The Dead Sea is shrinking at the rate of about three feet (1 m) per year.
ULwandle Olufileyo lutsha ngemitha enye nyaka ngamnye.

Yet, Lot did not shrink back from the hateful mob.
Ukanti, uLote akazange awoyike loo madoda awayezaliswe yintiyo.

But do not shrink from taking much more resolute action if you appear to be getting rapidly out of station.
Kodwa sukushwabana ngokuthatha isenzo esisiso okokuba ubonakale uphuma esitishini ngokukhawuleza.

Cultivating loyal love for God and manifesting a self-sacrificing spirit will help protect us from succumbing to selfish desires and ‘shrinking back to destruction.’ —Hebrews 10:39.
Ukuhlakulela uthando olunyanisekileyo kuThixo nokubonakalisa umoya wokuzincama kuya kusikhusela ekubeni sinikezele kwiminqweno yokuzingca size ‘sihlehle siye entshabalalweni.’—Hebhere 10:39.

(Luke 23:43; Revelation 21:4, 5) By learning what is God’s will and persevering in doing it, you may demonstrate that you ‘are not of the sort that shrink back to destruction.’
(Luka 23:43; ISityhilelo 21:4, 5) Ngokufunda oko kukukuthanda kukaThixo nokuqhubeka ngenzondelelo ukwenza, usenokubonisa ukuba ‘awunguye lowo uhlehla aye entshabalalweni.’

In country after country, children are the big losers as forests shrink, deserts grow, and overworked farmland erodes, becomes tired, and produces less and less food.
Kwilizwe emva kwelinye, abantwana bangabona balahlekelwa kakhulu kukuncipha kwamahlathi, ukwanda kweentlango nokukhukuliseka kwemihlaba esetyenzwe kakhulu yeefama, eya ingabi namveliso, yaye ivelise ukutya okuncinane.

(b) Why would their past record of endurance encourage the Hebrew Christians never to shrink back to destruction?
(b) Indlela awayenyamezele ngayo ngaphambili yayinokuwakhuthaza njani amaKristu angamaHebhere ukuba angarhwaqeleli emva entshabalalweni?

But we are determined never to “shrink back” or to “give up.”
Kodwa sizimisele ukungaze “sihlehle” okanye “siyeke.”

However, as the paint is applied the canvas will shrink slightly.
Nokuba njengokuba ipeyinti ifakelwa kwilaphu leseyile izakunciphisa kancinci .

For practical purposes they do not shrink when wet.
Xa isenziwa ngokwenjongo ayishwabani xa imanzi.

▪ “While technology has helped shrink the average U.S. workweek over a century by 38%, employees have no more leisure time, thanks to longer commutes, more adult schooling and increased household chores.” —FORBES, UNITED STATES.
▪ Ngoxa ubugcisa buye balicutha ixesha abantu abalisebenzayo veki nganye eMerika ngama-38 ekhulwini kwinkulungwane edluleyo, abaqeshwa abafumani xesha lingakumbi lokuzonwabisa, kuba bachitha ixesha elingakumbi besendleleni eya okanye ebuya emsebenzini, abantu abadala bayafunda yaye imisetyenzana yasekhaya yandile.”—FORBES, EUNITED STATES.

Do not let your hearts be troubled nor let them shrink for fear.”
Mazingakhathazeki iintliziyo zenu, zingarhwaqeli ngenxa yoloyiko.”

(Romans 12:9) Yes, we must regard corrupt entertainment as repugnant and shrink away from it, while we dwell on things that are chaste, virtuous, and praiseworthy.
(Roma 12:9) Ewe, ukuzonwabisa okonakeleyo simele sikuthiye size sikuphephe, ngoxa sicinga ngezinto ezinyulu, ezinesidima nezifanelwe yindumiso.

So we should not shrink back from studying the deeper truths of God’s Word.
Ngoko simele sizifunde neenyaniso ezinzulu zeLizwi likaThixo.

Did it make him one of “the sort” that the apostle Paul later described when he wrote: “Now we are not the sort that shrink back to destruction”?
Ngaba le nto yamenza “uhlobo” olwachazwa ngumpostile uPawulos xa wabhala wenjenje: “Ke thina asilulo uhlobo lwabo barhwaqelela emva entshabalalweni”?