spy oor Xhosa

spy

/spaɪ/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage)

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Grabbing a rifle, he yelled, “American spy!”
Esithi hlasi umbayimbayi wakhazwa, “intlola yaseMerika!”

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8 Two men are dispatched to spy out Jericho.
8 Kukhutshwa amadoda amabini ukuba aye kuhlola iYeriko.

On one occasion, I heard a man, suspected of being a spy, screaming day after day from being tortured.
Ngesinye isihlandlo, ndeva enye indoda, eyayikrokrelwa ukuba inguntamnani, ijweda usuku emva kolunye ngenxa yokuthuthunjiswa.

Grabbing a rifle, he yelled, “American spy!”
Esithi hlasi umbayimbayi wakhazwa, “intlola yaseMerika!”

The U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers, who had been shot down on May 1, 1960, while flying a spy plane over Russia, was also a prisoner there until February 1962.
Umqhubi wenqwelo-moya waseUnited States uFrancis Gary Powers, nowayekwinqwelo-moya eyayize kuhlola ilizwe laseRashiya eyadutyulwa yaza yawa ngoMeyi 1, 1960,, wayelibanjwa naye apho de kwangoFebruwari 1962.

The next morning the soldiers took him back to town and made some inquiries in the brother’s neighborhood to make sure that he was not a spy.
Ngentsasa elandelayo amajoni ambuyisela edolophini aza aphanda kubamelwane bakhe, ezama ukuqinisekisa ukuba akayompimpi ngokwenene.

1:36) After Israel’s deliverance from Egypt in the 16th century B.C.E., Moses sent 12 men to spy out Canaan, but only 2 of the spies —Caleb and Joshua— urged the people to have full trust in God and enter the land.
1:36) Emva kokuhlangulwa kwamaSirayeli eYiputa ngenkulungwane ye-16 ngaphambi kweXesha Eliqhelekileyo, uMoses wathumela iintlola ezili-12 eKanan, kodwa kwezo ntlola nguKalebhi noYoshuwa kuphela ababongoza abantu ukuba bamthembe ngokupheleleyo uThixo baze baye kwelo lizwe.

Hanun’s counselors, however, accuse David of sending them to spy out the land, and so they humiliate them and send them back half-naked.
Noko ke, abacebisi bakaHanun batyhola uDavide ngokuba uthume abathunywa ukuba baze kuhlola ilizwe, kwaye ke ngoko bayabahlazisa baze babathumele emva bebatyakatyile.

But Hanun, convinced by his princes that this was merely a subterfuge on David’s part to spy out the city, dishonored David’s servants by shaving off half their beards and cutting their garments in half to their buttocks and then sent them away.”
Kodwa uHanun ehlohlwe ziinkosana zakhe zisithi la ngamaqhinga kaDavide okufuna ukuhlola isixeko, wazihlazisa izicaka zikaDavide ngokucheba isiqingatha seendevu zazo nangokusika izinxibo zazo zibe mfutshane waza wazigxotha.”

In an effort to cause confusion among the brothers, the secret police spread the rumor that a prominent Witness in Tiranë was a spy.
Kwimigudu yabo yokubangela ukudideka phakathi kwabazalwana, abecuphi basasaza amarhe okuba iNgqina elithile eliphambili laseTiranë lalinguntamnani.

(Job 1:7) However, if the Devil were really God’s spy, why would he have to explain to God that he had come from “roving about in the earth”?
(Yobhi 1:7) Noko ke, ukuba uMtyholi ebeyintlola kaThixo, kwakutheni ukuze kufuneke ukuba achazele uThixo ukuba uvela “ekubhaduleni emhlabeni”?

For instance, while missionary Elfriede Urban was out in the ministry, a man accused her of being a spy.
Ngokomzekelo, xa umvangeli wasemazweni uElfriede Urban wayesentsimini, enye indoda yamtyhola isithi uyintlola.

This is where they were when the 12 spies were sent to spy out the land of Caʹnaan nearly 40 years before.
Le yindawo awayekuyo xa iintlola ezili-12 zathunyelwa ukuhlola ilizwe lakwaKanan malunga nama-40 eminyaka ngaphambili.

Sometimes parents use their children to carry angry messages from one to the other or even to spy on each other!
Ngamanye amaxesha abazali basebenzisa abantwana babo ekudluliseleni amazwi omsindo asuka komnye esiya komnye okanye nasekuphandeni ngomnye!

They courageously declared: “The land that we passed through to spy it out is a very, very good land.
Ngenkalipho bathi: “Ilizwe esacanda kulo silihlola, lilizwe elihle kakhulu kunene.

Are you a spy?”
Ngaba uyintlola?”

Later, Moses sent 12 men to spy out the land of Canaan.
Kamva, uMoses wathumela amadoda ali-12 ukuya kuhlola ilizwe lakwaKanan.

Coward, who represented the Watch Tower Society, was a German spy, so he was ordered to leave.
Coward, owayengummeli weWatch Tower Society, wayeyintlola yaseJamani, ngoko wayalelwa ukuba alishiye elo.

Moses sent 12 men to spy out the Promised Land.
Ngesi sihlandlo uMoses wayethumele amadoda ali-12 ukuya kuhlola iLizwe Lesithembiso.

I did not come to spy on you; I desire to continue with you.
Bendingezanga kuhlola ukuba nenza ntoni na; ndinqwenela ukuqhubeka nani.

Twelve men were sent to spy out the land, and at the end of 40 days, they returned to give their report.
Amadoda ali-12 athunywa ukuya kuhlola elo lizwe, yaye ekupheleni kwemihla engama-40, abuya eze kunikela ingxelo.

The police took note of this and sent an agent to spy on them, as was usual in those times.
Amapolisa akubona oku aza athumela ungcothoza ukuba abahlole, njengokuba kwakuqhelekile oko.

Because of our rapid growth and our neutral stand, we were branded as a dangerous spy agency of the West, carrying on “dubious activity” under the cloak of religion.
Ngenxa yokwanda ngokukhawuleza nokungathabathi kwethu icala kwezobupolitika, kwathiwa siziimpimpi zamazwe aseNtshona, yaye “sikumzabalazo” ntonje sisithele ngonqulo.

A marine telescope (or spy-glass) had therefore to be kept in a mahogany case, and eventually its tubes were made of brass.
Isibonakude somkhosi wamanzi seglasi yobuntlola kwakumele igcinwe kwikasi yemahogani kwaye nemibhobho eyenziwe ngexina.

Significant Events: This is the likely spot from which Moses sent 12 men to spy out the land of Canaan (Num.
Izehlo eziBalulekileyo: Le yindawo ethelekelelwa ukuba kwakukuyo apho uMoses wathumela amadoda ali 12 aye kuhlola ilizwe laseKanan (Num.

With faith in Jehovah God, however, the fearless spy Caleb urges: “Let us go up directly, and we are bound to take possession of it, because we can surely prevail over it.”
Noko ke, inokholo kuYehova uThixo, intlola engoyikiyo uKalebhi iyabongoza: “Masinyuke kwangoku, silihluthe; ngokuba siya kuleyisa kakade.”