untruth oor Xhosa

untruth

naamwoord

a lie or falsehood

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isikrabaso

A false statement made with the intention to deceive.

Untruth

voorbeelde

A man of untruth may go unexposed for the time being, but consider his future.
Umntu olixoki usenokungabhaqwa okwangoku, kodwa cinga ngekamva lakhe.

So while Jesus did not utter an untruth, he gave them an incomplete answer in order to limit the possible harm they could do to him or to his followers.
Ngoxa engazange athethe ubuxoki uYesu, wabanika impendulo ebafaneleyo ukuze bangamenzakalisi okanye benzakalise abafundi bakhe.

(Psalm 31:5) Can we really expect Jehovah to be our Friend if we lead a double life —acting one way around Christian associates and another way when out of their sight— like “men of untruth” who hide what kind of people they are?
(INdumiso 31:5) Ngaba ngokwenene sinokulindela ukuba uYehova abe nguMhlobo wethu xa siphila ubomi obumbaxa—senze izinto ngolunye uhlobo xa siphambi kwezinxulumani ezingamaKristu size sizenze ngolunye xa singekho phambi kwazo—‘njengabanyhwalazi’ abazifihlayo ukuba bangabantu abanjani na?

A liar usually tries to conceal his untruthfulness.
Ngokuqhelekileyo ixoki liye lizame ukufihla inyaniso.

They falsify reports on hours of work, get children to tell untruths to callers, give inaccurate statements to insurance agents, and lie about being sick to get off from work, to mention a few.
Banikela iingxelo ezibubuxoki ngeeyure abazisebenzileyo, benza nabantwana bathethe ubuxoki kubantu abatsala umnxeba, banikela iingxelo ezingachananga kubameli beinshorensi, baze baxoke ngelithi bayagula ukuze bangabikho emsebenzini, xa sikhankanya nje ezimbalwa.

“I Have Not Sat With Men of Untruth”
“Andihlalanga Namadoda Angenanyaniso”

Said the psalmist: “I have not sat with men of untruth; and with those who hide what they are I do not come in.”
Umdumisi wathi: “Andihlali namadoda akhohlakeleyo, andihambi nabanyhwalazi [abazifihlayo oko bakuko, NW].”

Truth and Untruth —A Fundamental Rivalry
Inyaniso Nobuxoki—Iintshaba Ezindala

What were the conditions in heaven and on earth when there was no untruth?
Yayinjani imeko ezulwini nasemhlabeni ngethuba babungekho ubuxoki?

His god turns out to be nothing more than an ‘idol of untruth’!—Jonah 2:8.
Uthixo wakhe kuphela nje ‘usisithixo esingenanyaniso’!—Yona 2:8.

13 Regarding harmful associations, the psalmist David states: “I have not sat with men of untruth; and with those who hide what they are I do not come in.”
13 Ngokuphathelele izinxulumani eziyingozi, umdumisi uDavide wathi: “Andihlalanga namadoda angenanyaniso; yaye andingeni kwabo bazifihlayo oko bakuko.”

A tongue that utters falsehood may deceive for a while, but untruth does not prevail in the long term.
Umntu oxokayo usenokuphumelela okomzuzwana, kodwa ubuxoki abunakuma ixesha elide.

Any communication of falsehood or untruth for the purpose of deception.
Naluphina unxibelelwano lobuxoki okanye olungenanyaniso ngenjongo yenkohliso.

(Psalm 31:5) If we want to maintain a close relationship with Jehovah, we cannot imitate “men of untruth,” those who “hide what they are.” —Psalm 26:4.
(INdumiso 31:5) Ukuba sifuna ukuhlala sinolwalamano oluhle naye, asinakuxelisa “amadoda angenanyaniso,” abo “bazifihlayo oko bakuko.”—INdumiso 26:4.

* The untruthfulness of its people was proverbial, so that Paul even quoted their own prophet as saying: “Cretans are always liars, injurious wild beasts, unemployed gluttons.”
* Ukunganyaniseki kwabantu balapho kwakuyinto eyaziwayo, kangangokuba uPawulos wada wacaphula amazwi omnye umprofeti walapho njengothi: “AmaKrete ahlala engamaxoki, amarhamncwa amabi, amadlakudla angasebenziyo.”

He wrote: “I have not sat with men of untruth; and with those who hide what they are I do not come in.” —Psalm 26:4.
Wabhala wathi: “Andihlalanga namadoda angenanyaniso; yaye andingeni kwabo bazifihlayo oko bakuko.”—INdumiso 26:4.

Jesus’ words clearly identify Satan as “the father of the lie,” the originator of lying and untruth.
Amazwi kaYesu amchaza ngokucacileyo uSathana ukuba “ulixoki noyise wabo ubuxoki,” nguye umsunguli wabo.

By telling Eve that she ‘positively would not die’ if she ate the forbidden fruit, Satan insinuated that Jehovah was untruthful, thus untrustworthy.
Xa uSathana wayexelela uEva ukuba ‘ngokuqinisekileyo akayi kufa’ ukuba utye isiqhamo esalelweyo, wayethetha ukuthi uYehova uyaxoka yaye ngenxa yoko akafanelanga kuthenjwa.

18 To lie is to say something untruthful.
18 Ukuxoka kukuthetha into engeyonyaniso.

THERE was a time when there was no untruth.
NGAPHAMBILI babungekho ubuxoki.

Most would also readily agree that there is a difference between inadvertent untruth and outright slander, between causing an accidental injury and committing premeditated murder.
Kwakhona, inkoliso yabantu iyavuma ukuba kukho umahluko phakathi kokuthi ungaqondanga uthethe into engeyonyani ngomntu othile, nokungcolisa igama lakhe ngabom okanye phakathi kokwenzakalisa umntu ngempazamo nokumbulala ngabom.

Satan continues to be the chief proponent of untruth and, in fact, is “misleading the entire inhabited earth.”
USathana usaqhubeka ekhuthaza ubuxoki, eneneni “ulahlekisa umhlaba omiweyo uphela.”

12 Referring to yet another factor that fortified his integrity, David said: “I have not sat with men of untruth; and with those who hide what they are I do not come in.
12 Ethetha ngenye inkalo eyomeleza ingqibelelo yakhe, uDavide wathi: “Andihlalanga namadoda angenanyaniso; yaye andingeni kwabo bazifihlayo oko bakuko.

The fundamental rivalry between truth and untruth, started by Satan the Devil, still rages today.
Ukusukuzana kwenyaniso nobuxoki, okwaqalwa nguSathana uMtyholi, kusaqhubeka nanamhl’ oku.

To further this untruth, they pretend to be dead persons by speaking to the living from the spirit realm.
Ukuze abantu bakholelwe obu buxoki, zizenza abafileyo ngokuthetha nabaphilayo zilapho kwelemimoya.