wife oor Xhosa

wife

/waɪvz/, /waɪf/ naamwoord

A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

Umfazi

female spouse

My wife is a vegetarian.
Umfazi wam utya imifuno kuphela.

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After one brother lost his wife in death and he faced other painful circumstances, he said: “I learned that we cannot choose our tests, neither their time nor their frequency.
Omnye umzalwana owaswelekelwa yinkosikazi waza wehlelwa nazezinye izinto ezibuhlungu, wathi: “Ndifunde ukuba asinakuzikhetha iingxaki emazisehlele nokuba zisehlele nini nakangaphi.

10 Here Jerusalem is addressed as if she were a wife and mother dwelling in tents, just like Sarah.
10 Apha iYerusalem ifaniswa nomfazi ohlala ezintenteni, kanye njengoSara.

In 1977 my beloved wife and faithful companion passed away.
Ngowe-1977 umfazi wam othandekayo noliqabane elithembekileyo wafa.

6 On Tuesday morning, April 26, 1938, Newton Cantwell, aged 60; his wife, Esther; and their sons Henry, Russell, and Jesse —all five of them special pioneers— set out for a day of preaching in the city of New Haven, Connecticut.
6 Ngentsasa yangoLwesibini, ngoAprili 26, 1938, uNewton Cantwell, owayeneminyaka eyi-60; umkakhe, uEsther; noonyana babo uHenry, uRussell noJesse, bonke ababengoovulindlela abakhethekileyo, baya kushumayela kwisixeko saseNew Haven, eConnecticut.

Perhaps a wife can circumvent this by giving careful forethought to how she will broach the subject.
Mhlawumbi umfazi unokukuthintela oku ngokuyicingisisa kakuhle kusengaphambili indlela aya kuwubeka ngayo lo mbandela.

The Bible record reads: “Now Miriam and Aaron began to speak against Moses on account of the Cushite wife whom he had taken . . .
Ingxelo yeBhayibhile ithi: “UMiriyam noAron bathetha nxamnye noMoses ngenxa yomfazi womKushe awayemthabathile . . .

Laval could speak French and his wife was learning it, so they could communicate with the people.
ULaval wayekwazi ukuthetha isiFrentshi yaye umfazi wakhe wayesifunda, ngoko babekwazi ukuthetha nabantu.

Let ministerial servants be husbands of one wife.”
Abalungiseleli mababe ngamadoda abafazi ngabanye.”

Dirajlal Bagvandjee and his wife, Simone, who had been expelled with the others in 1970, were also invited to return to Madagascar.
UDirajlal Bagvandjee nomfazi wakhe, uSimone owayegxothwe nabanye ngowe-1970, nabo bamenywa ukuba babuyele eMadagascar.

Tom and his wife, who took care of Tom’s elderly mother, were disturbed by her excursions into their bedroom in the middle of the night.
UTom nomkakhe, ababenyamekela umama okhulileyo kaTom, baphazanyiswa kukutyelela kwakhe kwigumbi labo lokulala ezinzulwini zobusuku.

In 1958 he attended the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead, and on his return to Germany, he and his wife continued in the traveling work until they entered Bethel service there in 1977.
Ngowe-1958 waya kwiSikolo SeBhayibhile SeWatchtower SaseGiliyadi, ibe ekubuyeleni kwakhe eJamani, yena nomfazi wakhe baqhubeka nomsebenzi wokuhambahamba de bangenela inkonzo yaseBheteli apho ngowe-1977.

Now, though, I have a lovely wife and two sons, and as a family, we find real pleasure in helping others learn the truth about God.
Kodwa ke ngoku ndinomfazi omhle kunye noonyana ababini yaye sonke entsatsheni siyakuthanda ukunceda abanye bafunde inyaniso ngoThixo.

Frequently talk about “we,” and use phrases such as “my wife and I” or “my husband and I.”
Xa uncokola sebenzisa amagama athi “thina”, “mna nomkam” okanye “mna nomyeni wam.”

My first contact with Jehovah’s Witnesses came before I separated from my wife.
AmaNgqina kaYehova ndadibana nawo okokuqala kwanangaphambi kokuba ndohlukane nomfazi.

Mom’s older brother, Fred Wismar, and his wife, Eulalie, lived in Temple, Texas.
Umalume, uFred Wismar noanti Eulalie babehlala eTemple, eTexas.

The wall may be repaired in a few days, and his hand may heal in a few weeks; but how long will it take for him to regain the trust and respect of his wife?
Olu donga lusenokulungiswa kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa, ibe isandla sayo sisenokuphila kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa; kodwa kuya kuthabatha ithuba elingakanani ukuba iphinde ithenjwe ize ihlonelwe ngumfazi wayo?

This example demonstrates that subtle influences from upbringing can cause a husband and a wife to view matters quite differently.
Lo mzekelo ubonisa ukuba iimpembelelo ezifihlakeleyo ubani akhule nazo zinokubangela ukuba indoda nomfazi bayibone ngokwahluke mpela imibandela.

“Did you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will stick to his wife, and the two will be one flesh’?
“Anizange nifunde na ukuba lowo wabadalayo ukususela ekuqaleni wabenza baba yindoda nebhinqa waza wathi, ‘Ngenxa yesi sizathu indoda iya kumshiya uyise nonina ize inamathele emfazini wayo, baze abo babini babe nyama-nye’?

Before long, I was back with my wife and children.
Kungekudala, ndabuyela emfazini wam nasebantwaneni.

My wife and I have the joy of helping our three children to develop a close friendship with Jehovah.
Mna nomfazi wam sivuyiswa kukuba siye sakwazi ukunceda abantwana bethu abathathu bakwazi ukuba nobuhlobo noYehova.

After 21 years of missionary service in Portugal and Spain, he and his wife, Hazel, became members of the Brooklyn Bethel family in 1981.
Emva kweminyaka engama-21 ekwinkonzo yobuvangeli basemazweni ePortugal naseSpeyin, yena nomfazi wakhe, uHazel, baba ngamalungu entsapho yaseBheteli eBrooklyn ngowe-1981.

Nevertheless, as “a capable wife” who fears Jehovah, she would respect her husband and use her gifts to complement him, not to compete with him.
Sekunjalo, “umfazi onesidima” omoyikayo uYehova, uya kumhlonela umyeni wakhe aze asebenzise iziphiwo anazo ukuze aphelelise umyeni wakhe, angakhuphisani naye.

A wife named Megan says, “During a conflict, one of the best things about commitment is knowing that neither you nor your spouse is leaving.”
Umfazi ekuthiwa nguMegan uthi, “Xa nixabana, enye yezinto ezimnandi ngokuzibophelela kukwazi ukuba nobabini aniyi ndawo.”

Consider what happened when the patriarch Abraham sent his eldest servant —likely Eliezer— to Mesopotamia to obtain a God-fearing wife for Isaac.
Cinga ngento eyenzekayo xa usolusapho uAbraham wathumela oyena mkhonzi wakhe unamava—ekusenokwenzeka ukuba yayinguEliyezere—eMesopotamiya ukuba aye kufunela uIsake umfazi owoyika uThixo.

Six years later, Beatrice would become my wife.
Kwiminyaka emithandathu kamva, uBeatrice waba ngumfazi wam.