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inkomo

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cow

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female domesticated ox or other bovine

Ngokomzekelo, sasidla ngokubuza, “Ngaba ukho umntu enimaziyo othengisa inkomo apha?”
For example, we would ask, “Is there anyone here who wants to sell a cow?”

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Inkomo ayimele ibotshwe umlomo ngoxa ibhula.
A bull must not be muzzled while threshing.

KuGuy Pierce, inkomo ibingazal’ umntu ukuba bezinokungazaliseki izithembiso zikaYehova, ibe loo nto ebefuna yaziwe emhlabeni wonke.
To Guy Pierce, there was a greater possibility that the sun would not rise than that Jehovah’s promises would go unfulfilled, and he wanted to share that truth with the whole world.

Ngokungafaniyo noSirayeli, yintoni ebonisa ukuba inkomo ne-esile zithembekile?
In contrast with Israel, in what way do the bull and the ass display a sense of faithfulness?

Emva koko bathengisa iigusha ezili-15, enye inkomo nelinye ihashe.
Then they sold 15 sheep, another ox, and another horse.

(Duteronomi 14: 26) Umdumisi uthi ngoYehova: “Ulontshulisela inkomo utyani, nomfuno wokunceda umntu, ukuze kuphume isonka emhlabeni. Iwayini iyivuyise intliziyo yomntu.”
(Deuteronomy 14:26) The psalmist says of Jehovah: “He is making green grass sprout for the beasts, and vegetation for the service of mankind, to cause food to go forth from the earth, and wine that makes the heart of mortal man rejoice.”

ENtshona Afrika kukho isaci esithi: “Apho uyibopha khona inkomo, kulapho iya kuyidla khona ingca.”
In West Africa there is the saying: “Where you tie the cow, there it will eat grass.”

Ngokomzekelo, xa inkomo ibhula kwakufuneka ingabotshwa umlomo.
For example, the bull that trod out the grain was not to be muzzled.

Emva kokuhlamba kwisitya esinamanzi, uxhela inkomo yedini.
Having washed himself at the basin of water, he slaughters a bull for sacrifice.

(INdumiso 106:20) Kodwa njengabanye abantu beenkonzo namhlanje, wathi unqula, kungekhona inkomo, kodwa uThixo!
(Psalm 106:20, NW) But like some religionists today, they claimed to worship, not the bull, but God himself!

KwiPhondo eliseNtshona eZambia kukho intetho eqhelekileyo ethi, Inkomo ayisindwa ziimpondo zayo.
A traditional saying from Zambia’s Western Province is, A cow does not find its horns heavy.

Maxa wambi, usenokuzenza mbi ngakumbi izinto ngokuzenza inkomo edla yodwa.
At times, you might make things worse by isolating yourself from other people.

Bonke baye bathi makagoduke bemphendula ngelithi: ‘Inkomo ingazala umntu ukuba singakhulula indoda yakho logama nje nisafumana imali kumazwe angaphandle ukuze nithobe umgangatho welizwe lethu.’
She has been turned away by all with the answer: ‘We can never release your husband while you receive money from abroad in order to destabilize our country.’

Abazange bayibone inkomo okanye inja.
They’ve never seen a cow or a dog.

Umntu wayeyigqitha inkomo ngokuba wayedalwe ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo, ebonakalisa iimpawu zikaYehova.
Man was superior to the beasts in that he was created in God’s image, reflecting the qualities of Jehovah.

Isazinzulu saseNewcastle University, eNgilani sithi: “Inkomo ebizwa ngegama ivelisa ubisi olungakumbi kunaleyo ingenalo igama.”
“A cow with a name produces more milk than one without,” say scientists at Newcastle University, England.

Kodwa unosilarha wala ukuyithatha inkomo...
But the butcher would not take the ox...

(1 Korinte 7:39) Ukutshata nomntu okunqulo olwahlukileyo kolwakho kuya kubangela ingxaki enkulu ngakumbi kuneyokubopha inkomo nedonki dyokhweni-nye.
(1 Corinthians 7:39) Entering into wedlock with someone who does not share your religious faith would present an even greater problem than yoking a bull with a donkey.

Ewe, musa ukuzenza inkomo edla yodwa.
Yes, do not isolate yourself.

Kumetyiso wayo, inkomo inezinto ezininzi eziluncedo njengeentsholongwane, umngundo nemibungu emincinane (umfanekiso owenziwe mkhulu)
In its rumen, a cow hosts a veritable ecosystem of bacteria, funguses, and protozoa (magnified inset)

“Apho uyibopha khona inkomo, kulapho iya kuyidla khona ingca”
“Where you tie the cow, there it will eat grass”

Ngokomzekelo, ekuqaleni unobumba omela inkomo wayefana nentloko yenkomo.
For example, the sign for an ox originally looked like the head of an ox.

Kumele ukuba kwakubandakanyeke into enjalo koko sikufunda kwiEksodos 22:1: “Xa umntu athe weba inkomo, nokuba yigusha, wayixhela, mhlawumbi wathengisa ngayo: Makadliwe iinkomo zibe ntlanu ngenkomo leyo, izimvu zibe né ngemvu leyo.”
Such a practice may have been involved in what we read at Exodus 22:1: “In case a man should steal a bull or a sheep and he does slaughter it or sell it, he is to compensate with five of the herd for the bull and four of the flock for the sheep.”

Ngokwahlukileyo kwezinye, le inkomo inoboya obuphindwe kabini.
Unique among cattle, the highlander has a double coat of hair.

Ekugqibeleni, kwathengiswa enye inkomo neegusha ezintlanu ukuze kuthengwe izitulo.
Finally, another ox and five more sheep were sold to pay for the chairs.

Kusenokuba nzima ngomalusi weenkomo osemadlelweni ukufumana ugqirha wezilwanyana ngexesha elifanelekileyo ukuba anyange inkomo yakhe efayo.
It may be difficult for the cattle herder in the bush to find a vet in time to treat his dying animals.