In this task, you are given a sentence or phrase in English. You must translate it to Xhosa in a way that is equivalent in terms of meaning and grammatically correct.

Example Input: This continued for about the first forty years of the century, but thereafter were joined into one broad wale.
Example Output: Lento yayiqhubekeka kwade kwaba yokuqala iminyaka engamashumi mane wenkulungwane, emva koko ihambe iyokudibana kwezinye ezibanzi inqanawa.

Example Input: The distance along the rope between any two points on the same strands is known as the jaw of the rope, and gives a measure of the hardness of the lay; the shorter the jaw the harder the lay.
Example Output: Umgama phakathi kwendawo ezimbini zesiphotho esinye waziwa ngokuba sisidibanisi sentsontelo, kwaye sinikezela ngomlinganiselo wokondlalwa ngokungqingqwa; nje ukuba isidibanisi sibe sifutshane kuba ngqingqwa ukondlalwa kwaso.

Example Input: They must also know how to prevent, control and extinguish them.
Example Output:
Mabazi okukuba kuthintelwa njani, nolawulo nesicima.