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

Nokuba umphathi wesikhephe ebehamba elwandle ngendlela kunye nekhadi lesalatha ndawo mbombo esenziwe sisitshintshi ngoku umyalezo ogunyazisiweyo ubungazukubulaleka ngenxa yokuba inaliti yokukhomba ibizakube seyibonisa kwimaka uN wekhadi lesalatha mbombo
This statement was made in case the skipper was not sailing on a course planned by converter.

Inaliti kuqale igqithe ngentambo .
The needle is first passed through the rope.

Imimoya ejolisa ngasentshona yenza ukhukuliseko olunya ngasempuma ukuze indlela echasene nokwewotshi izinziswe.

The westerlies produce a general drift to the east so that an anti-clockwise circulation is established.