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.

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

The side scuttle has a hinged thick glass light (also sometimes called a sidelight) which, when closed by butterfly nuts, makes a watertight joint with the frame; and has a hinged deadlight which is lowered and clamped over the light to darken ship .
Izikroba ezisemacaleni zinesibane esineglasi etyebileyo (maxa wambi sibizwa ngokuba sisibane sasecaleni) esithi, xa sivalwe ngemortyisi ebubhabhathane, eyenza umdibaniso wokuthintela amanzi angangeni; kwaye inehenjisi ehlisiweyo yaza yacinezelwa phezu kokukhanya ukwenza mnyama ngaphakathi enqanaweni.

A compass bearing of a fixed object.
Isalatha mbombo seempawu zento ebambekayo nebonakalayo.