rangĩra

v.

1. guard, watch over. Guard, watch over. To keep watch or provide security; to protect or defend a place or person. Commonly used in military contexts for sentries or guards.

Example: Nake Pilato akĩmera atĩrĩ, Mũrĩ na athigari a kũrangĩra: thiĩi mũkamĩikarithie o ta ũrĩa mũngĩhota. (Pilate said to them, “The guard is yours; The guard is yours : literally, “have a guard” or “you have a guard.” Either the imperative or the indicative could mean that Pilate granted the petitioners some Roman soldiers as guards, which is the sense of the present translation. However, if the verb is taken as an indicative it could also mean that Pilate told them to use their own Jewish guards. go secure it as best you can.”); No rĩĩrĩ, thuutha wa mĩthenya ĩtatũ Putolemi agĩkua. Nao andũ a matũũra moothe kũrĩa aatigaga aiga thigari cia kũrangĩra, makĩũraga thigari icio ciothe. (But three days later King Ptolemy himself died, and his troops in the strongholds were killed by the inhabitants of the strongholds.)