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# serve — English to Ukrainian

How English *serve* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [serve in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/serve/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: serve (198), serves (20). By style: everyday 19 · biblical 199.

## служити

Used about 96 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 93). Forms: служити, служить.

- Our country is supposed to **serve** us.
  Наша країна має нам **служити**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6130580](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6130580) [\#6130688](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6130688))

- The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will **serve** the LORD.”
  І відказав люд Йозуйові: Нї, волимо **служити** Господеві!
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOS 24:21)

- The government is supposed to **serve** the people, not the other way around.
  Уряд повинен **служити** людям, а не навпаки.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6130582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6130582) [\#6130685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6130685))

- We have an altar from which those who **serve** the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.
  Маємо жертівню, з котрої не мають права їсти, хто **служить** скинї.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 13:10)

- There is no simple pattern that can **serve** as a template.
  Немає простого візерунку, який міг би **служити** шаблоном.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#8657795](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8657795) [\#11063059](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11063059))

## йому

Used about 18 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 17).

- It **serves** him right.
  Так **йому** й треба.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6084823](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6084823) [\#6084828](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6084828))

- I will also judge that nation, whom they will **serve**. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;
  Народові ж тому, що **йому** будуть підневолені, дам присуд я, а потім ізийдуть геть із майном великим.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 15:14)

- Let all them be shamed who **serve** engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!
  Осоромляться всї, що перед ідолами кланяються, славляться нїкчемностями; всї ангели, поклонїтесь **йому**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 97:7)

- For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the LORD’s name, to **serve** him shoulder to shoulder.
  Тодї дам я знов народам уста чисті, щоб вони призивали ймя Господнє й служили **йому** однодушно.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ZEP 3:9)

- Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they **serve** him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.
  Тим то вони перед престолом Бога, і служять **Йому** день і ніч в храмі Його; і Сидячий на престолї оселить ся в них.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · REV 7:15)

## нехай

Used about 10 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 10).

- Let them also first be tested; then let them **serve** if they are blameless.
  І про таких же (треба) перше впевнитись, а потім **нехай** служять, бувши непорочними.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 3:10)

- “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall **serve** six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
  Коли купиш раба Єврея, шість год **нехай** прослужить, а на семий вийде на волю, дармо.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 21:2)

- But not so with you. Rather, the one who is greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who **serves**.
  Ви ж не так: тільки ж найбільший між вами **нехай** буде як найменший, і хто старший — як слуга.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 22:26)

## господеві

Used about 7 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 7).

- **Serve** the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
  Служіть **Господеві** зо страхом, і радуйтеся з дрожаннєм.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 2:11)

- **Serve** the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.
  Служіть **Господеві** з радостю! Прийдїть перед лице його з піснями!
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 100:2)

## муть

Used about 3 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 3).

- They replied, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will **serve** them, and answer them with good words, then they will be your servants forever.”
  І промовили вони йому: Коли ти сьогоднї вволиш волю сього народу й до їх нахилишся та послухаєш їх і приязну відповідь їм даси, так вони повсячасно слухати **муть** тебе.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 12:7)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- They **serve** delicious food at that restaurant.
  В цьому ресторані подають смачні страви.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sinichka · checked, community translation · [\#68593](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/68593) [\#2093869](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2093869))

- They **serve** the best chip butties in town.
  Вони пропонують найкращі бутерброди з картоплею фрі у місті.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#11824141](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11824141) [\#11824143](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11824143))

- He did not want to **serve** another term.
  Він не хотів іти на ще один строк.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#803128](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/803128) [\#5718223](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5718223))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-uk/).

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