“As I watched their faces, I saw smiles,” said one of the Mbugwe team’s Translation Advisors. “The discussions that followed were lively. People were stirred by hearing God’s word in their heart language…”
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Handheld solar MegaVoice players are loaded with Scripture audio in local languages as fast as Translators can record it. In central Tanzania’s Sandawe language community, one woman who received a MegaVoice told the team she praised God for the blessing of her “Bible radio”…
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As Scripture translation work begins in the Mbugwe community, early language development work is already producing the first materials ever printed in their language…
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Like many language communities in Tanzania, the Rangi live “all over”. The team’s Translators wanted more people to know about their work, so they launched a public group on social media. They quickly learned that interest was high…
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For children who speak Burunge at home, the challenge of adding Swahili and English at school is a familiar one. One of the local pastors, now a Burunge Bible Translator, reflects on how early literacy may be one of the greatest “added benefits” to his work…
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After an exhausting but fulfilling day checking Genesis with a group of community volunteers, we were on the rough road back to Kondoa. As I drove along, a man waved to me to stop the car. He wanted to buy our new calendar! Soon another man stopped us. Then another…
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Zinza Translators took their team on a routine trip from village to village, putting their work to “community testing”. That first night, a guesthouse robbery left them praying for one among them…
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“The Zinza word ‘obubasi’ might be right for us to translate the word ‘prophet’ in Scripture. Or so we thought, but everywhere we go: blank stares. Then the Zinza translator accidentally stretched out the ‘a’ vowel…
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Ships and oceans, taking soundings and running aground, Paul’s voyage in Acts can pose real challenges for Bible Translators in a land-locked culture. The Burunge team and their colleagues knew it would take excellent words and creative supports to make a complete solution…
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