Source: Christian Headlines, September 7, 2022
Christians in Zambia, Africa, are celebrating the latest milestone in Bible translation, the creation of Bibles written in their native tongues.
According to CBN News, the effort is led by Wycliffe Associates, an organization that offers Bible translations in countless languages. Currently, [more than] 5,000 people are working in Zambia to translate the Bible into 20 native languages.
Believers in Mansa, Zambia, were reportedly dancing after they got to read and listen to the reading of the New Testament in Aushi, their native language, for the first time.
“It’s like God is speaking our language,” Mumba said.
[Bishop Henry Mumba] also shared that the Bible is the first written literature in the Aushi language.
“Our country has 73 languages. And only seven were considered official languages. Those were the only ones who had scripture translated,” pastor Buster Paul Tembo Tembo of Livingston explained.
Read the full story. You might also want to read about a key strategy for accomplishing such projects; they call it church-owned Bible translation (Wycliffe Associates).
See also 4 Things You Need to Know About Sign Language Bible Translation (Wycliffe Bible Translators).