Source: Wycliffe Bible Translators, March 15, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For centuries the Keliko language was only oral. Because it wasn\u2019t written down, Keliko wasn\u2019t recognized or taught in schools. As a result, many Keliko who didn\u2019t learn the majority languages couldn\u2019t go to school. Others ridiculed them and many Keliko faced identity crises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People continued to deride the Keliko even as young pastors were selected to become translators for the Keliko Scriptures. But as the translation team worked, first writing the language down and later completing portions of Scripture, something marvelous happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The translation project has helped the Keliko people gain recognition and redemption. But most importantly, the Keliko Scriptures have created something the people have desired for a long time\u2014joy in a new identity in Christ. The people once taunted as \u201cfools\u201d possess wisdom beyond that of this world through the Word of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The full story<\/a> paints a great picture of how Bible translation can transform a community\u2014in this case, a community from South Sudan forcibly relocated to Uganda, where despite the odds, translation work continued. Looks like the Keliko New Testament was published years ago now, so this isn\u2019t \u201cnew news,\u201d but it\u2019s very encouraging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pray for this region as fighting has flared up in Sudan. Here\u2019s what we know<\/a> (Al Jazeera).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Wycliffe Bible Translators, March 15, 2023 For centuries the Keliko language was only oral. Because it wasn\u2019t written down, Keliko wasn\u2019t recognized or taught in schools. As a result, many Keliko who didn\u2019t learn the majority languages couldn\u2019t go to school. Others ridiculed them and many Keliko faced identity crises. People continued to deride … Continue reading East Africa: A Ridiculed People Find Joy and Identity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11938"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11940,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11938\/revisions\/11940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}