{"id":4010,"date":"2021-05-10T10:02:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T15:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=4010"},"modified":"2021-05-11T12:39:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T17:39:45","slug":"4-new-testaments-recently-dedicated-in-dr-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2021\/05\/4-new-testaments-recently-dedicated-in-dr-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"4 New Testaments Recently Dedicated in DR Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LET\u2019S CELEBRATE!\u00a0 LET\u2019S PRAISE THE LORD!\u00a0 The Scriptures have been translated into more languages!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/4-New-Testaments-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4011\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/4-New-Testaments-2-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/4-New-Testaments-2-300x158.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/4-New-Testaments-2-1024x540.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/4-New-Testaments-2-768x405.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/4-New-Testaments-2-1536x810.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/4-New-Testaments-2.jpg 1987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, April 25 was a day of celebration.\u00a0 It was the dedication of 4 New Testament translations for the Lobala, Mono, Ngangi-Ngiri and Pagabete people groups of NW DR Congo.\u00a0 These translation projects had taken between 15-17 years, but the of determining the orthography and writing the language had started many years before, back in the late 19802 and early 1990s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Dedication-of-NTs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4020\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Dedication-of-NTs-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Dedication-of-NTs-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Dedication-of-NTs.jpg 714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a>May God be praised for the patience, persistence and vision of the many Congolese and missionaries involved in these projects.\u00a0 While work on each of the languages was started by Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT) missionaries, the actual translation of each of the New Testaments was entirely done by Congolese translators trained by WBT and SIL. \u00a0Below are more details of each of these projects and the process of getting the NTs typeset, printed and shipped to Gemena.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Lobala-combined-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4017\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Lobala-combined-photo-300x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Lobala-combined-photo-300x113.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Lobala-combined-photo-1024x384.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Lobala-combined-photo-768x288.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Lobala-combined-photo-1536x576.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Lobala-combined-photo-2048x768.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a>WBT- UK missionary David Morgan started work learning and writing the Lobala language in 1986.\u00a0 The actual translation of the New Testament into Lobala did not start until 2007 and was completed in 2017.\u00a0 The translators were Rev. Bolobo, the late Rev. Gaston Makpeta, the late Patrice Kassa and Judith Dzindongo Bolobo.\u00a0 The +65,000 Lobala speakers now have the NT in their language.\u00a0 In the preceding picture Rev. Bolobo (R) and CECU President Alenge (L) are holding the Lobala New Testament.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Mono-combo-Barb-Ken.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4019\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Mono-combo-Barb-Ken-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Mono-combo-Barb-Ken-300x156.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Mono-combo-Barb-Ken-1024x532.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Mono-combo-Barb-Ken-768x399.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Mono-combo-Barb-Ken.jpg 1207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a>WBT-US missionaries Brian &amp; Barb Schrag and Ken Olson moved to Bili in 1993 to start learning Mono.\u00a0 While they had to leave due to the civil war in 1996-97 Ken continued working from a distance on determining the orthography and writing the language.\u00a0 The translation itself was started in 2005 and was completed in 2019.\u00a0 The Congolese translators were the late Rev. Gaspard Yalemoto, the late Rev. Dieudonne Renekuzu, Baudouin Yangbengita and Marie Sunguyashe. \u00a0The +100,000 Mono speakers now have the NT in their language.\u00a0 In the preceding photo Barb Schrag is holding the Mono New Testament with ? and Ken Olson is speaking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Pagabete-combo-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4022\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Pagabete-combo-photo-300x116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Pagabete-combo-photo-300x116.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Pagabete-combo-photo-1024x397.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Pagabete-combo-photo-768x298.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Pagabete-combo-photo-1536x596.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Pagabete-combo-photo.jpg 1611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>WBT-US missionaries Sharon (Stoothoff) Morgan and JeDene Reeder started working with Rev. Nzongo on the Mono language in 1994.\u00a0 The actual translation of the New Testament was started in 2006 and completed in 2019.\u00a0 The translators were: Rev. Roger Nzongo, Kaya Bonaparte; Pierre Yongo et Rombaut Mbombo.\u00a0 The +40,000 Pagabete speakers now have the NT in their language.\u00a0 In the photo on the L the translation team: Jedene, M. Mbombo, M. Yongo, Rev. Nzongo plus Adolphine Nzongo.\u00a0 On the R, Jedene is working with Yongo &amp; Adolphine on the Pagabete dictionary.<\/p>\n<p>The Ngbandi-Ngiri language is an offshoot of the Ngbandi-Nord language, but due to physical separation over years it is distinct enough that the +264,000 Ngbandi-Ngiri speakers need their own translation to fully understand the Bible.\u00a0 This translation was started in 2004 and completed in 2019.\u00a0 The translators were:\u00a0 Rev. Jean Pierre Loaya; Eugene Eyembiala, Henry Fonogbia and Niclette Imbombolo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/ACOTBA-table-of-translation-needs-progress-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4024\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/ACOTBA-table-of-translation-needs-progress-2-159x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/ACOTBA-table-of-translation-needs-progress-2-159x300.jpg 159w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/ACOTBA-table-of-translation-needs-progress-2.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The photo to the left shows the chart ACOTBA-SUBO is using to track the status of the translation work.\u00a0 In the 5th column from the L, &#8220;NT en cours&#8221; the list 4 languages that are working on their New Testaments: Budja, Fulu, Ngombe-Nord &amp; Ngombe-Sud.\u00a0 11 languages, right column, have had training in Orality, which is translating Biblical stories for oral story telling.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible Translation process progresses from exegesis, drafting, community checks, consultant checks, vocabulary review and the final read-through. Once these steps are completed, the publishing process for each of these translations was the same.\u00a0 One of the translators travels to the SIL center in Yaounde, Cameroon where the translation is typeset.\u00a0 After completion the text it is sent electronically to South Korea where it is printed.\u00a0 The boxes of printed NTs are then shipped by boat to the DRC Bible Society in Kinshasa.\u00a0 From Kin they are shipped by barge up the Congo River to the port of Akula.\u00a0 From there they go by truck to Gemena.\u00a0 The Lobala New Testaments actually arrived in Gemena in 2019, but Covid delayed the dedication.\u00a0 The other NTs shipments arrived in early 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/IMG_1549-cake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4026\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/IMG_1549-cake-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/IMG_1549-cake-300x216.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/IMG_1549-cake-1024x737.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/IMG_1549-cake-768x553.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/IMG_1549-cake.jpg 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>In addition, the JESUS film has already been completed in each of these languages, plus Mbandja and Budja. Galen Johnson brought out these newly released films and a number of \u201cbackpack projection kits\u201d (transportable and solar powered for village use).\u00a0 \u00a0While there for the dedication Galen taught language speakers how to use the kit and the film is now being shown to these ethnic groups.\u00a0 A year ago our friend Pastor Nzongo told us that \u201che couldn\u2019t wait to bring the Pagabete version of the JESUS film out to the village and watch people\u2019s reactions when they hear Jesus speaking Pagabete.\u201d\u00a0 I know these will have a powerful impact on the audiences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Jesus-film-projection-combo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4033\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Jesus-film-projection-combo-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Jesus-film-projection-combo-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Jesus-film-projection-combo-1024x294.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Jesus-film-projection-combo-768x220.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Jesus-film-projection-combo-1536x441.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/Jesus-film-projection-combo-2048x588.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=4010&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LET\u2019S CELEBRATE!\u00a0 LET\u2019S PRAISE THE LORD!\u00a0 The Scriptures have been translated into more languages! Sunday, April 25 was a day of celebration.\u00a0 It was the dedication of 4 New Testament translations for the Lobala, Mono, Ngangi-Ngiri and Pagabete people groups of NW DR Congo.\u00a0 These translation projects had taken between 15-17 years, but the of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>4 New Testaments Recently Dedicated in DR Congo - Ekstrands in Congo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2021\/05\/4-new-testaments-recently-dedicated-in-dr-congo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 New Testaments Recently Dedicated in DR Congo - Ekstrands in Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LET\u2019S CELEBRATE!\u00a0 LET\u2019S PRAISE THE LORD!\u00a0 The Scriptures have been translated into more languages! 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