Zprávy HCJB 14.3.2008

 Tréninkové centrum v Indii pomáhá překladům Bible
   Wycliffe Associates nedávno zveřejnili plán výstavby nového výcvikového centra na úpatí Himalájí pro překladatele Bible. V Indii totiž stále existuje 180 jazyků, do kterých Bible přeložena nebyla.

V reakci na potřebu dalších překladů Bible výkonný ředitel Wycclife Associates Bruce Smith řekl, že misie rozšiřuje své překladatelské úsilí spoluprací s dalšími křesťanskými skupinami. „Spolupracujeme se skupinou Svět pro všechny (Word for All). Ti především cvičí překladatele, pro které je chybějící překlad jazykem mateřským.,“ vysvětluje Smith.

Překladatelské úsilí naráží na řadu překážek včetně zažitého indického kastovního systému. „Řada skupin složených z osob nižšího postavení je v nevýhodě – nejen politicky a ekonomicky, ale i ve smyslu jejich přístupu k Písmu,“ řekl Smith. „Toto jsou ty skupiny, které potřebují překlad a současně i přípravu, aby se mohli k připojit k překladatelské činnosti.“

Při současném tempu by trvalo ještě 90 let, než by Bible byla přeložena do všech indických jazyků. Díky novému výcvikovému středisku se předpokládá zkrácení této doby na pouhých 18 let. Zdroj: OneNewsNow
 
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   TRAINING CENTER BOOSTS BIBLE TRANSLATION EFFORTS IN INDIA

Source: OneNewsNow
Wycliffe Associates recently announced plans to build a new translation training center in the foothills of the Himalayas in India. There are still more than 180 languages without a translation of the Bible in India.

In response to the need for more Bible translations, Bruce Smith, chief executive officer and president of Wycliffe Associates, says the ministry is partnering with other Christian groups to accelerate translation efforts. “We’re partnering with a group called Word for All. They primarily train mother-tongue speakers -- people in these language groups who don’t have Scripture,” he explains.

Many challenges face the translation efforts, including India’s culturally ingrained caste system. “Many of the groups that are lower in the caste rankings are really disadvantaged -- not only politically and economically, but also in terms of their access to Scripture,” Smith said. “So these are some of the groups that still need Scripture translation and still need training and education in ways that can assist them in that translation process.”

At the current pace of translation, it will take 90 years to translate the Bible into all of India’s languages. However, the new translation center is expected to cut that time period to just 18 years.

8 MUSLIMS ATTACK 2 ETHIOPIAN CHURCHES, ONE CHRISTIAN DEAD

Source: Compass Direct News
Eight Muslims wielding razor-sharp machetes and knives broke into two village churches in southern Ethiopia earlier this month and began wounding worshipers, instantly killing one Christian. Tulu Mosisa of Kale Hiwot church died after a machete blow nearly beheaded him, according to an eyewitness. Another two members of the Kale Hiwot and Birhane Wongel Baptist churches in the remote village of Nensebo Chebi both lost a hand each in the March 2 attacks, and a 5-year-old boy is still hospitalized after his arm was slashed to the bone. A total of 23 Christians from the two congregations were injured before local militia officers drove off the attackers, launching what one observer called a “seemingly well-planned” simultaneous assault midway through Sunday worship services. Located 240 miles south of the capital Addis Ababa, Nensebo Chebi is a remote village in the Bale zone of Ethiopia’s predominantly Muslim Oromiya state. Every time the attackers struck someone, Christian survivors said they shouted, “Allah akbar!” (Allah is greater) -- the beginning of the Muslim call to prayer.

MYANMAR TROOPS LAUNCH NEW ATTACKS ON KAREN STATE CIVILIANS

Source: BosNewsLife
Government troops in Myanmar (Burma) have launched new attacks on civilians in the northern Karen state, displacing more than 2,100 villagers, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). CSW quoted relief workers as saying that the attacks are “the largest against civilians in northern Karen state since the Burma army completed the resupply of its camps and construction of roads at the end of 2007.” More than 30,000 people are displaced in Karen state, adding to the estimated 1 million internally displaced people within Burma. Many of the villagers are believed to be Christians as the Karen community is predominantly Christian. The ruling military junta sees Christianity as “a threat to its power base,” according to Christian Freedom International, another rights group active in the region. “The Burma army attacked several villages in northern Papuan district of Karen state on March 4,” CSW reported, citing relief group Free Burma Rangers. Some nine homes and three farmhouses were reportedly burned down in Ga Yu Der village. “The Burma Army also fired eight mortar rounds into Tay Bo Kee village. In both cases villagers fled before the troops came, and are now on the run in the jungle,” CSW reported.

STUDY: 1 IN 100 U.S. RESIDENTS IN PRISON, MANY REPEAT

OFFENDERS Sources: Baptist Press, Evangelical News
More than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a recent study by the Pew Center for the States. The study also found that about half of released inmates return to jail or prison within three years. Mark Earley, president of Prison Fellowship Ministries, said the Pew report signals a significant social and moral crisis in the country. “Jesus said, ‘If you visit a prisoner, you visit me,’” Earley said. “So we have a mandate from our Lord to care for, to visit and to seek the transformation of those who are in prison.” The Pew study, released Feb. 28, noted that at the start of 2008 more than 2.3 million U.S. adults were behind bars. In 2007 alone, the prison population rose by more than 25,000. Also last year, state governments spent more than $49 billion on corrections compared to $11 billion 20 years ago. Data from the U.S. Department of Justice indicated that one in 30 men between the ages of 20 and 34 is in prison. Men are roughly 13 times more likely to be incarcerated than women, but the fastest growing subpopulation in America’s prisons is women, the study found.

GHANA MUSICIANS UNION TAKES STAND AGAINST PROFANITY

Source: Assist News Service
As part of measures to enforce discipline and bring sanctity in the music industry, leadership of the Musicians Union of Ghana reported that in its subsequent annual music awards they will not give prizes to musicians whose songs include profane lyrics. Diana Hopeson, the union’s national president, said she hoped the decision would go a long way to discourage the growing trend of profane music lyrics in the country, which had been a subject of worry. Hopeson, also a musician, observed that Christian music is making significant impact in the country. “Gospel musicians are those who are on a mission. Gospel musicians have the liberty to talk about politics and love, in God’s perspective, but we cannot also say that anyone who sings “Onyame Yeyi waye” (God we praise you) is a gospel musician,” she explained. Hopeson noted that some musicians choose gospel music for business reasons rather than a heart for ministry. She added that in spite of the challenges, there are still ministry-oriented Christian musicians who are making an impact in schools and villages, using music as medium of evangelism.

* HCJB Global represents the voice and hands of Jesus in a growing number of nations in Sub-Saharan Africa from its regional headquarters in Accra, Ghana.

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