OkphelaLanguage NIGERIA

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Update From the Okphela People

Pray For Your People

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02 0301Precious Jesus, we lift up the

spiritual and physical needs of the Okphela people. We pray they will

be compelled to hunger for You and desire the cleansing and anointing of Your Holy Spirit.

Compassionate Master, we pray for the reorganization and election of

godly overseers for this project. Lord, break down the logistical barriers

to accomplishing the goals for 2015. Protect workers as they travel.

God of wisdom, we pray for amazing sales of the Okphela New Testament. We pray that everyone will long for

the ability to read. We pray for them to crave Your Living Word.

training of the actors, as well as recording of the New Testament. Sound engineers from Theovision in Ghana stayed in a guesthouse for three weeks while they produced the recording. A local church provided the guesthouse.

TeamworkThe Okphela team collaborated to complete the team checking step in the translation of Genesis, Nehemiah, Jonah and Amos. In this stage, each person on the team reviewed the translations done by the other individuals. During the process, they compared it against other Bible versions. They wrote down suggestions for improvement and comments for discussion. They revised the first draft after much discussion and prayer. Throughout the translation process, they will repeat the revision and updating of the text.

Genesis 31:1-5 in Okphela“IJekọpu ọ suọ khi imi Ilaba ẹẹ liẹ khi lọli wolọ ẹpfue eyi itawẹ rọ ri egbeluẹ pfue. IJekọpu ọ mẹ khi iLaba ọa kẹ somhelemhi luẹ abi ọ kpẹ li somhelemhi lọli. Ighọ Ọnọmhuẹ ọ ya nu iJekọpu ngme, ọọ, Nyenegbe je deba itẹ ali ẹgbọ eyẹ, mhi ya nuẹ la. Ighọ iJekọpu ọ ghie ghi iRechẹ ali ILea e bhale obini ifu-ebuli ni ọ la. Ọọ wẹ, Mhi she mẹ khi itaẹ ọa ke ẹ somhelemhi mhẹ abi ọ kpẹ li somhelemhi mhẹ, ama khi Ẹshinẹgba ọyi itamhẹ ọ nu mhẹ la. Ighọ iJekọpu ọ ghie ghi iRechẹ ali ILea e bhale obini ifu-ebuli ni ọ la. Ọọ wẹ, “Mhi she mẹ khi itaẹ ọa ke ẹ somhelemhi mhẹ abi ọ kpẹ li somhelemhi mhẹ, ama khi Ẹshinẹgba ọyi itamhẹ ọ nu mhẹ la.”

“Jacob heard that the children of Laban were saying that he took their father’s wealth to make himself wealthy. Jacob saw that Laban was no longer kind to him as he used to be. Then God spoke to Jacob and said, ‘Go back to your father and your people, I will be with you.’ Then Jacob sent to Leah and Rachel that they should come to the bush where he was. He said to them, ‘I have seen that your father is not as kind to me as he was, but the God of my father is with me.’ ” (Literal translation into English)

‘That’s a wrap!’Okphela people will be able to hear an audio recording of the New Testament in the near future. In this quarter, the team completed

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Highlights

Soon the Okphela people will listen to audio recordings of the New Testament. Theovision in Ghana will produce the finished product.

A marketing drive for the Okphela New Testament began in January 2015. A drive for literacy and Scripture-use workshops began at that time also.

The process of electing new executives for the translation committee is in the works. The team took time to create a quality audio recording.

JUNE 2015

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Goals

Phase 2:Genesis, Nehemiah, Amos,

Jonah, audio NT, Scripture-use activities

Quick Facts

Location: NigeriaNumber of Speakers: 180,000Expected Completion: 2015

Four full time, two part time mother tongue translators

TeamProgress

Completed team checking and back translation of Genesis, Nehemiah, Jonah

and Amos. Trained actors for audio version of Okphela New Testament. Completed

audio recording of New Testament.

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