An kusa kammala fassarar Littafi Mai Tsarki na mutanen Kamwe na arewa maso gabashin Najeriya kuma suna jiran a ba su kuɗi don bugawa. Kabilar Kamwe na zaune ne a yankin Michika da ke jihar Adamawa a Najeriya, da kuma wasu sassan arewa maso yammacin kasar Kamaru.
Mark Zira Dlyavaghi ya ce: “Littafi Mai Tsarki a yarenmu abin fahariya ne a gare mu duka kuma gado ne da za mu bar a baya ga dukan tsararrakin Kamwe da aka haifa da waɗanda ba a haifa ba,” in ji Mark Zira Dlyavaghi. “Idan aka buga, bari kowa ya ga nasa ne kuma su yi amfani da ita don su ɗanɗana kalmar Allah a cikin harshensu.”
Fassarar aiki ne na tsawon shekaru da yawa na Kwamitin Fassara Littafi Mai Tsarki na Kamwe tare da alaƙa da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, Church of the Brothers in Nigeria), Wycliffe Bible Translators (ko SIL International) da haɗin gwiwarsa Kamfanin Seed, da Cocin Brothers a Amurka.
Dlyavaghi babban mai fassara ne kuma mai gudanarwa na aikin. Jami’an zartarwa sune Peter Audu, shugaba; Daniel S. Kwaga, sakatare; da Hanatu John, ma'aji; wadanda ke aiki a kwamitin tare da Stephen Sani, James Mbwenye, Hale Wandanje, Stephen H. Zira, da Goji Chibua, dukkansu daga EYN. Wakilan kwamitin daga wasu dariku sun hada da Bitrus Akawu daga cocin Deeper Life Bible Church, Abanyi A. Mwala wanda ke ibada tare da Cocin International Praise Church, da kuma mai ba da shawara kan harkokin shari’a.
Masu fassara sun hada da Luka Ngari, BB Jolly, Irmiya V. Kwaga, Samuel T. Kwache, Dauda Daniel, Elijah Skwame, da Luka T. Vandi, da dai sauransu. Masu bita, masu duba rubutun hannu, da mawallafin bugu James D. Yaro sun fito daga EYN, wasu kaɗan kuma sun fito daga wasu ƙungiyoyi.
Mai ba da shawara ga kwamitin shine Roger Mohrlang, farfesa a fannin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki a Jami'ar Whitworth a Spokane, Wash.
Mutanen Kamwe da harshe
“Mutanenmu suna zaune a Najeriya da Kamaru kuma yawan mutanen ya kai kusan 750,000 ga kasashen biyu,” in ji Dlyavaghi.
Kamwe ya fassara a matsayin “mutanen duwatsu,” in ji Mohrlang, wanda ya zauna a Michika daga 1968-1974 sa’ad da yake aiki tare da Wycliffe Bible Translators. "Ka" na nufin "mutane" da "mwe" na nufin "dutse". An san Kamwe da waɗanda ke zaune a kan tsaunin Mandara. An kuma san ƙungiyar da Higgi, duk da haka ana ɗaukar wannan a matsayin ƙaƙƙarfan lokaci.
Kamar yawancin harsunan Najeriya, ana magana da Kamwe a wani yanki na ƙasar kuma yana da alaƙa mai ƙarfi da takamaiman ƙabila. Yana ɗaya daga cikin ɗaruruwan harsuna a Najeriya, adadin da zai iya wuce 500. Ƙididdiga yana da wahala saboda yawancin harsunan Najeriya suna da yaruka da yawa.
An fara karɓar Kiristanci tsakanin Kamwe a cikin 1945, in ji kwamitin fassara. Mohrlang ya ce wasu ‘yan kabilar Kamwe ne da suka kamu da cutar kuturta, wadanda suka zama Kiristoci yayin da suke karbar magani a leprosarium na Cocin of the Brothers Mission, wadanda suka dawo gida suka yi wa’azin bishara. Dlyavaghi ya ce: “Cocin ’yan’uwa ne suka zo suka zauna a yankin don su tallafa wa aikinsu.
Yanzu yawancin Kamwe Kiristoci ne. Baya ga majami'un EYN, duk wasu ikilisiyoyin sun taso a yankin. Ko da addinin Kiristanci ya bunkasa kuma ya karfafa a Michika, yana da wani wuri kasa da mil 50 daga maboyar Boko Haram kuma yana fama da munanan hare-hare a 'yan shekarun nan.
Ya ɗauki shekaru 50
Mutane da yawa sun yi aiki mai wuya na fassara Littafi Mai Tsarki zuwa Kamwe fiye da shekaru 50. Ko da yake Mohrlang ya soma aikin a shekara ta 1968, sa’ad da wani ɓangare na aikinsa shi ne ya taimaka wajen rubuta yaren, mafassaran Kamwe da kwamitin fassara su ne suka sa aikin ya raye.
Mohrlang ya ce: “Gata ce a bauta wa mutanen Allah a cikin Kamwe. "Haɗin da suka yi ne, burinsu na samun dukan Littafi Mai Tsarki a cikin harshensu na asali." Mohrlang ya yabawa Dlyavaghi saboda jagoranci da jajircewarsa ga dogon aiki. "Shi da sauran masu fassara da masu bitar sun kasance da aminci a cikin waɗannan shekarun."
A shekara ta 1976, mafassaran sun kammala bugu na farko na Sabon Alkawari na Kamwe. “An gama aikin Sabon Alkawari sa’ad da muke yara da kuma makarantar firamare,” in ji Dlyavaghi. “Na shiga aikin gyara shi a shekarar 1993 lokacin da muka fara editan, bayan na kammala digirina na farko daga makarantar hauza, har zuwa 1997 da aka buga. An fara aiki a kan Tsohon Alkawari bayan digiri na biyu a 2007. "
Mohrlang ya tuna samun labari a 1988 cewa an sayar da Sabon Alkawari na Kamwe. A lokacin, yayin da mutane suka fahimci bukatar shigar da shi cikin nau'i na kwamfuta, masu sa kai a Ingila sun shafe sa'o'i 1,000 suna buga sabon Alkawari a cikin nau'i na dijital. Hakan ya haifar da aiki na shekaru biyar akan bugu na biyu na Sabon Alkawari. Aikin ya haɗa da musayar wasu tambayoyi 6,000 tsakanin kwamitin fassara da Mohrlang. Don fassarar Tsohon Alkawari, ƙungiyar ta magance tambayoyi fiye da 70,000.
Manufar ita ce samar da fassarar daidai, bayyananne, mai salo, kuma karbuwa ga al'umma. A halin yanzu, Littafi Mai-Tsarki na Kamwe yana cikin matakin ƙarshe na "tabbas ɗin daidaito mara iyaka," in ji Mohrlang. Yana tsammanin zai kasance a shirye don bugawa a cikin 'yan watanni.
“Game da yadda muke ji,” in ji Dlyavaghi, da yake magana a madadin kwamitin, “muna farin ciki sosai cewa burinmu na samun dukan Littafi Mai Tsarki a cikin harshenmu yana kan hanyar cim ma shi, yayin da Kamwe gaba ɗaya yana cike da tsammanin za a yi amfani da shi. da an buga hakan."
Tarar kudade
Ana tara kudade don buga kwafi 30,000. Mohrlang ya lura cewa “Dole ne Kiristocin Kamwe su tara adadin da ya haura $146,000 – rabin kudinsu. Kamfanin Seed yana haɓaka sauran rabin. "
Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Cocin ’yan’uwa ya ba da gudummawar dala 10,000 daga cikin kuɗin da aka ware don kuɗin buga littattafai.
A cikin wannan aikin, Kiristocin Kamwe sun kasance suna ba da gudummawa ga kashe kuɗin fassara. "Yawancin wadanda ke cikin yankin Kamwe suna ba da tallafin kuɗi da kuma goyon bayan ɗabi'a, ciki har da shugaban EYN," in ji Dlyavaghi. Shugaban EYN Joel S. Billi limamin cocin EYN mafi shahara a Michika kafin a nada shi shugaban darikar.
A matsayin kungiya, EYN na bayar da goyon baya ga aikin, in ji Zakariya Musa, shugaban yada labarai na EYN. “Ƙabilu dabam-dabam suna yin fassarar Littafi Mai Tsarki zuwa yarensu,” in ji shi, kuma EYN “tana maraba da tallafi daga kowane mutum da ƙungiyoyi.”
SIL International tana karɓar gudummawa don bugu. Ana karɓar kyaututtukan da za a cire haraji akan layi a SIL.org ( zaɓi “Ba da gudummawa: kan layi,” sannan zaɓi “Takamaiman Project” kuma ƙara sharhi: “Don littafin #4633, Littafi Mai Tsarki na Kamwe”). Za a iya ba da gudummawa ta cak ga SIL International kuma a aika wa SIL International, GPS, Attn: Dave Kelly, 7500 W Camp Wisdom Rd, HNT 144, Dallas, TX 75236. Tare da cak, a kan takarda dabam rubuta “Preference for Scripture Publication #4633, Littafi Mai Tsarki."
Mohrlang yana lura da bayarwa ga aikin kuma ya nemi masu ba da gudummawa su sanar da shi adadin kyautarsu. Tuntube shi a rmohrlang@whitworth.edu.
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