Da Chris Elliott
Lokacin da aka gudanar da taron 'yan'uwa na duniya a watan Nuwamban da ya gabata a Najeriya, shugabanni daga Eglise des Freres au Kongo (Cocin of the Brothers in the Democratic Republic of Congo ko DRC) Littafin Limamin EYN. Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) ne ya karbi bakuncin taron a hedikwatar EYN dake Kwarhi.
The Littafin Limamin EYN ya kasance cikin Ingilishi don haka yawancin fastoci na Kongo ba sa amfani da su. Sa’ad da ni da Galen Hackman muka ziyarci DRC a watan Fabrairun wannan shekara, fastoci sun nuna mana, suna tambayar ko za mu taimaka musu wajen fassara da kuma buga littafin a yaren Kiswahili (Swahili).
Lewis Ponga Umbe, memba na cocin Kongo, ya fassara littafin, yana buga shi a cikin kwamfutarsa. A cikin shekaru da yawa da suka shige ya yi aikin fassara da kyau ga Cocin ’yan’uwa amma yana da wuya a iya tabbatar da ingancinta ko daidai. Domin a yanzu muna da ’yan’uwa da ke yaren Kiswahili a Uganda, na aika da fassarar ta imel zuwa ga fasto Bwambale Sedrack domin ya tantance. Ya tabbatar da cewa kyakkyawar fassara ce.
Sedrack ya sa aka buga fassarar a Kampala, Uganda. Take a bangon littafin shine Kanisa la Wandugu (Church of the Brothers) Katika Nchi za Maziwa Makuu ya Afrika (Great Lakes region of Africa) Mwongozo wa Mchungaji (Littafin Fasto).
Sedrack ya ajiye kwafi da yawa ga fastoci a Uganda. Umbe ta shirya a kai sauran kwafin da babbar mota zuwa Kongo. Kadan daga cikin waɗannan kwafin za a ba ’Yan’uwa a Burundi da Ruwanda–Kiswahili ba yarensu na farko ba ne, amma sun san shi sosai don littafin ya yi amfani. Cocin ’Yan’uwa a Kudancin Pennsylvania da ke Amurka ta ba da kuɗin fassara, bugu, da jigilar kaya.
A cikin shekaru biyar da na yi aiki tare da Cocin ’yan’uwa a yankin manyan tabkuna na Afirka, na nemi hanyoyin da za a haɗa ’yan’uwa daga waɗannan ƙasashe da yawa. Wani lokaci mun sami damar yin taron haɗin gwiwa ko taron horo wanda ya ƙarfafa zumunci. Sau biyu muna da wakilai daga EYN suna tafiya tare da mu don raba tare da Ruwanda da Kongo. The Littafin Fasto Aikin ya kasance kyakkyawar haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Najeriya, DRC, da Uganda.
- Chris Elliott ya yi aikin sa kai tare da Cocin of the Brothers Global Mission don yin aiki tare da inganta ƙungiyoyin 'yan'uwa masu tasowa a tsakiyar Afirka. Kwanan nan ya yi ritaya a matsayin fasto na Knobsville (Pa.) Church of the Brothers.
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