Suriname Maroon Cluster Dec 2015 Update

Suriname
Maroon
Cluster
PROJECT UPDATE
DECEMBER 2015
SUR INAM E
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Update From the Suriname Maroon Cluster*
Progress
Goals
Quick Facts
Team
Both languages: Ruth team checked, back
translated and consultant checked. Jonah
consultant checked. Community testing of
Ruth and Jonah begun. Aukan: More of Exodus
drafted. Saramaccan: More of Exodus drafted
and team checking begun.
Genesis and Exodus
(Saramaccan),
Exodus and Psalms (Aukan),
oral stories based
on these books.
Location:
Suriname, South America
Number of Speakers: 40,400
in two people groups
Expected Completion: 2016
Aukan:
Edgar, Farida and Martha
Saramaccan:
Jajo, Kaunda and Margriet
Highlights
01 The teams await results
from community testing of the
Scripture drafts they’ve sent to
local villages. People’s feedback
is invaluable to gauge clarity.
02 Kaunda says, “People treat
me with more respect when
they learn I translate Scripture.
While discussing a Bible topic,
they ask my opinion.”
‘I discover fresh things’
Jonah 2:2 in Aukan and
Saramaccan
Martha writes, “As a pastor’s wife, I lead
Bible studies. But translating the Scriptures
is something totally different. When I’m
at the translation desk, I look at the text
of God’s Word from a different angle and
discover fresh things. I later discuss these
new insights with my husband.”
Ruth 2:12 in Aukan and
Saramaccan
03 New Aukan team member
Farida starts work this month, in
answer to prayer. She’ll receive
training in Bible translation
principles and Paratext software.
“Mi bali kai Masaa Gadu a ini a gaan
nowtu di mi de, ne A piki mi. Fu dedekondee pe mi ben de, mi bali suku yeepi,
ne Yu yee mi tongo.” (Aukan)
“Mi bai kai Masa Gadu di mi bi dë a nöutu,
nöö hën A piki mi. A dëdë köndë mi bi dë
ta bai ta suku heepi, nöö I bi jei di bai u
mi.” (Saramaccan)
Young people interact with God’s Word
“Da, meke Masaa Gadu, a Gadu fu Isalaeli kondee pai yu dyow, fu
ala den bun di yu du ya. Masaa Gadu seefi mu de anga yu, bika, ne
en mapaapi ondoo yu kon suku yeepi.” (Aukan)
“I cried out to the Lord in my great
trouble, and he answered me. I called to
you from the land of the dead, and Lord,
you heard me!” (NLT)
“Nöö Masa Gadu, di Gadu fu u dee Isaëli sëmbë musu du i wan
bunu u hii dee bunu dee i du tuu, te ka i ko tjubi nëën hanza basu
aki.” (Saramaccan)
“May the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have
come to take refuge, reward you fully for what you have done.”
(NLT)
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community conversation!
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Pray For Your People
01
02
Father, we pray for the health of
the team members, especially for
Margriet whom different doctors
examined but couldn’t find the cause
of her severe headaches.
God, we thank You for sending Farida
to serve on the Aukan team. Please
help her pass the training smoothly.
We pray for guidance for all of the
translators.
03
Lord, we ask for another translator to
join the Aukan team since Edgar can’t
continue because of sickness. Please
send the right person for the job.
Minister to Edgar in his illness.
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