“Umulimo Walemoneka Uwa-afya Nga Nshi”

Mishonari umwina Britain, Robert Morrison, uwalefwaisha ukupilibula Baibolo mu ciChinese, aile ku China mu 1807 nangu ca kuti balupwa lwakwe ne fibusa balimuleseshe. Umulimo ali no kubomba uwa kupilibula Baibolo tawa-angwike. Charles Grant, uwali umukalamba mu kampani ako baleita ati East India Company ilya nshita atile: “Uyu mulimo walemoneka uwa-afya nga nshi pa mulandu wa mafya ayaliko.”

Ilyo Morrison afikile, asangile ukuti abena China balibaleseshe ukusambilisha bambi ululimi lwabo kabili uo bali no kusanga alesambilisha umbi bali no kumwipaya. Pa kuti Morrison aicingilile e lyo no kucingilila abasumine ukumusambilisha iciChinese, talefumina pa nse. Icitabo cimo citila “ilyo asambilile pa myaka ibili, atendeke ukulanda iciMandarin kabili alelanda ne ndimi shimbi isha ku China kabili alishibe no kubelenga no kulemba” iciMandarin. Pali iyi ine nshita, kateka wa ici calo afumishe ifunde lya kuti umuntu uwasangwa alepulinta amabuuku ya Bena Kristu balingile ukumwipaya. Nangu ca kuti kwali ili ifunde, Morrison alipwishishe ukupilibula Baibolo yonse mu ciChinese pa 25 November mu 1819.

Mu 1836, ninshi balipulinta amaBaibolo 2,000 aya ciChinese ayakwete amalembo yonse, e lyo balipulintile na maBaibolo 10,000 umwali fye amalembo ya ciGriki, na makope 31,000 aya mabuuku yamo aya mu Baibolo. Ukutemwa Icebo ca kwa Lesa kwalengele ukuti “umulimo walemoneka uwa-afya nga nshi” ubombeke.

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Robert Morrison na Baibolo iyo apilibwile mu ciChinese

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In the custody of the Asian Division of the Library of Congress

Robert Morrison, engraved by W. Holl, from The National Portrait Gallery Volume IV, published c.1820 (litho), Chinnery, George (1774-1852) (after)/Private Collection/Ken Welsh/The Bridgeman Art Library International