Ukubika Baibolo Muli Pilo

Ilyo papitile imilungu ibili apo mishonari umwina America, Adoniram Judson, no mwina mwakwe, Ann, baupanine mu February 1812, baimine ulwendo ulutali, no kuyaikala mu Burma mu 1813.a Ilyo fye bafikile balitendeke ukusambilila ululimi lwa ku Burma ulo beta ati iciBurmese, ululimi ulwa-afya sana ukusambilila. Ilyo basambilile pa myaka iinono, Judson alembele ati: “Tulesambilila ululimi ulo abantu bekala ukutali ne calo cesu balanda, abatontonkanya ifyapusana sana ne fyo tutontonkanya . . . Tatwakwata icitabo ca kutulondolwela amashiwi, nangu umuntu uwa kutupilibwilako pa kuti twishibe ifyo aba bantu balanda.”

Aya amafya tayalengele Judson ukuleka ukusambilila ulu lulimi. Apwishishe ukupilibula Amalembo ya Bena Kristu aya ciGriki mu ciBurmese mu June 1823. Pa numa, mu Burma mwaimine inkondo. Judson balemutunganya ati ali ni nengu, e co bamupoosele mu cifungo, bamubika mu makusu ayo bakakiile ku mulando uutali pa kuti elaenda. Mu citabo Francis Wayland alembele mu 1853 umo alelanda pali Judson, atile: “Ilyo Judson no mukashi babasuminishe ukumonana no kulanshanya mu ciNgeleshi, ico Judson abalilepo ukwipusha, malembo ya Cipangano Cipya ayo apilibwile.” Apo iyi Baibolo baishikile mu ng’anda, Ann aletiina ukuti yali no konaika ku mutonshi, e ico aibikile muli pilo no kutwalila umulume wakwe mu cifungo. Nangu ca kuti kwali amafya yonse aya, Baibolo yena tabayonawile.

Ilyo Judson aikele imyeshi iingi mu cifungo, balimufumishe. Lelo tapakokwele, kwalicitike ica bulanda na cimbi. Muli uyu wine mwaka, Ann alilwele sana kabili pa numa ya milungu fye iinono alifwile. Ilyo papitile fye imyeshi 6, umwana wakwe umwanakashi, Maria, uwali fye ne myaka ibili, na o alifwile ku bulwele ubushipola. Nangu ca kuti Judson ali no bulanda nga nshi, alitwalilile umulimo wakwe. Apwishishe ukupilibula Baibolo yonse mu 1835.

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Adoniram Judson na Baibolo apilibwile mu ciBurmese

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Judson: Engraving by John C. Buttre/Dictionary of American Portraits/Dover