The Bishop of West\nAnkole Diocese, Rt. Rev. Johnson Twinomujuni wants Theological institutions to\nintroduce Bible translation courses so that servants in the Church in Africa\ncan be tooled enough to counter the increasing influx of cultic doctrines that have\ncombated spiritual and ecclesiastic facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bishop Twinomujuni\nmade the request on Friday, 2nd August, 2019 while speaking during the Bible\nTranslation Seminar organized by Uganda Bible Society, Ankole branch, held at\nBushenyi Multipurpose hall in Bushenyi town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI request that in\nview of the importance of translation and its facilitation to understanding and\ninterpreting the Bible, especially for us the clergy and theologians, if Africa\nis going to have good academics and theologians that are going to fight the\ninflux of cultic things that have bombarded the banks of our spirituality and\necclesiastic ministry, we need to have translation as a course inculcated in our\ntheological institutions’ curricular so that our students, who after their\ngraduation become leaders of the church, should have that knowledge.” Said\nBishop Twinomujuni<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added \u201cif a\ntheologian or a pastor knows the roots of how this Bible came to us, I think it\nwill really beef up our theological stake and we shall benefit a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He promised to sit\nwith Bible Society leaders in the region to see how to inculcate Bible\ntranslation into the theological schools’ syllabi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also speaking, Bishop\nTwinomujuni expressed his disappointment with parents who beat their\nchildren for speaking their native languages, saying the act is crazy and\nportrays lack of foresightedness because they (parents) risk seeing their\nculture pushed into oblivion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that much as\nlearning foreign languages is important especially in academics, it is\nimportant that the native languages be learned and preserved so that they are\nnot forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t beat up your\nchild because he speaks your language at home. And you force your child to\nspeak English? It is crazy. Let him learn English, but also not forget the\nnative language. Let\u2019s all work together to keep our languages with us\u201d the\nBishop urged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He observed that\naccording to the trends in Africa, the English language is taking a center\nstage, spreading everywhere at the expense of many mother tongues, something\nthat will make them fall into oblivion and extinction thus hindering the\ntranslation of the Bible into native languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust observe and see!\nOur children are cultured in the English language and culture at the expense of\nthe mother tongues, and for someone to be a translator, he or she should have a\ngood grasp of the two languages at least- the language from which the\ntranslation is being done and the language into which that is being done. Now,\nwhen we continue to see this trend going on, eventually we are going to have\ngood people, cultured, but who are less or little cultured in their mother\ntongues and I don\u2019t know what that will mean to the translation.\u201d Bishop\nTwinomujuni charged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He further expressed a\nneed to see how the beauty and aesthetics of our language and the philosophy\ncan be maintained to avoid detrimental effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Peter Serumaga\nLumbuye Amooti, the Bible Society of Uganda translation and publishing manager,\ncalled upon Christians and Church leaders in Ankole sub region to support the\non-going Bible translation projects around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The seminar was\nattended by serving and retired Church leaders from the Anglican, Pentecostal,\nSeventh Adventist, and Catholic communities in Bushenyi and surrounding areas.\nParticipants were tasked to know the Bible and always uphold it as God\u2019s word\nand use it carefully without misleading the flock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\ntheme of the seminar was “Working alongside Our Heavenly\nFather.”(John 5:17) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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