Kadazan Grassroots Bible Translation Project - Gospel of St.John

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After waiting for almost about 3 centuries for the 'Church' to come up with a complete Kadazan (tangaa) Bible translation from the Book of Genesis to Revelation, a group of 'born-again Christians/Catholics' have taken the initiative of organizing a faith based initiative, which prayerfully provokes positive response from the concerned individuals, and undertake a project which we have named as the KADAZAN GRASSROOTS BIBLE TRANSLATION PROJECT. The idea is to pass around portion of the scriptures to all relevant 'educated' Kadazan and, during their quite time, commit themselves to learning, meditating and translating what they have learn into Kadazan (Tangaa or the dialects of their choices, e.g. Tatana, Bonggi, etc)

We set ourselves a timetable of say one chapter a week and see how it goes.

The following is my first attempt to translate the first fe verses of the Gospel of St. John, which I am passing around for comments, correction, amendments, textual criticism and, where possible, re-translation. The version I have used is KJV (both old and new). It would be much better if the translation is done in the original Hebrew and Greek but even the UMS Head of the Kadazan Department, which is especially set up through the request of some of our political Christian leaders, does not know Hebrew or Greek and neither any of our scholars, to my knowledge, who carry  PHDs of all sorts.

We hope to compile these and eventually agree on a common translation that is easily understood by our Kadazan readers and yet faithful to the original text as the inspired word of God. Please pray for God's anointing as we embark upon this important and souls saving exercise which is the heart beat of His Kingdom on Earth, even as we prepare ourselves for the second coming of the reigning King of kings and Lord of lords. Maranatha.

Injil tumanud di John

^{Boogizan Koiso}

¹Ih nopo haid di timpuun ih, nga ih no ih Boos, om Boos nopo dii nga miampai do Kinoingan, om Boos nopo di nga Kinoingan. ²Miampai no haid Isido do Kinoingan di timpuun ih. ³Savi-avi nopo nga vinangun Disido; om aiso ih di navangun nung okon ko doiho Isido.

 ⁴ Id Disido nopo nga koposizon; om koposizon nopo dii nga ninavau do  tuhun.   ⁵Babang nopo dii nga tuminitiu doid kotuvangan; om au ih nakabaga oh kotuvangan dii. ⁶Kiva songuhun nosuu mantad Kinoingan, ngaan nopo disido nga ih John. ⁷Isido nopo nga saksi, minanaak do kosoksian kuma di Babang dii, do mooi dii do aavi tuhun maza disido nga ongotumbazan. ⁸Isido nopo nga okon ko Babang dii, nga nosuu do manaak kosoksian kuma doid Babang dii. ⁹Ih nopo ih Babang tototopot, nga iino minanaak do kanavaan kumaa toiso-iso id pomogunan.

 ¹⁰Nokotombuhui haid Isido id pomogunan, om pomogunan nopo nga vinangun Disido, om au ih nokotutun oh pomogunan Disido. ¹¹Minikot Isido doid dau do tinau, om au Isido tinoimo. ¹²Nga sontob di minonoimo Disido, nadadi Disido do sakag do Kinoingan, om nogi sontob di nongotumbazaan doid ngaan Disido. ¹³Miaga di nosusu, okon ko maza do paganakan om kaandak do tuhun, nga doun Kinoingan.

¹⁴Om boos dii nadadi do Kadazan(tuhun), om minizon id tanga dagai,(om nokito za oh kaazaan Dau, ih kaazaan doTanak Kinoingan Tama di Iiso-noh) noponu do grasia om katapatan. ¹⁴Om  kadadi no do Kadazan (tonsi) oh Boos dii om izon no doid tanga dagai do pipio hinaid; om nokito  dagai ih kaazan Disido – kaazan di naambit di Tanak di I’iso no mantad di Ama Dau --  noponu do grasia om katapatan.

¹⁵Suminaksi ih John montok Disido, om ha’ad no, mooboos, ‘ Isiaha no ih komozon ku, ih minikot sumusuut dogo nga hobi tinuo mantad dogo; sabap doiho no haid Isido pogulu ih do nosusu zou. ¹⁶Om mantad kinoponuan Disido, nokotoimo izikoi do grasia, om grasia ih savat do grasia. ¹⁷Sabap notoimo di Moses ih taurat (undang-undang), tapi grasia om katapatan nopo nga minikot maza di Yeshua Mononobus. ¹⁸Aiso ih do tuhun nokoimato do Kinoingan do gigisom; ih Tanak di I’iso noh, ih poingkibit do Kinoingan Tama, pinopointahang Disido.

¹⁹Om iti no oh susuzan kokomoi di John, songian oh Johudi minonuu do imam om mononopuan ngaavi do panambazangan dioho id Jerusalem minuot disido, “Isai ko kopizo?” ²⁰Om pangakun no isido,  om au minogohim; tapi pangakun no, okon ko izou ih Kristus. ²¹Om uoto no dioho isido, “Isai di? Elias ko toi?” Om boos ka disido, “Okon”. “Iziau naku ih Mogogohungung?” Om boos kavagu disido, “Okon”

²²Dadi poboos no izioho doid Disido, “Isai ko? Do moi do kaanu zikoi manaak do sisimba kuma di minonuu dagai. Nunu oh pobooson nu kokomoi diau sondii?” ²³Ka disido, “ Izou nopo nga  ih ohou di madhaad id kotogisan,  potuhido oh lahan montok do Tuhan, miaga di noboos di prophet Elias. ²⁴Om izioho nopo di nongosuu nga Farisee ngaavi. ²⁵Om uot izioho disido, om poboos no doid disido, “Nokuo  dii tu mambaptis ko nung okon ko ih Kristus ko, toi ko ih Elias, toi ko ih prophet dii? ²⁶Simba no ih John, poboos no do mambaptis zou miampai do vaig; nga kiva do poingkakat id tanga diozu, ih au diozu notutunan; ²⁷Isido no, ih mikot-ikot sumusut dogo nga hobi mantad dogo, kagos po do kasut Disido nga au zou kapadan do mongidu. ²⁸Nadadi ngaavi iti id Betania id suok do Jordan, id nombo ih John mamaso mambaptis. ²⁹Tadau suvab dii, kokito no di John ih Yeshua mikot-ikot doid disido, om poboos no, Intangai no oh Doumba do Kinoingan, ih mongidu do douso do pomogunan. ³⁰Isido no ih komozon ku, Sumusut dogo songuhun ih hobi mantad dogo: sabap mimang do id pogulu no haid Isido dogo. ³¹Om au zou nokoiho Disido: nga do mongoi do kointahang Isido doid Israel, dadi minikot zou do mambaptis miampai do vaig.

³²Om saksi no ih John, minoboos, Nokito ku ih Sunduvan do Kinoingan do minindau mantad davan miaga do tombohog punai, om tuun no ih om tood no id savat Disido.

³³Om au zou nokoiho Disido: nga Isido ih minonuu dogo do mambaptis miampai vaig, Isido nogi minoboos dogo, Id savat di isai okito nu ih Sunduvan do humintuun, om tumood doid savat Disido, Isido no ih mambaptis miampai do Sunduvan Tohidang. ³⁴Om nokito ku, om sumaksi zou do iti no ih Tanak do Kinoingan. ³⁵Om vagu di tadau suvab dii poingkakat ih John, miampai di duvo di tutumanud disido; ³⁶Om miintong isido di Yeshua do maapanau isido, poboos no isido, Intangai oh Doumba do Kinoingan!

³⁷Om nokongou ih duvo tutumanud do minoboos isido, om tanud no izioho di Yeshua.

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