Alago of Nigeria

Good news is exciting to share, and the Alago translators simply couldn’t wait to show their people the first four chapters of Matthew, which they had just completed. Making their way to several Alago towns across bad roads, they unloaded large stacks of booklets to disperse to curious onlookers. And as people read the booklets, they caught the team’s contagious enthusiasm for God’s Word. Praise God!

About a third of the people (pop. 70,000) profess Christianity, but church leaders yearn for widespread revival in this area long held captive by animistic religion. Scriptures in the mother tongue are expected to touch people’s lives at the deepest levels, ensuring true transformation.

The Nigeria Bible Translation Trust is providing leadership in this project to translate the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament by 2013, after starting in 2008.

  • Pray for unhindered work on chapters 5-15 of Matthew’s Gospel, so it will be ready for the upcoming consultant’s check.

  • Pray that God will call two more translators and a skilled typist to join the team.

  • Praise God for raising up mother-tongue translators worldwide who sacrifice much to translate His Word into their own languages.

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