Setting the Stage It is a warm, Friday afternoon—the day before the Soli New Testament Launch—and six of us are tightly packed into a car, traveling through the Soli-lands, east of Lusaka, Zambia. I have never travelled through this part of country after the rains, and my heart is happy to see fields of corn …
The Soli New Testament is being released soon! In March, the Soli people in Zambia will, for the first time, have the New Testament available to them in their mother tongue! Jesus made some pretty profound statements while he was here on this earth. Often times, a simple-seeming metaphor is not just food for thought, …
For the past month, Lydia and I have been living in Chongwe. Chongwe is at the center of sprawling Soli farmlands in central Zambia. The daily, two-kilometer walk to the makeshift translation office has given me time to think, meet locals, and see behind-the-curtain of Zambian life. One of the great joys of my commute …
Read on to learn about the translation work happening with the Soli people of Zambia. Of the ~7,000 languages in the world, only about 1,300 have the New Testament and only about 550 have a complete Bible. Soli is just one of The Word for the World‘s 80+ language projects and this project has almost …