Translating the Bible into Toba...
How do we translate the Scriptures into Toba? What versions do we use? Here are some insights into the kind of issues we have to deal with...
Now let’s see how we translated it into Toba:
Qama'le naq'aeta ga'me 'uo ca'li Juan jo'ne chilaĝanataĝanaĝaic ue'ta di'me aleua jo'ne totapega't, yiyaĝatapega ga'me jiyaĝadipi qaedi 'ñemaĝadiñe, 'viyelaĝadetot joñe'me Dios, qaedi qonachilaĝa'n, nataq'aen qaedi Dios yapalaĝa't gaa'me loeco.
Which means: “Then appeared John who is washer in the deserted land, he proclaims to the people that they do an about turn, return to God, so that they are washed and so that God rubs out their bad actions.”
Qama'le naq'aeta ga'me 'uo ca'li Juan jo'ne chilaĝanataĝanaĝaic ue'ta di'me aleua jo'ne totapega't, yiyaĝatapega ga'me jiyaĝadipi qaedi 'ñemaĝadiñe, 'viyelaĝadetot joñe'me Dios, qaedi qonachilaĝa'n, nataq'aen qaedi Dios yapalaĝa't gaa'me loeco.
Which means: “Then appeared John who is washer in the deserted land, he proclaims to the people that they do an about turn, return to God, so that they are washed and so that God rubs out their bad actions.”
Mark 1:4
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