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		<title>Is persecution good?</title>
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Photo by Adam Jeske
Story by Adam Jeske
Is persecution good for Christians?” Alemayehu mused. The silence that followed suggested the question was all too real for him as he remembered the days of communism in Ethiopia.
The Communist government, known as the Derg, barred churches, which included most evangelical churches, and harassed and mistreated many Christians during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bible is My Life</title>
		<link>http://www.thepubols.com/2011/10/27/the-bible-is-my-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1984, Communist leaders in Ethiopia told a Christian named Dereje Tilahun to leave his job as a land surveyor and begin work as a political cadre (communist activist) within the Communist government.
“I said, ‘No.  You are atheist. I believe in God, so how can I join with you?’” he explained. “We had to speak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Partners in Translation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Dr. Haileyesus Engedashet and Dr. Daniel Hankore are both
Bible translation consultants in Ethiopia. Photo by Adam Jeske

“Dir biabir anbesa yasir.”
“If all the spiders work together to make a web, they can capture a lion.”
-Ethiopian proverb
At first glance, Dr. Daniel Hankore and Dr. Haileyesus Engedashet may seem like unlikely partners in Bible translation work.  They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s at work</title>
		<link>http://www.thepubols.com/2011/06/08/gods-word-speaks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
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More from my trip to Ethiopia in March&#8230;
Bible translation work goes beyond the translation of the Bible itself.  We want to see people actively engaged with scripture using what they learn to help them with the difficulties they face, so other materials are often also translated.
One challenge faced by many communities in Africa is how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Guji-Oromo Worship God</title>
		<link>http://www.thepubols.com/2011/06/06/the-guji-oromo-worship-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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I visited a small church in a remote town called Chambe in southwest Ethiopia in March.  This choir was composed of more than half of the church.  Beautiful music, enjoy!
Millions of people speak the Guji dialect of the Oromo language of Ethiopia.  A translation of the New Testament was completed recently, and the translation team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An ancient heritage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As far as I know, most of my ancestors came from Ireland, Scotland and England, a few came from various countries in mainland Europe, and some in my family also believe that we have a few native Americans amongst our ancestors.  The Christian heritage of my family, at least people who would identify themselves by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What time is it?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepubols.com/2011/03/16/what-time-is-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Why do I always think, Surely we must all&#8230; (you fill in the blank).
I&#8217;m always amazed that things  I think are standardized rarely are.  The list in my head of what everybody does keeps getting smaller. There is always another way to do it.
I just came back from 10 days in Ethiopia, a place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Translations in Progress for Six African Sign Languages</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photos by Zeke du Plessis (photos added March 31, 2010)

NAIROBI, KENYA&#8211;Scripture translations are in progress in six African sign languages which are located in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Ethiopia.  Translation teams are starting by translating a set of Chronological Bible Stories, checking, revising, recording them on video, and preparing to distribute them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting with Church Leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.thepubols.com/2009/06/10/meeting-with-church-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by David Ringer
David and I spent the last couple of days meeting with church leaders in Ethiopia and talking with them about their vision for Bible translation.  Read more about our experience on David&#8217;s blog.
Other Posts You Might Like:From linguistic analysis to computer repair Repost from David's blog, The Translation BeatAll text and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Your Typical A-B-Cs</title>
		<link>http://www.thepubols.com/2009/06/09/not-your-typical-a-b-cs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia, is one of many languages that does not use a Roman alphabet (or Roman script) like English does.  Amharic uses the Ge&#8217;ez alphabet.  Learn more on David&#8217;s blog.
Some non-Roman scripts can present particularly difficult challenges to translators.  For example, some languages use more characters than would [...]]]></description>
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