Preach the gospel faithfully, Bishop Lasebikan urges preachers

Retired Bishop of the Anglican Communion, Ondo Diocese, the Most Reverend Latunji Lasebikan, has urged preachers of the gospel to preach the word faithfully.

Lasebikan, in his public presentation entitled ‘Bibeli Mimo Ni Ede Yoruba Ode-Oni’, said preachers should not twist the Word to suit their purpose as God would hold them accountable.

He also urged Christians to obey the Word faithfully, adding that, “the efforts of translators would be exercise in futility if we don’t play our parts faithfully. What is the purpose if the Bible remains unread and unobeyed?”

The reviewer, Mr Patrick Adekuoroye, said it was germane to have the Bible written in modern Yoruba as the way Yoruba was spoken in 1884 when Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther translated the Bible into Yoruba is different from how it is spoken now.

The President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Supo Ayokunle, who was represented by Deacon Emmanuel Ubandoma said: “I am an indigene of Jos in Plateau State. I pray that this kind of initiative materialise in my own language during my lifetime.”

In his welcome address, the host and Director General, Scripture Union, Nigeria, Mr Phillips Odelana, noted that the new translation would enable Yoruba readers to understand the Bible better without having to cross-check facts in the English version, while studying the Yoruba version.

The Board Chairman, Biblica Nigeria, Professor Iwu Ikwubuzo, also noted that the new translation is unique because it is the Biblica’s NIV version, adding that it is “rendered in lucid contemporary standard variety of Yoruba Language.”

Dr Ezekiel Abioye, the lead translator who took up the project in 1987, said the new translation is easier to read as one cannot, for example, mistaken ojo (rain) for ojo (coward) and the words of Jesus are written in red.

 

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