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I am Raheli Lawi

Aníng a Raheli Lawi

I was born in the year 1947

aní ta laqwaál kurkó kumó wák tsireré gwaleél nee mibeerí tsiyéhh nee faanqw

in the village of Riroda

Bará kijijír Rirod wa ale

In my youth I received early

Bará masombiʔéʔ mareʔé ni hiʔiít Yesú ugwa tsewa ilaóh

I received Jesus in the year '61

Yesu ngwa ilaóh a kurkú mibeerí lehhó nee wák

In the year '62 I was baptized

kurkú mibeerí lehhó nee tsár tina batiís

In the year '63 I entered

Kurkú mibeeré lehhó nee tám, ana daáhh

...when I finished primary school, I entered Bible school

shulér msingi a faák ana daáhh bará shulér Bibilia

In 63' I began Bible school

kurkó mibeerí lehhó nee tám ana ansiím Shulér Bibilia,

in the year '30 - in the year '64

kurkó mibeerí tám, kurkó mibeerí lehhó nee tsiyéhh

I received a husband - I married, we got married

hhawata gwa sláw tina duúx ndoa ana tseegaán

and also my husband

nee hhawatoʔéʔ sleeme

was chosen by God - he did the work of God

kwa tsawár nee Muungú gadiyér Muungú ngwa tleehhiit

from the time that we were united, he taught and also

imír tiwa haragasaán inós intsahhatimiis ne slemee

he left - he had a place in Hoshan

ire tláy dirí kón bará Hoshan

he would go and teach at Hoshan and I was at Bible School - we married (lit. joined)

intsahhtisar ay bará Hoshan nee aniye aqo bará Shulér Bibilia i dirí ana somuusaán taqo haragaasaán

In the year '65 we finished school

kurkó mibeerí lehhó nee koʔán shule ana faakaán

when we finished school, we returned home to Endabeg because it was their home

shule kawa faakaán ana waatlaán ayawí o Endabeg asma a doʔín

we returned home and we began the work of God

nee waatlaán gadiyér Muungú kay imuʕumaán

in this community of Endabeg - I tell you there was much work to be doneEndabeg there was at that time now work of God

bará ayawo Endabeg gadiyé i káhh qomasí ar Muungú

the Word of God was not here - we began work

ʕaymú Muungú i káhh gadiyé ana aansimaán

and he and I both we began to do work under a tree

nee gamú xaʔanó tina ansimaán inós tsár

he would begin a song and I would accompany

daʔangw inós buru ngwa óh aní un ilaóh

God has helped us

Muungú tina aleʕiís

ah - we got few people

a muukú ninaw kwi slawaán

and we went in this way - we worked

ana adosír hiʔimamitaán gadiye ana tlehhahhiitaán

in the year seventy-

kurkó mibeerí faanqw

seven

nee faanqw

my husband began work

gadiyér aako gadiye ngina aansín ar

as the Bishop of Arusha State in Arusha Region

tawa askofu o jimbó ar Arusha ar mkoár Arusha

as Bishop of Arusha region

inós tawa askofú mkoár Arusha

I too

aní sleeme

God chose me

Muungú a tsawár

work of

gadiyér

also as a servant of God

ar yaʕabusér Muungú

and to divide clothing

ngiwa tlabaʔá i qasmiis

clothes of

tlabaʔá o

from abroad

o amór tseʕa dahha

clothes of Pastors, their children and their wives

tlabaʔá wachungaji naʕaʔín nee tiayʔín

God also helped me in dividing these clothes

Muungú a aleʕiís sleeme tlabasí iga qasmiís neer

in a good way

neer idór hhoo wa alé

And we said in this way

na ana adosír babawaán

He continued to give (us) this help

aleiʕisesí nguna tlehhahhiít

In the year of...

kurkó mibeeri

'82

dakát nee tsár

Our first Missionary returned to his home because he had grown old

mishnarimorén kudá o geera ina waátl ayaʔín asma a uráy

His name was elder Bull

umoós ku báy aakó Bull

he went home

ina waátl

in the year '82

kurkó mibeerí dakát nee tsár

A new Missionary arrived

mishnarimó ʕabén nina hardáh

Hir name was Renchu

umkós ku báy Renchu

And his wife was called Ana

nee harerós ka báy Anna

We were joined together in this work

tina haragasaán bará gadiyesihee

Anna brought new ideas

Anna hhatlór ʕaben ngina húp

He didn't have ideas about clothing

hhatlo ar ikond ar unqwareká

The new ideas he brought were

hhatlór ʕaben na húp aqo gidabá

to begin a women's union

dinkuʔumár ameena kawa imuʕumaan

lo! He and Anna and I

kara aní nee alinós Anna

God helped us get these ideas

Muungú tinda hhatlosí ni hariis

so we sat down

kar ana iwitaán yaamu i alé

and we looked

tay qaytsitaán

It helped to go into prayer because

i harín tawa dahaan bará firo asma

this women's union

dinkuʔumarí ar ameena

we established that

ana tsahhaán ar umó gidabá

women have a purpose before God

ameena i gidabár kond dír geerá Muunguhee

we saw that

kay araán ar umó gidabá

we also have work

a gadiyér komaán sleeme

before God

bará dír Muunguhee

before God

dír geerá Muunguhee

because we saw in the Bible

asma araraán bará Bibliaro

women did the work of God

ameena gadiyér Muungú nga tlehh

like Esther

idór i Está

Sara, wife of Abraham

Sará haré Ibrahím

and many others

nee o hatláʔ nee hatleʔe

Debora

in Deborá

Hannah

in Haaná

and even others

nee o dimbabayhee

after this meeting

aluó bará dinkuʔumasí

we saw this way that

ta dosír alqaytsitaán ar gidabá masó

this women's union we were to make

dinkuʔumarí a tleehhaán ar ameena

and we would get a leader

nee geeraharusuʔo a slawaán

We looked for three things

moroʔo kwa alqaytsitaán a tám

which would lead us, which had great importance

o atén tindi geeraharahar o afahhamít o urén

in this union of ours

o bará dinkuʔumarén tisiye

which would lead us

atén tindi geerahar

It's the reason why we

bará dír garo an gidabár atén

to make this work of the union

gadiyesí ar dinkuʔuma kas tlehhaan

the first thing

gár geera

is that we women - we want to preach the word of God

a gidabá aymú Muungú un slaaʔaán atén o ameena kuwa alkiʕitaan

in the way in which we are able

nee idodá ta aleslawaán

the second thing is that

gár tsár a gidabá

also other things we women

aluó maso atén o ameena

even

sleeme

that we learn the word of God

aymeerí Muungú intsahharirimaan

because

as gidabá

that we be those women

atén tawa ameenardá