Shan Dai Advocacy

#7 His Next Verse– Holy Spirit

May 2, 2007 on 8:07 pm | In General |

The devotional from Galatians in the Shan Dai Bible Translation Prayer Journal may help to set the scene for a recent challenge to the Bible translation team. Gal 5:22-23 describes how a person’s life is different (it has in it love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control) when the Holy Spirit is in control of one’s life. But just how are the words “Holy Spirit” to be translated in order to accurately portray who HE is? The Dai language has no word for “holy”. That is a problem. On top of that, the Shan Dai word for “spirit” is always connected with demonic activity so that makes it unusable in seeking to describe the Holy Spirit. The concept of the Holy Spirit needs to be understood and communicated, may God give His wisdom we pray. Let’s also join in a prayer from the Bible exegete, “Lord, we pray we would not just dissect the word but abide in it more and more. Lord, we thank you for how you have brought this about, and we plead for help in every aspect of this work, please keep our hearts soft and humble before you and help us remain in unity and love for the sake of your name!” Amen.

Thank you so much for your continued prayers for the Dai and the Bible Translation.