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JaneTranslates
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Feb 7, 2013

Pakuti pamene tinali chikhalire ofoka, pa nyengo yake Khristu anawafera osapembedza. Aroma 5:6


I was given a lovely picture of African elephants with the above caption. I guessed (from "Khristu") that it might be a biblical quotation, and "Aroma" made me think of the Epistle to the Romans. I'm 98% certain I'm right, because Romans 5:6 reads:

"You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly." (NIV)

But I'm cu... See more
Pakuti pamene tinali chikhalire ofoka, pa nyengo yake Khristu anawafera osapembedza. Aroma 5:6


I was given a lovely picture of African elephants with the above caption. I guessed (from "Khristu") that it might be a biblical quotation, and "Aroma" made me think of the Epistle to the Romans. I'm 98% certain I'm right, because Romans 5:6 reads:

"You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly." (NIV)

But I'm curious by nature and would like to know what language this is. Can you help? Many thanks.


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Daina Jauntirans
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Chichewa? Feb 7, 2013

Just a guess:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewa_language

If you google "Khristu anawafera" a couple of pamphlets come up:
download.jw.org/files/media_books/45/es13_CN.pdf
and
download.branham.org.s3.amazonaws.com/.../CHA62-1013.pdf

A few of the words in the Wikipedia article also show up in the pamphlets and the Watchtower one says "Chichewa" ... See more
Just a guess:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewa_language

If you google "Khristu anawafera" a couple of pamphlets come up:
download.jw.org/files/media_books/45/es13_CN.pdf
and
download.branham.org.s3.amazonaws.com/.../CHA62-1013.pdf

A few of the words in the Wikipedia article also show up in the pamphlets and the Watchtower one says "Chichewa" and "Made in the Republic of South Africa."

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Jan Willem van Dormolen (X)
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Swahili? Feb 7, 2013

I've run this through Google Translate, which claims it can automatically identify a source language. It says: Swahili. It doesn't give a translation though... ("Kuti disdain tinali chikhalire ofoka, place his nyengo Khristu is wafera osapembedza. aroma 5:6")
 
Triston Goodwin
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Chichewa Feb 8, 2013

It looks like Daina is right, it's Chichewa, and you're also correct, Aroma = Romans.

I found this, I hope it helps ^_^

http://sasrc.com/chichewa/
 
Angelique Blommaert
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Pakuti Feb 8, 2013

Is a Nigerian place. I would also go for Chichewa.

http://translate.chichewadictionary.org/

chikhalire: from the beginning

pamene: where
nyengo : season

yake= his or her

Can't realy find it in Romans 5:6 though.

[Edited at 2013-02-08 08:22 GMT]
 
JaneTranslates
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Thanks, everybody. Feb 9, 2013

I was kind of hoping for someone who really knows the mystery language to pop up, but you've got me pretty well convinced that Chichewa is probably right.
 


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