 The party was forced back to Khartoum, which they reached on 10 April 1882 just as the Mahdist revolt broke out.Onesimos recovered from his illness, and found his way back to the Imkullu Mission, where while waiting further instructions he began the first of his many translations into Oromo.After attempting another unsuccessful mission to reach Welega in 1886, he began his translation of the entire Bible.