Kupatulapo pakati pa Awadensi, Mawu a Mulungu anatsekeredwa kwa zaka zambiri m’zinenero zodziŵika kwa ophunzira okha; koma nthawi inali itakwana yakuti Malemba amasulidwe, ndi kuperekedwa kwa anthu a m’mayiko osiyanasiyana m’chinenero chawo.
Except among the Waldenses, the word of God had for ages been
locked up in languages known only to the learned; but the time had
come for the Scriptures to be translated and given to the people of
different lands in their native tongue