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Alus texts on God

Edited May 23, 2024, 12:07 p.m. by Steve

From Philip...

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Bible translation

Edited May 2, 2023, 4:42 p.m. by Rhett

While in Magilong a student named Menum wanted to show me his translation of Genesis 1:1-2 and John 1:1-5. I took a picture of his transcription and recorded him reading it...

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Church History with Joel

Edited May 22, 2024, 1:30 p.m. by Steve

Talking with Joel at the hauswin...

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Genesis - beginning story from Nambi

Edited May 28, 2024, 2:05 p.m. by Steve

I went down to Nambi's on the Mematonn ridge to stay overnight on 25.10.23. He had told all his sons to come together that evening and Ulumo was also there with his family. Then he shared this story about God creating people and some of the first people. It seems to be a personal clan story. I am no...

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Gods of the ancestors

Edited May 28, 2024, 2:15 p.m. by Steve

Talking about the upcoming teaching a bit Sibil decided to share about the names of the gods his ancestors followed. He gave it in Tok Pisin first. The story here seems to be the same as Genesis - beginning story from Nambi...

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History of church in Kokoma

Edited Dec. 12, 2023, 9:49 a.m. by Steve

Sivil came to me to ask if he was disturbing us with his church services and told me that he was under pressure from a lot of people to stop meeting and let the missionaries do the church work. I told him that we were here to strengthen the church and they would have to continue on after we are gone...

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Interviews about God's nature

Edited April 2, 2024, 9:25 a.m. by Steve

1. unim megite mee yog God amb iguguma ig? (what do you call God?) 2. God onn omonn megite mee? mohis enninnot ig? mohis egendee ig? bilil ig? (what is God's behaviour like?) 3. oo megite mehamonn God noloot ig? (what did God do in the past?) 4. su megite mehamonn God neleb igu ig? (what does God do...

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Interviews about spirits

Edited April 4, 2024, 11:21 a.m. by Steve

1. ubi megite mee? stoli amee (what is a spirit?) 2. mohis ubi heb igugund ig? (can people see spirits?) 3. ubi ubiyab igugund ig oo tondeee igugund ig? (are there lots of spirits or few?) 4. ubi bili igugund ig oo yot igugund ig? (are spirits good or bad?) 5. megite ab ogoo ubi igugund ig? (where a...

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Invoking the trinity when someone is sick

Edited Oct. 19, 2023, 3:08 p.m. by Steve

Recordings from Natalie...

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Knowledge from God changing the heart

Edited Oct. 20, 2023, 11:08 a.m. by Philip

This is a retelling of the candlelight service by Sivil. I played the recording to him in my office and he retold it so I could have a clear copy. Later, I checked the transcription and meaning with Samuel....

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Kovol story of first man - Tapulang

Edited May 23, 2024, 11:37 a.m. by Steve

Sitting around the fire in Soso's house telling stories. Steve May 2024. There's a list of names here. Perhaps something about a bird teaching people how to have sex and have children, and something about the origin of hunting for meat in Namsug. But it doesn't make much sense to ...

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More questions on sprits

Edited April 11, 2024, 1:40 p.m. by Steve

1. hubi nom, hubi hiyol ogoo holoogul hooyom nog agabi, hiyol ogoo hebigondoo ig? (are some spirits more powerful than others?) 2. megite tugub hubi hoogoot igugund ig? (how do spirits hide?) 3. mohis hiyol ogoo hubi mena osob igugund ig? (do some people give food to spirits?) 4. mohis hiyol ogoo ig...

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Name of spirit that gave the kundu drum

Edited June 23, 2023, 10:05 a.m. by Steve

Augume had heard that I was interviewing about the kundu drum and the Kokoma guys didn't know who made the first one. Apparently I demanded an answer, so these guys from Pusila came to set things straight. ## Takeways ### Vocabulary - amanenel, the spirit who entered man to give him life - soo, the...

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Reaction to Matt 8

Edited April 11, 2024, 1:34 p.m. by Steve

I read Matt 8:28-34, the story about the demons going into the pigs and asked for people's reactions...

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Seeing a hubi at Eseelumand story

Edited April 11, 2024, 1:32 p.m. by Steve

During Interviews about spirits Samuel mentions a story of people long ago seeing an hubi, a devil meri at Eseelumand. I got some reactions to the story....

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Skin and spirit

Edited June 21, 2023, 9:18 a.m. by Rhett

After Nuumee had come to tell us about the Spirit Spider incident Kavaluku had been talking about what he meant when he said "skin". I asked Kavaluku to clarify what "skin" is, apart from the literal. He descried two things: the essence of food which give body strength, l...

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Talking about creation and spirits

Edited April 9, 2024, 11:04 a.m. by Steve

Sibil started talking in Tok Pisin comparing the creation of the spirits to the creation of man...

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Traps and communication with the dead

Edited Dec. 31, 2021, 1:18 a.m. by Philip

I sat at a fire in Soso's house and Nambi told the stories. Nambi told me in Pidginː Spirits can be seen in dreams. They used to visit their ancestors and tell them when they had caught something in a trap. If they didn't catch anything, they would try to appease the spirit by making their own old ...

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hobol story of first man

Edited May 23, 2024, 10:53 a.m. by Steve

Sitting in Soso's house by fire telling stories. Nambi seems to tell a creation myth, something about a spirit entering man and making him alive. The children named are Wa and Ingil, so this man is presumably Sigol, the first person to speak Imengis. Steve played these recordings to Semik in Jan ...

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