Wilhelm Mwakavanga is a Bible translator. The gray-haired man with a constant smile is also a pastor, and a speaker of the Nyiha language of western Tanzania. “I’ve seen God moving in our churches when I preach in Nyiha,” he said. “When preaching is in Swahili or another language, most people just don’t get the real meaning. They go out with many questions but not the answers. But when we preach in Nyiha, it is very different.”
“When I preach in Nyiha language,” he went on, “people get so quiet. It’s because they understand very well. And when they understand, they repent and change. So many people ask me to come and preach. They are very anxious to hear the Word of God in their language.”
The completed Nyiha New Testament was dedicated in May 2023, in Ingombe Village, Tanzania. Hundreds of local people gathered to celebrate the occasion.
