Tuesday, July 1, 2008







Will some visitors wear their national and tribal dress during World Youth Day meetings? That I would love to see so I hope they pack their special outfits.
A glimps of the past and a Papal visit with a difference in Hagen, Papua New Guinea, our closest neighbour.

Nupela Testamen Bilong Bikpela Jisas Kraist
Stori bilong Jisas Kraist i kamap, em i olsem. Mama bilong en, Maria, ol i makim pinis bilong maritim Josep. Tasol tupela i no wokabaut wantaim yet, na ol i lukim Maria i gat bel long Holi Spirit. Man bilong en, Josep, em i stretpela man, na em i no laik givim sem long Maria. Olsem na em i laik lusim em isi tasol. Joseph i tingting yet long dispela, no long driman wanpela ensel bilong Bikpela i kamap long em. Ensel i tok, "Josep, pikinini bilong Devit, yu no ken pret long kisim meri bilong yu Maria........."

The New Testament in New Guinea Pidgin. Neo-Melanesian. Published Bible Society 1969



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