Sing Praise To The Truth

THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."(Jn14:6) It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. God is love. Let’s rely on the love of God he has for us and love one another. “The blessing of the LORD brings wealth.”(Prov.10:22) Praise the LORD! I will praise the LORD my God all my life. For He is good and His love endures forever. Praise His name, Jesus Christ our Savior, the Messiah.

VISION & MISSION

VISION & MISSION: The kingdom of God has come to us, now is come the kingdom of our Lord, and the kingdom of God is near. Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God. Everything is possible for him who believes. God is our strength and through Him we will encourage the timid, and help the weak. With God's mercy we shall go into all the world and preach the good news of gospel; and proclaim in His name about repentance for forgiveness of sins to all nations. We pray for salvation, healing and redemption in His name Jesus Christ. By faith in love and hope, we press on toward the goal according to His plan. For, nothing is impossible with God. mUic];ehLKm];TL,wrL.JPL;sw]:n}.Et,pQn]w}.tL,hw];yw].eSmI;w}.yU,mUiw]:lQw]El:tuik].mL;sm]nL,"kUn];ekL.etkin]Kw]:mun];nG];mUic];ehLKm];JPL;sw]:n}.mI;tac];lImac],klL,kU:ekL."tL,ekL.yum],n}.An],lG]ekL:pQn]l}:kU:mQw];yw]."JPL;sw]:pQn]AQn]hqc];hw];El:lUv]:mn];sw]:eShw];etpn]hqc];tI:ekL.sG]lQk].sG]ng}.eSEl:sg}:Tqm]ekL.hqc];AUn]:nuc];sG]Kw]"lUv]:krunL,JPL;sw]:eShw];etkGL,nG];km];PL,elL;kn}.kU:tI:'ehL;lat]:Kaw],lIkGam];JtL;sw]:'El:hgc].eSL,lgc]:ngc],twa},sG]Kuin];tL,l}:An]pg},wac];KGac].pn]nn].'tI:kUn];kU:mUic];kU:sUiw].KUiw];lUv]:suiw]:sw]:ey,Su"hw];SU;tgc];nG];suiw]:sw]:ey,SuKrit]:Ek,Kzt]'yUt];yL'T},Tut],pUt];pg},pn]lgt]:lqw];"lUv]:tac];yum],'tac];hk].'tac];muc]:mgc];eShw];suin],hqc];tuic]:Kuin]:nL:kGL,sU;yUic];ma}sgm];wac];Pqn]sw]:"pUiw]:wL:epL;pL;TL,wrL.JPL;sw]:n}.An]Am],pQn]l}:Am],mI;"

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Bible Translation from English to Tai Language

Re: "Tai New Version (TNV)" Bible Translation

Dear Friend,

We have prayed for a new Bible version for Tai people. With the love and help of my family members I have tried on translating English to Tai language on some Bible verses and Bible stories for children. We have been seeking God help and His favor by submitting our prayer to Him with thanksgiving on every Sunday night; and requesting prayers from our friends and pastors. On March 16, 2012 expecting to receive a fresh touch from God my son and I attend to “A Night of Hope with Joel & Victoria” worship meeting at Time Union Center, Albany. I experienced a great touch and encouragement from God that strengthen my hope and enlarging my vision. Firstly the Lord helps me to overcome the procrastination, the give up mentality and mediocrity that often drags me down whenever I try to go out further and up higher. Secondly I have become more and more courageous and confident in the Lord. Obediently I take this step of faith by committing to invest all God’s given energy and gifts that I have to involve with the Lord while He is making and creating everything new. Finally I dare to declare this new beginning of the "Tai New Version (TNV)" project today. I thank our Almighty God for His rich love and mercy to our Teekham family. Together with my family we pray that God will take care of this project and call great friends and partners to us. We submitted this whole plan and project to be His and asked for His favor in waiting to serve Him accordingly. May God provide the needs and give us the wisdom to accomplish this Tai New Version (TNV) Bible Translation.

The Tai New Version (TNV) will be for both the old and new testaments of the Holy Bible and it does not purpose to be a substitution that to replace or ruin the existing one but just to make a new version. In fact, I am so thankful that a Shan Version Bible and some Shan dictionaries vis-à-vis in English are available nowadays. This new translation is a new creation which will basically get from the New International Version (NIV) with the value sources from the KJV, NASB, GNT and AMP as many as possible. It will be in daily use common Tai language and complying altogether with newly created, copied and adopted words as languages are closely intertwined in nature. Furthermore, in this new version I am going to avoid using the Pali (Prakrit language) of the Buddhist scriptures, except a few terms those are already deeply rooted as a common use in Tai community. Please pray together with us to the Holy Spirit to lead and guide our mind, heart, spirit and action of every step so that we can do our best to carefully preserve the truth and accuracy.

I have been working on Tai translation for almost 10 years as freelancer. The “Tai” is my native blood and the unofficial estimated population is 10 millions nowadays. They are called as “Shan” by other nations while they name themselves “Tai” in their own language. The Tai (Shan) people are the inhabitants of the Shan state; and hundreds of thousands of Tai live in Karenni(Kayar) and Kachin states as well as in Mandalay, SaKaing and Rangoon Divisions, of Burma(Myanmar). Meanwhile, there are also millions of Tai living in Yunnan province of China, northern Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. I realized that a Tai language translation is in great need and high demand these days, since there is no standard school for their language to be taught and even have being forbidden to do so by the Burmese dictator government till now. Tai people are not even allowed to freely use their language in their own community. Sorrowfully, Tai race and their language are almost disappeared on this world records. I recognized this is a right thing to do. And I believe this translation is absolutely helpful to their living daily life.

With the expectation to meet the needs of Tai and to fulfill a gap as a bridge for the truth, I have begun a journey of translation English and Tai vis-a- vis. For example, by grace I could create the “Sing Praise to the Truth” web blog (http://aungmart-teekham.blogspot.com/). I simply believe this is one of God given vision and mission for me as I was called. Yet it is slow in progress and still a long way to go, but I have come too far to stop and turn back. It is impossible for me to quit and settle with anything less. I’ve got to press on. I've to keep believing, standing strong and hoping in the Lord. I thank my God for every good thing he has done and happened to me today.

I’m currently translating books, messages and stories about God our Lord Jesus Christ and writing some Tai songs and encouragement messages. Furthermore, I try on translating laws from English into Tai to help them become familiar with the written law in their own language and have a better understanding on law. In another words, I believe this will be an encouragement and a step of promoting the rule of law system in Tai community. Simultaneously it may be helpful for Tai people to read and understand the Bible and then keep the precepts of God in heart. Moreover, it is all about assisting Tai people to be reconciled with God by believing in Jesus so that each of them will be born again in Christ and saved. God's salvation, healing, and redemption would be more among Tai community as they become to know Jesus and accept Him. In addition, this translation would also help them live a joyful life and rebuild a new nation where there is freedom and opportunities to pursue happiness; and then to enhance Tai national friendships and extend toward international relationships. I will earnestly seek the Lord. I am going to need your helps and the help of others who love God and want to help the whole world discover the purposes and plans that they were created to fulfill. I hope you are praying with us.

By grace, at present we’ve successfully got the book of John done. But a big obstacle is we don’t have money for printing, making a book, distributing and reaching out to those Tai people. We desperately need the Lord to show us the way and take us through this destiny into victory.

Very often, in our thanksgiving prayer to our loving Father God, we remember you all and thank you for everything you have done in helping and supporting us. Unfortunately, I am facing difficulties. One is that I could not have some of the Tai letters to be properly posted on my blog due to a few problems with Tai font; (e.g., Some Tai’s tone symbols and letters could not be posted or saved on the blog) and another serious issue is that I do not have enough financial resources. I need to get the Tai font modified. Simultaneously, if I have enough money and man resources then there will be more fruitful and beautiful outcome. It is impossible for me alone to do all these. I may need an organization. Though I now have my family helping along side with me I definitely still need a team to help me doing research, to work day in and day out with me on paper works and communication, to assist me for Biblical knowledge in English and for proof reading in Tai language and so on. I just step out today by faith. As I and my family press toward the goal, we will be very grateful to you if you help us to overcome these challenges. Please take your precious time to pray and join with us from this small step and on. Surely, with your partnership we will move further and stronger to accomplish the missions and achieve those wonderful things. By faith we will live and act.

Please seriously think about financially, physically and spiritually helping us and sowing the seed with us. We need your helps. The vision is big, but we are weak. If this is also a vision of you from the Lord, please actively partner with us. You are always invited and welcomed. Please let us know your thoughts. We expect to work with you for we know that we will work better when we work together. We hope this new beginning of TNV will be richly blessed by the gracious and merciful God and you are all blessed as well.

Above all else, we thank our heavenly Father for His blessings and gifts in Jesus' Name. Thank you so much again for your love and support. Thank you in advance for your generosity too.

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.(1 Timothy 1:2,NIV)

Sincerely,

Signed

Saiaung M Teekham on behalf of Teekham family

Mailing: Teekham family, 1970 East Tremont Avenue, #5B, Bronx, New York 10462, U.S.A.

Phone: +1 (646) 574 9723,

Email: teekhamsai@gmail.com, sailaoteekham@gmail.com, mo.tk@live.com,

1 comment:

Saiaung M Teekham said...: Dear Pastor Joel and Victoria Osteen,

Thank you so much for your prayer and encouragement messages.
Thanks be to God that I have had great opportunity and prayers from your ministries. In 2014 I got a chance to meet you in New York and handed to you a sample book of John Tai translation which I was working on and requested you to pray for me. Today, rejoice with me, for I am so glad with full of joy because I’ve got the New Testament translation done. I honestly believe this is one of God’s answers to your prayer and us. I am grateful to our brothers and sisters in Christ those who also pray with us. I am so excited for the next step toward the destination. I can’t wait to see Tai people get to know our Lord Jesus more and each of them will be saved. At a dinner my family and I joyfully gave thanks to the Holy God and praised Him for His love, grace, mercy and this great blessing. I’m so thankful also to my wife, son and daughter for their love, prayers and every help.
Please keep on praying with me in submitting to the Lord for His favor, support, wisdom and guidance. Pray for me a good health and humble heart too. Thank you so very much again to you all in Christ Jesus.

Sincerely,
Saiaung M Teekham
5/29/2017; June 14, 2017 at 9:19 PM

On God's Mercy

“...,Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, said the LORD Almighty.” (Zechariah 4:6,NIV)

“God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28,NIV)

“For God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.”(Romans 11:29,NIV)

“Lord our God, may your blessings be with us. Give us success in all we do!”(Psalm 90:17,GNT)

“From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another.[Out of the fullness of his grace he has blessed us all, giving us one blessing after another.”(John 1:16,NIV,GNT)

God bless U.S.A. and you and us all

This, then, is how you should pray:

Prayer

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¹⁰your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹Give us today our daily bread.
¹²Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.

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