Niwakashææ'ö 01.23


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01.23.01

Ne' ne káyatöthsíyú u'kéku' kéí hu'khâhu'.

I got a Bible for my fourth birthday.


01.23.02

Ne' ne uwe'sæ' wátsí uöya'ê'.

It had a dark blue cover.


01.23.03

Te'keyëö únë n-ëkeyë'he't kës, ne' kwá he khawiatye'.

I could not read it yet, but I could carry it around.


01.23.04

Wa'ökwaya'tayei'shæ' ne thënötëthææni ne' ne hunënö'keæhtö ne Thsakaöhétas ësháyö'. Káyatöshæ'ke he nêôtyé' kaya'tôtö' ne' watányö', ne' huikê u'kya'taya'khô' tekakanya'shæ'sé kaya'tôtö' ne hêés ne' khu ne kanyu'takuwanës uhtyöhtö's niyunö'këötö'.

We went to Adventist evangelistic meetings and I cut pictures of lions, leopards and fearful dragons with horns out of their program bulletins.


01.23.05

Únë u'kya'tata'tô' ne kaya'ta'shö'ö káyatöthsíyú, ne' huikê wa'uhtyöthe't ëtyakuhtêtya't.

Once I had these stuck between the pages of my Bible, it became a fearful and fascinating book.


01.23.06

Ne' wai n-ökhíúwí ne' ha'tekakôt ëyethiyëstë' ne káyatöthsíyú, ne' ëënötes'á' n-ëyöëtsu'kta't.

They told us we should be giving the neighbours Bible studies to get ready for the end of the world.


01.23.07

Nae te'ne' tha'tekakôt thaayakwét ne Wacokwá.

We didn't even have to go to Waco to do it.


01.23.08

Ne' shô ökwanöke' ne kaya'tôtö' u'kyëönyánô'.

I took my Bible around to some of the neighbors and showed them the pictures.


01.23.09

Ne' n-únë u'wahsawë' ne kaiwakwëniyustö katëthææni heyúwe' nikôhe'.

My lifelong career as a volunteer religious propagandist had begun.


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