Gambarambi sat on the roadside near
his home in Zimbabwe, talking with friends and smoking his hand-rolled
cigarettes. A Bible translator wanted to
give a copy of the New Testament in the local language to Gamabarmbi. Gambarambi
just laughed and said it probably wouldn’t be a good idea to give him a Bible. He would just tear the perfectly thin pages out and use them
to roll more cigarettes.
This presented a quandary for the
translator. He knew Gambarambi needed to read about Jesus, but he didn’t want
the New Testament turned into cigarettes. As he prayed about it, he came
up with an idea.
The translator told Gambarambi that
he could use the pages of the New Testament for cigarettes, but only after reading each page. Recognizing a free source for quality cigarette paper, Gambarambi readily agreed.
Fifteen years later, at a United Bible Society Meeting in Zimbabwe, Gambarmabi stood up to speak. As he looked over the audience, he spotted the translator who had given him free cigarette paper.
Gambarambi told the audience about the agreement he had made with the
translator. He said,
“I smoked Matthew,
I smoked Mark,
I smoked Luke,
and I
smoked John
until I got to John 3:16
and then I could smoke no more!”
Now, instead of smoking the Gospel,
Gambarambi is preaching the Gospel.
*Taken from a story at https://www.facebook.com/WycliffeDiscover?fref=nf
The unfolding of Your words gives light;
Psalm 119:130
