adminAWARDWINNING novelist, children’s writer and dub poet Ignatius Mabasa has translated Choo Thomas’ “Heaven is so real” into Shona.
The English version was originally published in 2003.
The 218 page volume, divided into 28 chapters, gives Shona-speaking Christian believers an opportunity to explore a controversial topic – heaven.
In “Denga Ririko Zvechokwadi”, Choo “tells a story of her encounters with Jesus Christ, where she visited heaven many times and saw hell twice.”
Choo Thomas is a Korean-American woman who accepted Jesus as her Lord and Saviour in 1992.
She says after two years, “she saw Jesus’ visible presence at a Neighborhood Assembly of God in Tacoma, Washington and in 1995 she began having physical manifestations from the Holy Spirit. In 1996, the Lord Jesus escorted (her) into heaven and told her to record what she has seen and heard, bringing forth the book, ‘Heaven is so Real'”.
That Ignatius Mabasa translated such a large volume into Shona is a pointer, for everything is possible with the Lord.
In future sections, Divine Appointments will talk about the translated version and how the translator managed such a mammoth task.
“Denga Ririko Zvechokwadi”, is also a challenge in an era when most Christians are opting to use English publications (printed, audio and video).
Forthcoming events
Event: Zimbabwe Crusade – Unity Fellowship Church
Dates: November 1819
Venue: City Sports Centre
Guest speaker: Pastor Mpfariseni Mukhuba, RSA
Contact: 263772330935/26377319449
***
Event: Virtuous Women’s Conference
Dates: October 2830
Venue: Fountain of Life Ministries, 58 Greengrove Drive, Greendale
Theme: Leaving a Legacy (Judges 5:7)
Speakers: Evangelist J T Mukome; Amai Pastor Katsya; Pastor Lucia Chitsvare
Hosts: Rev A M and Pastor Monica Chaniwa
Contact: 0772525011
***
Event: Praise and Worship Service Impact Christian Centre
Dates: October 30
Venue: Cinema 2, SterKinekor Theatres (Eastgate), R Mugabe/Kwame Nkrumah
Speaker: Pastor Davison Kanokanga
Contact: 0772843512
***
Event: 50th Anniversary Celebration Mufakose United Methodist Church
Dates: October 30
Time: 9am onwards
Venue: St John – Mufakose UMC, 140 Mupani Avenue
Guest speaker: Mr B Rafemoyo
Host: Rev M Masamba
Contact: 0773004536/0733290098/
0772275989/0778462582
***
Event: Rizpah 2011 Explosion – Ladies Day Out with Jesus
Dates: October 29
Time: 9am5pm
Venue: City Presbyterian Hall, Park Lane St (opp Crowne Plaza Monomotapa)
Theme: Unleashing the Woman of Distinction
Host: Apostle Florence Kanyati, Grace Unlimited Ministries
Contact: 0773637402/0712866975/
0776029441/0773750992
***
Event: Sixth Annual Prophetic Intercessory Conference
Dates: November 8-12
Time: 9am – 7pm
Theme: Revealing the Mystery of Christ in You (Colossians 1:26-27)
Venue: Dutch Reformed Church, 53 Samora Machel
Speakers: Dr and Mrs Kwaw (USA); Pastors Wilbert Fields and Laurence Hueppelsheuser (Canada) and more
Hosts: Rev Ed and Mrs Mercy Gravel, Eternal Paths Pentecost Ministries International
Contact: 0772283660/0773025119/
0772528588
***
Event: Two Weeks Prophetic Conference
Dates: October 21-23; October 29-30
Venues: HICC Rainbow Towers (week 2)
Guest speaker: Prophet Victor Kusi Boateng
Hosts: Prophet E Makandiwa (UFI); Prophet Uebert Angel (Spirit Embassy)
Contact: 0772460691 (UFI); 0773195955 (Spirit Embassy)
***
Event: Three Days Crusade and Conference
Dates: October 27-29
Venues: Church of the Nazarene, Highfield (Pastors’ Conference); Zimbabwe Grounds (Crusade)
Guest speaker: Rev Anthony Daley (USA)
Hosts: Highfield Pastors’ Fraternity
Contact: 0773427904/0773600792/0772114419
***
Event: Mufakose for Jesus Mufakose Assembly of God
Dates: October 27-29
Venue: Cnr Mugodo and Garwe, Mufakose
Time: 6-9pm
Theme: Your Season Has Come
Host: Rev J Z Chintokoma
Contact: 0772888440/0772900138
***
Event: Ungano Yokudzaka Gomo/Leadership Seminar, etc
Dates: October 28-30
Venue: ZCC Mbungo, Bikita
Theme: Your Season Has Come
Hosts: Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Town Corporation
***
Event: Launch: Audio Bible New Testament in Shona and English, Bible Society of Zimbabwe
Dates: November 16
Venue: Bible House, 99 Mbuya Nehanda Street Harare
Time: 9:30am
Contact: 04703910/759627/0772 264 847
***
Event: Kingdom Impact Conference
Dates: October 24-30
Time: 6 to 8.30pm
Venue: Section 4 Section 5 Ground, Kambuzuma
Theme: Raising a Generation of Champions
Guest speakers: Dr A Madziire; Overseer Chiangwa and Rev Nhamburo
Hosts: Rev I C and Mrs Mariga, Kambuzuma Revival Centre AFM in Zimbabwe
Music: Sebastian Magacha; Revival Centre worship team and more
Contact: 0772229594/0772528178/0772348367
“Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Revelation 1:78)
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Title: Denga Ririko Zvechokwadi
Author: Choo Thomas
Translator: Ignatius Mabasa
Publisher: Bhabhu Books, Harare
Date: 2006
Pages: 218
ISBN: 97-8-0-7974-4481-2 (Paperback)
AWARD-WINNING novelist, children’s writer and dub poet Ignatius Mabasa has translated Choo Thomas’ “Heaven is so real” into Shona.
The English version was originally published in 2003.
The 218-page volume, divided into 28 chapters, gives Shona-speaking Christian believers an opportunity to explore a controversial topic – heaven.
In “Denga Ririko Zvechokwadi”, Choo “tells a story of her encounters with Jesus Christ, where she visited heaven many times and saw hell twice.”
Choo Thomas is a Korean-American woman who accepted Jesus as her Lord and Saviour in 1992.
She says after two years, “she saw Jesus’ visible presence at a Neighborhood Assembly of God in Tacoma, Washington and in 1995 she began having physical manifestations from the Holy Spirit. In 1996, the Lord Jesus escorted (her) into heaven and told her to record what she has seen and heard, bringing forth the book, ‘Heaven is so Real'”.
That Ignatius Mabasa translated such a large volume into Shona is a pointer, for everything is possible with the Lord.
In future sections, Divine Appointments will talk about the translated version and how the translator managed such a mammoth task.
“Denga Ririko Zvechokwadi”, is also a challenge in an era when most Christians are opting to use English publications (printed, audio and video).
Forthcoming events
Event: Zimbabwe Crusade – Unity Fellowship Church
Dates: November 18-19
Venue: City Sports Centre
Guest speaker: Pastor Mpfariseni Mukhuba, RSA
Contact: 26-3772330935/26-377319449
***
Event: Virtuous Women’s Conference
Dates: October 28-30
Venue: Fountain of Life Ministries, 58 Greengrove Drive, Greendale
Theme: Leaving a Legacy (Judges 5:7)
Speakers: Evangelist J T Mukome; Amai Pastor Katsya; Pastor Lucia Chitsvare
Hosts: Rev A M and Pastor Monica Chaniwa
Contact: 0772525011
***
Event: Praise and Worship Service – Impact Christian Centre
Dates: October 30
Venue: Cinema 2, Ster-Kinekor Theatres (Eastgate), R Mugabe/Kwame Nkrumah
Speaker: Pastor Davison Kanokanga
Contact: 0772843512
***
Event: 50th Anniversary Celebration – Mufakose United Methodist Church
Dates: October 30
Time: 9am onwards
Venue: St John – Mufakose UMC, 140 Mupani Avenue
Guest speaker: Mr B Rafemoyo
Host: Rev M Masamba
Contact: 0773004536/0733290098/0772275989/0778462582
***
Event: Rizpah 2011 Explosion – Ladies Day Out with Jesus
Dates: October 29
Time: 9am-5pm
Venue: City Presbyterian Hall, Park Lane St (opp Crowne Plaza Monomotapa)
Theme: Unleashing the Woman of Distinction
Host: Apostle Florence Kanyati, Grace Unlimited Ministries
Contact: 0773637402/0712866975/0776029441/0773750992
***
Event: Sixth Annual Prophetic Intercessory Conference
Dates: November 8-12
Time: 9am-7pm
Theme: Revealing the Mystery of Christ in You (Colossians 1:26-27)
Venue: Dutch Reformed Church, 53 Samora Machel
Speakers: Dr and Mrs Kwaw (USA); Pastors Wilbert Fields and Laurence Hueppelsheuser (Canada) and more
Hosts: Rev Ed and Mrs Mercy Gravel, Eternal Paths Pentecost Ministries International
Contact: 0772283660/0773025119/0772528588
***
Event: Two Weeks Prophetic Conference
Dates: October 21-23; October 29-30
Venues: HICC Rainbow Towers (week 2)
Guest speaker: Prophet Victor Kusi-Boateng
Hosts: Prophet E Makandiwa (UFI); Prophet Uebert Angel (Spirit Embassy)
Contact: 0772460691 (UFI); 0773195955 (Spirit Embassy)
***
Event: Three Days Crusade and Conference
Dates: October 27-29
Venues: Church of the Nazarene, Highfield (Pastors’ Conference); Zimbabwe Grounds (Crusade)
Guest speaker: Rev Anthony Daley (USA)
Hosts: Highfield Pastors’ Fraternity
Contact: 0773427904/0773600792/0772114419
***
Event: Mufakose for Jesus – Mufakose Assembly of God
Dates: October 27-29
Venue: Cnr Mugodo and Garwe, Mufakose
Time: 6-9pm
Theme: Your Season Has Come
Host: Rev J Z Chintokoma
Contact: 0772888440/0772900138
***
Event: Ungano Yokudzaka Gomo/Leadership Seminar, etc
Dates: October 28-30
Venue: ZCC Mbungo, Bikita
Theme: Your Season Has Come
Hosts: Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Town Corporation
***
Event: Launch: Audio Bible – New Testament in Shona and English, Bible Society of Zimbabwe
Dates: November 16
Venue: Bible House, 99 Mbuya Nehanda Street Harare
Time: 9:30am
Contact: 04-703910/759627/0772 264 847
***
Event: Kingdom Impact Conference
Dates: October 24-30
Time: 6-8:30pm
Venue: Section 4- Section 5 Ground, Kambuzuma
Theme: Raising a Generation of Champions
Guest speakers: Dr A Madziire; Overseer Chiangwa and Rev Nhamburo
Hosts: Rev I C and Mrs Mariga, Kambuzuma Revival Centre – AFM in Zimbabwe
Music: Sebastian Magacha; Revival Centre worship team and more
Contact: 0772229594/0772528178/0772348367
“Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Revelation 1:7-8)
[email protected]
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