When Christianity came to Borneo

00:00:04luk kedueh cerita luk pian ruen kuh mala
the second story that I want to tell

00:00:09ieh ineh cerita luk mekemu'
that is a short story

00:00:15mada' lawe ratnan kudeng apeh puun-puun Lun Bawang bang Borneo
about how the Lun Bawang

00:00:26nemenuu ataupun ninger ratnan bala tuhan
first became believers or heard the good news

00:00:33ieh ineh bang laak luk cukup mio
that was many years ago

00:00:46bang laak epat puluhan, kudeng neh
in the 40s or thereabouts

00:00:50puun-puun ago semuet bang bawang Borneo
in the beginning when the scripture came to Borneo

00:00:59ataupun arang lun pupuh Lun Bawang
or to the Lun Bawang people

00:01:02mecing pa Kalimantan Indonesia
and to Kalimantan, Indonesia

00:01:09ieh ineh inan lun tau lun mebuda' rat pa Australia
that is there were some missionaries from Australia

00:01:18nenalan maya' tana' rat pa Trusan
who walked up from Trusan

00:01:24kereb-kereb ideh makai alud
on occasions they used the canoe

00:01:27kereb-kereb ideh nalan bang pulung
on occassions they walked through the jungle

00:01:31nalan maya' tana'
and came by land

00:01:34mada' bala Tuhan kuan pupuh-pupuh Lun Bawang
and spread the gospel among the Lun Bawang

00:01:41bang kereb ineh, maya' cerita lun merar
at the time, according to the elders

00:01:47na deh keli' Tuhan tu-tuu
they did not really know about God

00:01:53Ideh ngirup burak tebeco-kedangan
they used to drink rice wine all day and all night

00:01:58mecing ideh mabuk
until they were drunk

00:02:01mecing ideh pebunu'
until they killed each other

00:02:05ngaceku ratnan ayu' deh
so because of their ways

00:02:09keadaan-keadaan deh luk kudeng ineh
because of their situation being like that

00:02:12na keli' ago
they did not know about God

00:02:14ataupun na keli' bala tuhan
or they didn't know the word of God

00:02:17kereb lun mebuda' neh peh mecing bang bawang arang Lun Bawang
when the missionaries came to the Lun Bawang villages

00:02:28paad ago ineh bida' kuan deh
and the gospel was told to them

00:02:33mecing ideh keli' anun luk doo'
they came to realise what was good

00:02:39anun luk daat
and what was evil

00:02:40ngaceku ago neh luk miek mada' ulun deh
because the scripture could teach them the way

00:02:47paad mecing ideh ucu' ngirup arak
until they stopped drinking the rice wine

00:02:53luk inan deh mabuk
that made them drunk

00:02:55kedueh, paad deh ucu'
secondly, until they stopped

00:02:59na ideh pebunu' arang satu dengan luk beken
and didn't fight, one against the other

00:03:05kereb bala Tuhan ineh idih arang pupuh Lun Bawang peh
and when the scripture was taught among the Lun Bawang

00:03:12rat suneh ideh ngimuun keli'
from that time they started to know

00:03:16kudeng apeh deh miek ngerawe menuu inan Tuhan
how they could believe in God

00:03:25dan luk beken ngimuun ideh nganau' sideng
and what's more they started to build churches

00:03:31luk inan deh mepemung
where they congregated

00:03:34inan deh ngubur Tuhan
to praise God

00:03:39petecu ratnan ineh
directly from there

00:03:41lun mebuda' inih nalan me' pa Kalimantan, Indonesia
the missionaries walked to Kalimantan, Indonesia

00:03:50mada' bala Tuhan nih kuan pupuh-pupuh tau pa Indonesia teh
and spread the gospel to our people in Indonesia as well

00:03:57kereb sineh bang laak limeh puluhan kudeng neh
that was in the 50s or thereabouts

00:04:06Lun pupuh tau Lun Bawang rat pa tunge' Sarawak bang Borneo
our Lun Bawang people here in Sarawak in Borneo

00:04:17ideh me' tebubpun dei' Ba Siuk
they attended church in Ba Siuk

00:04:23tebubpun dei' pa Indonesia
they attended church in Indonesia

00:04:26ngaceku ideh ngerawe bang kereb sineh
because they thought at that time

00:04:33bawang sineh mo' luk keli' Tuhan
only the people in that village knew God

00:04:41inan deh mepemung paad-paad
where they gathered together

00:04:46inan deh ngubur Tuhan
where they praised God

00:04:49Jadi peh mecing ku ideh inan gatum luk doo'
so it happened that they had a good connection

00:05:00inan rurum luk doo' arang ideh luk beken peh
and they had friendship with other people

00:05:06rat suneh ideh keli' metu-metuu
from there they really knew

00:05:10bahwa bala Tuhan ineh perlu ruen ninger, ruen mada'
that the word of God needed to be heard and spread

00:05:18kuan pupuh-pupuh tau Lun Bawang
for our Lun Bawang people

00:05:24dan pupuh-pupuh luk beken teh
and other people as well

00:05:26kudeng ineh cerita luk mekemu'
so that is the short story

00:05:34ratnan kudeng apeh ngegala' lawe lun mebuda' rat Australia
about how the missionaries came from Australia

00:05:40nenguit bala Tuhan semuet bang Borneo
and brought the word of God to Borneo

00:05:43mada' ke lun pupuh Lun Bawang
and spread it to the Lun Bawang people

00:05:48paad inan isu' luk rayeh arang deh
so that there was a big change among then

00:05:53paad mecing nekinih
until now

00:05:56iapeh-iapeh inul-inul Lun Bawang luk nekeli'
wherever there are Lun Bawang people who know

00:06:02luk pengeh neninger bala Tuhan ineh peh
who have heard the word of God

00:06:07inan isu' luk doo'
there has been good changes for them

00:06:12inan tubu' luk pelaba mawer bang enuu deh
there has been a fast growth in their belief

00:06:20baya' deh dengan Tuhan
as they follow God

00:06:22paad mecing nekinih
up until today