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Glossary Term

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Approved rendering
Nabadda
Transliteration
nah-BAHD-dah
Rejected alternatives
xeer (a clan truce or customary-law peace pact between groups)

Peace

In Romans 5:1, nabadda is relational peace between an individual and God through justification. In everyday Somali usage nabad most often evokes inter-clan peace agreements (xeer) rather than personal spiritual peace; this curriculum must make the relational, individual sense explicit.

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