Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- 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.