Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- Bwana
- Transliteration
- Bwana
- Rejected alternatives
- Mola (reserve for Islamic-register poetic use only), mkuu (boss/chief, too weak)
Lord
Bwana is the established Union Version term. In Romans 10:9 the confession ‘Jesus is Lord’ = Yesu ni Bwana. Mola, a common Islamic-register term for ‘Lord/Master’ (Allah), should be avoided in this Christian curriculum to keep the confession clearly distinct from Islamic devotional vocabulary; mkuu is too weak, missing the term’s full sovereign and worshipful sense.