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Friday, August 17, 2018
Isudas Cueli sj
By Joe Palathunkal
Jesuit Father Isudas Cueli who translated the whole Bible into Gujarati, died in Baroda today, August 16, 2018.
Born on December 24, 1930, in Spain, for Cueli it was translation all the way once he mastered the Gujarati language of this north-western Indian state where Gandhiji was born, and the fact that he was destined to die the next day of Indian Independence, appears to be a coincidence. After all, translating the Bible, learning an Indian language so well, was indeed a translation of his whole life into 'Indian-ness'.
The great and tough mission of translating the entire Bible into Gujarati was entrusted to him by the Jesuit society in 1964—a formidable task—hard and tedious for a man from Spain, but he did it with such care and acumen that there is a commonplace viewpoint that Cueli’s translation of the Bible is the only translation in the whole of India that has the real hue of typical Indian linguistic nuances which appears as if it is not a translation.
To make a translation appear as if it is originally written in that language, is the magical calibre of a translator, which Isudas Cueli had acquired through his own ingenuity and genius.
Assisted by literary and linguistic giants, Joseph Macwan, Nagindas Parekh, Niranjan Bhagat and Prof. Raymond Parmar, when the Sampurna Bible was brought out by Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, Anand, in 1981, people were wonderstruck at the quality and beauty of the language, this Spaniard brought into the translation of this most translated book of the world.
The success of the Sampurna Bible prompted Father Isudas Culei to dedicate his whole life only for translation. His next big project was the huge four volumes of liturgical commentaries which he did almost alone. He also translated the entire missal into Gujarati, an unforgettable service to all those who flock to every church in Gujarat for the Holy Mass.
Another major venture was the translation of the Documents of the Vatican II, though only the major ones, this indeed was a catechetical process to inculcate the radical views of the Catholic Church in the land of his mission, the 'karmabhoomi'.
“Indeed, he spent the whole life on translation,” says fellow Jesuit Varghese Paul who himself is a prolific writer in Gujarati, with 47 books to his credit. Though very tedious and exacting, Isudas Cueli did it, following the Jesuit motto: For the Greater Glory of God.
When this 21st century John Wycliffe’s funeral Mass will be held at Rosary Cathedral, Baroda, tomorrow, August 17, one can never forget another coincidence: it was the day Hindi Bible translator, Padmabhushan Fr. Camille Bulcke SJ from Belgium, died in New Delhi. And Fr. Isudas Cueli from Spain leaves us leaving an everlasting imprint on our cultural history with his Sampurna Bible in sampurana Guajrati.
Jesuit Father Isudas Cueli who translated the whole Bible into Gujarati, died in Baroda today, August 16, 2018.
Born on December 24, 1930, in Spain, for Cueli it was translation all the way once he mastered the Gujarati language of this north-western Indian state where Gandhiji was born, and the fact that he was destined to die the next day of Indian Independence, appears to be a coincidence. After all, translating the Bible, learning an Indian language so well, was indeed a translation of his whole life into 'Indian-ness'.
The great and tough mission of translating the entire Bible into Gujarati was entrusted to him by the Jesuit society in 1964—a formidable task—hard and tedious for a man from Spain, but he did it with such care and acumen that there is a commonplace viewpoint that Cueli’s translation of the Bible is the only translation in the whole of India that has the real hue of typical Indian linguistic nuances which appears as if it is not a translation.
To make a translation appear as if it is originally written in that language, is the magical calibre of a translator, which Isudas Cueli had acquired through his own ingenuity and genius.
Assisted by literary and linguistic giants, Joseph Macwan, Nagindas Parekh, Niranjan Bhagat and Prof. Raymond Parmar, when the Sampurna Bible was brought out by Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, Anand, in 1981, people were wonderstruck at the quality and beauty of the language, this Spaniard brought into the translation of this most translated book of the world.
The success of the Sampurna Bible prompted Father Isudas Culei to dedicate his whole life only for translation. His next big project was the huge four volumes of liturgical commentaries which he did almost alone. He also translated the entire missal into Gujarati, an unforgettable service to all those who flock to every church in Gujarat for the Holy Mass.
Another major venture was the translation of the Documents of the Vatican II, though only the major ones, this indeed was a catechetical process to inculcate the radical views of the Catholic Church in the land of his mission, the 'karmabhoomi'.
“Indeed, he spent the whole life on translation,” says fellow Jesuit Varghese Paul who himself is a prolific writer in Gujarati, with 47 books to his credit. Though very tedious and exacting, Isudas Cueli did it, following the Jesuit motto: For the Greater Glory of God.
When this 21st century John Wycliffe’s funeral Mass will be held at Rosary Cathedral, Baroda, tomorrow, August 17, one can never forget another coincidence: it was the day Hindi Bible translator, Padmabhushan Fr. Camille Bulcke SJ from Belgium, died in New Delhi. And Fr. Isudas Cueli from Spain leaves us leaving an everlasting imprint on our cultural history with his Sampurna Bible in sampurana Guajrati.
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| Isudas Cueli sj |
[1930 – 2018]
Fr. Isudas Cueli SJ (GUJ
) 87 years old / 68 years in the
Society of Jesus, passed away on Thursday, 16 August, 2018 at 09.15 AM in Our
Lady of Pilar Hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat.
The funeral mass will be
held on Friday, 17 August at 11.00 AM in Rosary Cathedral, Vadodara.
All the members of the Province are
to offer One Mass and members of the community are to offer two masses for the
repose of FR. ISUDAS
CUELI SJ.
Biographical Sketch
Father: Jose
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Mother:
Balbina
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Fr. Isudas Cueli was born on 24 December, 1930, in Spain. He entered the Society of Jesus on 03 September, 1949. He
was ordained on 24th March 1962.
He pronounced his Final Vows on
02 February, 1965.
Responsibilities Held
in the Society
Responsibilities Held
in the Society
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Responsibility
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Place
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Year
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BIBLE TRANSLATION AND FORMATION
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AHMEDABAD
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1964-86
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JUNIORIATE DIRECTOR
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AHMEDABAD
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1969-81
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RECTOR IN NEWMAN HALL
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AHMEDABAD
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1981-87
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ASST PARISH PRIEST
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KHAMBHAT
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1987-90
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TRANSLATION WORK
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JEEVAN DARSHAN-BARODA
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1990-91
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TRANSLATION WORK
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SUGHAD
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1991-94
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PARISH PRIEST
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ANAND
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1994-96
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WRITER AND TEACHER
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SUGHAD
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1996-2002
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SP FATHER
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PRENOVITATE, HILLNAGAR
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2002-03
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WRITER AND TEACHER
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SUGHAD
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2004-15
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PRAYS FOR THE SJ AND CHURCH
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JEEVAN DARSHAN
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2015-2018
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We commend his soul to the merciful love of God.
May
the good Lord grant Fr. Isudas Cueli eternal rest and may his soul rest in
peace.
- Thanks to : Shekhar sj
Thursday, August 16, 2018
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