--- title: "2 Hebrew Quotes By Ngugi wa Thiong'o" description: "2 Hebrew quotes by Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Plus more from Ngugi wa Thiong'o and more Hebrew sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/ngugi-wa-thiong-o-15984_affected_many-people-do-not-know-that-jesus-did-n_884682.png" --- > [Many people do not know that Jesus did not speak Latin or English or Hebrew; he spoke Aramaic. But nobody knows that language. So we're talking about the Bible itself being a translation of a translation of a translation. And,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/many-people-do-not-know-that-jesus-did-not-speak-latin-or-english-or/) [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/ngugi-wa-thiong-o-15984_affected_many-people-do-not-know-that-jesus-did-n_884682.png) > [The Bible affects everybody's life who is a Christian, from the middle class in Europe to the peasant in Africa and Asia. The Bible has affected their lives, but in translation, since they do not read the Bible in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/the-bible-affects-everybody-s-life-who-is-a-christian-from-the-middle/) [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/ngugi-wa-thiong-o-15984_affected_the-bible-affects-everybody-s-life-who-i_1400123.png) ## Other authors on Hebrew - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-james-john-courtenay-6996.jpg) James John Courtenay 49 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hebrew/james-john-courtenay/) - [Angel Sáenz-Badillos 40 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hebrew/angel-s-enz-badillos/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-amos-oz-12400.jpg) Amos Oz 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hebrew/amos-oz/) - [John Courtenay James 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hebrew/john-courtenay-james/) - [Rabbi Sipporah Joseph 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hebrew/rabbi-sipporah-joseph/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arthur-honegger-14963.jpg) Frank Moore Cross 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hebrew/frank-moore-cross/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-etgar-keret-34031.jpg) Etgar Keret 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hebrew/etgar-keret/) - [Michael Ben Zehabe 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hebrew/michael-ben-zehabe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-adams-50864.jpg) John Adams 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hebrew/john-adams/) ## More by Ngugi wa Thiong'o > [What is translated from English and into English - and in what quantities - is a question of power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/what-is-translated-from-english-and-into-english-and-in-what/) [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [I think a repressive regime always fears people who are awakened - particularly ordinary people. If they are awakened, I think governments all over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/i-think-a-repressive-regime-always-fears-people-who-are-awakened/) [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [“Words are the food, body, mirror, and sound of thought. Do you now see the danger of words that want to come out but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/words-are-the-food-body-mirror-and-sound-of-thought-do-you-now-see/) [Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa's souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind? How could Europe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/why-did-africa-let-europe-cart-away-millions-of-africa-s-souls-from/) [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [For me, being in prison writing in an African language was a way of saying: "Even if you put me in prison, I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/for-me-being-in-prison-writing-in-an-african-language-was-a-way-of/) [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [Our lives are a battlefield on which is fought a continuous war between the forces that are pledged to confirm our humanity and those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/our-lives-are-a-battlefield-on-which-is-fought-a-continuous-war/) [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/christianity-and-western-civilization-what-countless-crimes-have-been/) [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/we-think-of-politics-in-terms-of-power-and-who-has-the-power-politics/) [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [“There was a time when slavery was good. It did its work, and when it finished creating capital it withered and died a natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/there-was-a-time-when-slavery-was-good-it-did-its-work-and-when-it/) [Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [Many people do not know that Jesus did not speak Latin or English or Hebrew; he spoke Aramaic. But nobody knows that language. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/many-people-do-not-know-that-jesus-did-not-speak-latin-or-english-or/) [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [I'm writing for those people in Kenya, but in Irvine and in New York.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/i-m-writing-for-those-people-in-kenya-but-in-irvine-and-in-new-york/) [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [“As she stared at them, Waringa noted that their skins were indeed red, like that of pigs or like the skin of a black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/as-she-stared-at-them-waringa-noted-that-their-skins-were-indeed-red/) [Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [“They argue that the modern world was created by private capital. The subcontinent of India, for instance, was owned by the British East India…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/they-argue-that-the-modern-world-was-created-by-private-capital-the/) [Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [Life, struggle, even amidst pain and blood and poverty, seemed beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/life-struggle-even-amidst-pain-and-blood-and-poverty-seemed-beautiful/) [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) > [Through the act of translation we break out of linguistic confinement and reach many other communities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/through-the-act-of-translation-we-break-out-of-linguistic-confinement/) [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hebrew/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/#itemlist", "name": "2 Hebrew Quotes By Ngugi wa Thiong'o", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Many people do not know that Jesus did not speak Latin or English or Hebrew; he spoke Aramaic. 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