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Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso (29 August 1821 – 2 September 1904) was a missionary and Bible translator in New Zealand. She was born at the Church Missionary Society station at Kerikeri, New Zealand. She was the daughter of Sarah Tuckwell and her husband, William Fairburn.〔 She became fluent in Māori. She married William Colenso on 27 April 1843. Following his ordination as a deacon in September 1844, William and Elizabeth Colenso worked at the Waitangi Mission at Ahuriri, Napier. After several unhappy years of marriage, in November 1851 her husband was suspended as a deacon, In 1852 he was dismissed from the mission for adultery and Elizabeth separated from him.〔〔 She is noteworthy for several reasons, including the fact that the Church Mission Society still retained her and appointed her to work despite the fact that she was separated from her husband (they never divorced). Elizabeth worked for the CMS as a teacher at at the Kaitotehe Mission near Mount Taupiri in the Waikato.〔 Having grown up speaking the Māori language from infancy, she helped see the Māori Old Testament through the press in England. It was a lengthy undertaking; she was correcting proofs throughout the mid-1860s. Returning to New Zealand early in 1867 she helped prepare the revised New Testament for the press, correcting the printed copy, and sometimes suggesting alternative translations. She served for many years, before and after her work in Bible translation, as a school teacher for Māori children and also on Norfolk Island.〔 She also translated Christian materials into the Mota language.〔 She died on 2 September 1904 at Forest Lakes, Otaki.〔 ==References== Ross, Catherine. 2006. The Legacy of Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso. International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol 30, No 3, 148-152. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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