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Length:     cristobal. marching with them, visitors from the
united states, germany, and china. some of them grew up in that
culture. >> we were walking in the parade this morning, and
there was a sea of bocamchi faces, young and old. all of a
sudden i felt tears coming out of my eyes. it was amazing. >>
reporter: linguists borris and beth are a big reason for this
celebration. >> we're linguists, but we're wordless at this
point. >> reporter: it is god's word that is the cause of the
celebration. the new testament is now available in their
language. and it is the linguists that finish the translations.
this family moved to northern guatemala, to pick up the project
started by german translator, ted and gloria, in 1969. 43 years
later, they finally have a new testament they can read for
themselves. >> very joyful. very happy to have in our hands the
new testament in bokonchi. >> reporter: the modern bible
translation movement actually began here in gua