Francis Roger Hodgson

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haife shi a ranar 21 ga Oktoba 1853 a Southport, ɗan fari na Rev. Richard Hodgson, ɗan Francis Roger Hodgson na Manchester, da matarsa Caroline Fletcher, 'yar ta biyar ta Rev. Charles Fletcher na Southwell, Nottinghamshire; iyayensa sun yi aure a 1852. Mahaifinsa ya kasance shugaban Pilton, Northamptonshire daga 1858 zuwa 1870. [1] [2] [3][4] Yana da ƙaramin ɗan'uwa, Charles Herbert Hodgson, wanda shi ma limami ne, wanda ya zama malami a Makarantar Sherborne.[5][6][7]

Lokacin da Hodgson yana ƙarami, mahaifinsa ya kasance daga 1854 zuwa 1858 a curate a Warton, Fylde da Freckleton a Lancashire, Ikklesiya na Kirkham, wanda aka zaba ta hanyar Rev. Thomas Henry Dundas, Kwalejin Triniti, Dublin wanda ya kammala karatun digiri na shiga tare da Society for Propagation of the Linjila .     Ya yi karatu a Rugby School, kuma ya yi digiri a Corpus Christi College, Oxford a 1873, yana da shekara 19, ya kammala BA a 1876, kuma MA a 1883.    ne ya nada shi diacon a Chester.

## Mishan kuma mai fassara
Edward Steere, Bishop na Anglican a Afirka ta Tsakiya daga 1874, ya kasance a Ingila don lafiyarsa a farkon 1877. Ya yi nasara wajen daukar ma'aikata na Jami'o'i zuwa Afirka ta Tsakiya .  Daga cikin wadanda suka shiga akwai Hodgson da matarsa Jessie.  A cikin Mayu 1877 Hodgson ya rubuta wa Robert Marshall Heanley kan "Tafiya daga Zanzibar zuwa Magila", Magila a gabar tekun gabashin Afirka tana cikin yankin Muheza a yanzu, Tanzania .   Hodgson ya gabatar da takarda a taron mishan na 1878 Chester diocesan, game da manufa ta Afirka ta Tsakiya. A cikin ta ya bayyana fatan cewa " nan da nan za a sami wani bakar fata a gabar tekun gabashin Afirka kamar yadda aka riga aka yi a gabar yamma." 

An nada Hodgson Archdeacon na Zanzibar a cikin 1882.  Ikilisiyar Anglican da ke Zanzibar ta ci gaba da girma, tana jawo mutanen da ake bautar da su a baya da kuma wasu a gefen al'umma. Hodgson ya ɗauki nauyin gudanarwa na aikin mishan daga Steere, kuma ya haɗa kai kan aikin fassarar Littafi Mai Tsarki. 

Kafin mutuwar Steere a 1882, shi da Hodgson sun kammala fassarar Sabon Alkawari zuwa Swahili. Steere kuma ya fara aiki a kan littattafan Ishaya, Sarakuna, da Farawa.  Ƙungiyar Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Biritaniya da Ƙasashen Waje sun buga littafinsu na Farawa a cikin 1884.  Tare da taimakon Jessie, Hodgson ya yi fassarar Tsohon Alkawari na farko zuwa Swahili kudu a rubutun Roman. Yaren Zanzibar, Kiunguja, ya girma cikin shahara har ya zama daidaitaccen rubutun Swahili. 

Hodgson ya kammala aiki a cocin St John a Mbweni ;  kuma ya mika tashar Mbweni ga William Percival Johnson, abokin kirki.  A cikin 1889, ya gama fassarar Tsohon Alkawari, kuma shi da iyalinsa suka koma Ingila, ta hanyar Suez Canal .   Arthur Cornwallis Madan ya yi ƙarin aiki a kan fassarar Littafi Mai Tsarki. 

## Daga baya rayuwa
A cikin 1890 Hodgson ya zama na dindindin na Frithelstock, Devon.  A cikin 1895, mahaifinsa Richard ya mutu.  Daga baya a wannan shekarar, Ƙungiyar Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Biritaniya da Ƙasashen Waje ta buga fassarar Tsohon Alkawari daga shagon buga littattafai na London.  Wannan fassarar ta zama abin magana ga George Pilkington yayin da ya yi fassarar Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Lugandan a cikin 1890s. 

## Iyali
Matar Hodgson Jessie ta mutu a shekara ta 1933 tana da shekaru 80; An haife ta a shekara ta 1853 kuma ta kasance mai wa’azi a ƙasar Zanzibar.   A cikin 1886, ta haifi ɗa tilo mai suna Richard.  Bayanan na Ofishin Jakadancin sun nuna cewa a cikin 1888 Jessie ya kasance "rashin inganci". 

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