Country United States Subject Christianity ISBN 978-0-938978-21-3 | Language Hawaiian Pidgin Publication date July 2000 | |
Publisher Wycliffe Bible Translators | ||
At the current time, there is one translation of the Bible's New Testament into Hawaiian Pidgin. An Old Testament translation is in progress.
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Da Jesus Book
Da Jesus Book: Hawaii Pidgin New Testament is a translation of the New Testament into Hawaiian Pidgin. The book is 752 pages long, and was published by Wycliffe Bible Translators in 2000. It was translated by retired Cornell University linguistics professor Joseph Grimes, who worked on it with 27 pidgin speakers for 12 years.
Old Testament
In 1994 it was reported that an Old Testament Da Befo Jesus Book was planned. As of 2015, the Old Testament translation was roughly half completed.
References
Bible translations into Hawaii Pidgin Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA