Bible Society of South Africa

The Bible in Setswana

Setswana 1908 and 1970


The pioneer translator of the Bible into Setswana was Robert Moffat who started translating the Bible soon after his arrival in Kuruman in 1817.


 


Setswana was the first South African language to receive a complete Bible. As each section was translated by Moffat, it was printed on a missionary press at Kuruman. The complete Bible was available by 1857 and was revised in 1908. This revision was mainly done by Alfred Wookey.


 


The latest translation of this Bible was completed in 1970.


 

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