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English Bible for the Deaf (EBD)

God gave his Word to all people, hearing and Deaf, but most Deaf people who use Sign Language do not understand the words in other Bible translations. It would have been wonderful if all Deaf people could have a Sign Language Bible that they could see and understand, but Sign Languages and dialects are not the same and we would need more than 130 different Sign Language Bibles just for Africa.

It was encouraging to see that despite the havoc caused by Covid-19, Bible Societies worldwide were still able to complete Scripture translations in 66 languages used by 707 million people over the last year.

With great excitement, we would like to announce that the new Afrikaans Bible 2020 Translation will be launched at the Kopanong Auditorium (‘Kovsie Kerk’) in Bloemfontein, on Sunday 29 November. The service will be streamed LIVE at 14:30 on the Bible Society’s Youtube page and Facebook page. More than 9 000 copies of Die Bybel 2020-vertaling have already been sold since the Bible was made available on 19 October. Furthermore, the Bibles with the Deuterocanonical Books are already sold out.

It is with great excitement that we would like to announce that the new isiZulu 2020 translation was launched in Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday 18 October. A new generation of isiZulu speakers will encounter the Word of God with new understanding and insight when they read this translation.

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