Tigrinya Common Language Bible (TIRTBI)

Overview

The Tigrinya Common Language Bible (Metshaf Kidus) is a New Testament translation in Tigrinya, published in 1991 by the Bible Society of Ethiopia. [1] Tigrinya Bible translation has a long history stretching back to the 1860s, pioneered by missionaries of the Swedish Evangelical Mission (SEM) working in Eritrea. [2] Early milestones include the Tigrinya New Testament editions of 1892, 1902, and 1931, as well as a translation of Psalms and Isaiah in 1925. [2] The first complete Tigrinya Bible was published in 1957, and a revised edition appeared in 1988. [2] This common language edition, produced under the auspices of the Bible Society of Ethiopia, represents a rendering in contemporary, accessible Tigrinya rather than the more literary register of earlier translations. Tigrinya is the major language of Eritrea and the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, written in the Ge'ez (Ethiopic) script.

Language and People

Tigrinya (ISO 639-3: tir) is spoken by approximately 9,878,000 people in Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia. [Glottolog: tigr1271]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Bible Society of Ethiopia.

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