A new version of the
Bible “Di
Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment” version is about to hit bookstores. The
Jamaican patois version was recently launched at the Jamaican High Commission
in the United Kingdom.
Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment includes
many of the New Testament’s most well know s stories which details the life of “ Jesus” and the “Lord’s
Prayer” in Jamaican patois, with English translations available beside each
verse.
Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment was
approved in a partnership between The
Bible Society of the West Indies and the United Kingdom’s Bible Society which is 20-year collaboration
between translators from the Bible Society of the West Indies, the Department
of Linguistics at the University of the West Indies (UWI) and highly acclaimed
theological institutions in the island.
Di Jameikan Nyuu Testament will
be available for download on iTunes
on October 28 and hits bookstores on November 12 in the United Kingdom, at a
cost of £12.99. The book will also be available as an application for mobile
phones and can be pre-ordered at shop.biblesociety.org.uk/jnt.
Jamaica Bible Launch in the UK