New World Translation (2013 revision) in additional languages

[trottigy]

Try this. http://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=PDF&output=html&pub=nwt

[LoneWolffe]

Was fortunate to receive a copy in English (the gobber-size edition) at the Regional Assembly in Campoy, Lima, Peru, in February 2013. It's like reading the Bible for the first time, and I can't wait for the new edition to come out in Spanish, since I'm serving here as a Pioneer.

[henkpc]

@Jerry:  wow, that's working, very fast.

 

thank you!

Henk

[JABA]

I believe the Brazilian brothers and sisters have good news.

Today it was released the New World Bible Translation (2013 revision) in Portuguese (Brasilian edition)

In Portugal, we still are waiting on our turn, regarding the edition on Portuguese from Portugal of NWT.

Perhaps with the branch visit on June 7th by brother Lorence Shepp we receive that good new.

[jayrtom]

I believe the Brazilian brothers and sisters have good news.

Today it was released the New World Bible Translation (2013 revision) in Portuguese (Brasilian edition)

In Portugal, we still are waiting on our turn, regarding the edition on Portuguese from Portugal of NWT.

Perhaps with the branch visit on June 7th by brother Lorence Shepp we receive that good new.

Great news João!

Was it released on any special event?

Perhaps it will be available on JW Library very soon ;)

looking forward for the Portuguese PT version

[JABA]

 

Great news João!
Was it released on any special event?

 

Brother João

 

The answer to your question is in the following comment...

 

 

Besides visiting Brother Geoffrey Jackson in January, we will have the pleasure of March 2015 receive a visit from another member of the Governing Body, Brother David Splane. In connection with the visit of Brother Splane was scheduled a special meeting for the day March 22, 2015.

 

I believe that for Brazil the second meeting aims to the release of new version of the NWT. (just my opinion).

 

In two meetings all congregations in Brazil will be connected via internet.

 

 

Apparently it did hapened...

[Araujo JW]

Today we had a special meeting, I mean, much more than special. It was a milestone for the brothers in Brazil! The meeting was held by the live morning and is still being relayed to all the Kingdom Halls that could not see in the morning. Only in the morning we had an audience of nearly 800,000. We were amazed when Brother David Splane said in his first talk that was available the review of the New World Translation of the Holy Bible. Then other members of the Branch Committee delivered speeches on how to take advantage of the new version and how can we trust this new translation as being accurate. At the end Brother Splane ended with an encouraging and wonderful speech about the Apostle Paul, with the theme: "A man with feelings like ours."

 

It was announced that in a few days we will have the digital version in Portuguese. It was also explained that the brothers of Portugal will have their own version!

 

What can I say? It was a perfect gift from Jehovah. We sat down for lunch and then share the excitement we have received this gift. We compare many texts with the previous version and we can say that we have almost a completely new version of the Bible, much easier to understand and with an extremely modern language, just as we talked on a daily basis. Many texts that we had to explain the meaning we will not have more to do it! That's incredible!

 

I am thrilled with this new version! In fact, I can not express in words the feelings for this wonderful provision of Jehovah!

 

[Araujo JW]

 

 

 

Also announced the review of the book "Bible Teach" in Portuguese, which will be available soon in jw.org site!

 

[Nobody]

I found an interesting version in English. We picked one up at the counter and found the binding was upside down!  

[Araujo JW]

On this special occasion Brother Splane conducted one of the songs of a choir that sang three new songs, including the # 139.

 

[carlos]

What can I say? It was a perfect gift from Jehovah. We sat down for lunch and then share the excitement we have received this gift. We compare many texts with the previous version and we can say that we have almost a completely new version of the Bible, much easier to understand and with an extremely modern language, just as we talked on a daily basis. Many texts that we had to explain the meaning we will not have more to do it! That's incredible!

Congratulations, Cristino!

Interesting change from "Holy Scriptures" to "Holy Bible" in the title. That didn't happen in the English version.

[MM9106]

I'm a little jealous, I'm not gonna lie. Haha. Congrats to all of you Portuguese speaking brothers and sisters. I'm hoping that the Spanish revision is released soon, hopefully at the convention.

[Juanlazalah]

Congrats my brazilian brothers!!! It melts my heart to know that many of you read Jehovah's word before you went to bed tonight!

NeXT Bible released will probably be the haitian creole on july 17th. I'll post pics of brothers getting their Bibles in their language for the first time ever. Summer Convention here we go!!!!! So excited now!

Edited March 23, 2015 by Juanlazalah

[Dages]

Ok, that means the special meeting we have on the 25 of April in Japan and in France is about the release of the Revised version... HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[On the huh]

We have had a Portuguese bible on order for months and months for a Portuguese speaking sister.  Then last month they arrived.  I was disappointed for her, because I was half-expecting the new one to be released.  Now it has!  And hopefully can order one soon.  She speaks Brazilian Portuguese, so hope I can order that one and not the Portugal Portuguese one.

[jayrtom]

I just wonder how will it be with the publications quoting from the Brazilian edition and the pt version saying it differently... That will make me decide for pdf versions definitely ;)

unless we'll start to have the publications translated to pt also... But I honestly doubt it...

You, UK brothers, do you expect an UK English bible?

[On the huh]

I just wonder how will it be with the publications quoting from the Brazilian edition and the pt version saying it differently... That will make me decide for pdf versions definitely ;)

unless we'll start to have the publications translated to pt also... But I honestly doubt it...

You, UK brothers, do you expect an UK English bible?

 

We do have a Branch Visit in April, but I doubt a UK English bible will be released.  What will be the difference?  Inserting the missing "U" - Honour, Colour, Or replacing "Z" with "S", Baptising.  Maybe it will like the way Dick Van Dyke speaks in Mary Poppins.  OK guv'ner.

[bohemian]

We do have a Branch Visit in April, but I doubt a UK English bible will be released.  What will be the difference?  Inserting the missing "U" - Honour, Colour, Or replacing "Z" with "S", Baptising.  Maybe it will like the way Dick Van Dyke speaks in Mary Poppins.  OK guv'ner.

But we still wish for a genuine English version.

[On the huh]

http://www.jw.org/download/?pub=nwt&langwritten=T

 

epub, mobi and jwpub available.  No pdf yet.

[bohemian]

Even better, in God's own language: Yorkshire.

EXODUS 3

One day Moses were art and abart tending to sheep at edge of desert near Horeb when dead sudden like this bush sets on fire."By eck!" says Moses. "A burning bush what int burning."

"Aye up Moses," says this Angel of God who were int bush. "How's tha bin?"

"Aye up Angel," says Moses. "What's tha want?"

"Don't come any closer," says Angel. "Else tha'll get thi sen scorched bi power of God. And tha can tek thi shoes off an'all while tha's at it cos tha's on Holy ground."

Well Moses were fair taken aback I can tell thi. Int every day what a Angel appears in a bush is it? And he were so scared as he daren't look.

"Nar then," Angel says. He were talking for God see so he says, "I am God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, tha knows."

And then he says, dead serious like, he says,

"I've seen what's bin goin on in Egypt like, and I've come to put record straight. Am goin to tek people of Israel out on Egypt and tek 'em to a place what's got land flowing wi' milk and honey and all that stuff. This is place where Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites live. I've heard them Israel lot weepin' and that," says Angel. "And I know what them Egyptians have bin up to. So am goin to send thi to Pharaoh and tha's goin to demand as he lets 'em all go."

Well Moses blinks a bit nar dunt he.

"Tha must be joking!" says Moses. "Am not man for a job like that!"

And God says,

"Stop whittlin Moses. Am goin to be with thi so don't fret. And when tha gets free tha can come and worship me on this mountain here."

Well Moses has a think abart this, like tha would, and he says,

"If I go to people of Israel and tell 'em that God's sent me they'll say, 'Gi'ooer! What God are tha talking abart?' And then where will I be eh?"

"Tell 'em that I Am has sent thi."

"I am what?" says Moses.

"I am The I Am," says God.

"Shall we start at beginning," says Moses. "Only tha's lost me somewhere."

"Just...just tell 'em Moses! Tell 'em that t'old God of their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has sent thi. Get all t'old folk, them elders of Israel and tell 'em abart Jehovah appearing to thi in a bush and that I telt thi to tell 'em as I've seen what's bin goin on. And I'm goin to rescue 'em and tek 'em to a land wi' milk and honey and stuff."

"Oh ah," Moses says. "I can imagine how that'll go darn."

"Ah well," says God. "Let me finish. Them elders have got to go wi' thi to King of Egypt and tell him Jehovah, God of Hebrews has met thi and told thi to go three days out into desert and mek a sacrifice and tha wants permission to go. "

Well Moses weren't dead chuffed abart this I can tell thi and God tells him a bit more.

"King of Egypt's dead stubborn and he'll not let thi go less he's under a bit of pressure like. So I'll put pressure on him summat rotten. I'll duff up Egypt a bit and by time am through they'll be giving thi gold and food and all manner of stuff just to see back of thi."

EXODUS 4

Well Moses has a think abart all this and he still int happy.

"They won't believe me will they? They'll think am reet rarnd bend if I tell 'em I saw God in a bush."

"Ah well, we'll soon sort that," says God. "See that shepherd's staff tha's holding?"

"Well ah."

"Throw it darn ont ground."

And as soon as it hit ground it turned into a snake!

"Chuffin' hell a snake!" says Moses and he legged it.

"Nar pick it up by it's tail," says God.

"Thee pick it up," says Moses.

"Nar stop messin abart Moses," says God. "Pick it up."

So Moses, dead careful like, he grabs this snake by its tail and quick as owt it were a wooden staff again.

"By eck," says Moses. "That were a good'un."

"That's nowt," says God. "Tha wants to see what I can do wi' bread and fish. But...anyhow. If tha does that wi' stick then they'll believe thi. And if that dunt convince 'em then put thi hand inside thi shirt."

Well Moses does this and waits a bit.

"Nar pull it art again," says God. And when Moses pulled it art again it were all white wi' leprosy and that put wind up Moses I can tell thi. Then God told him to do it again and when he pulled it art again it were good as new.

"And if they don't believe them two miracles then cop a load of this one. This is one of me favourites," says God. "Tek some water from river Nile and pour it onto dry land and it'll turn to blood."

Well Moses were impressed but he still weren't happy.

"Am just not right man for job luv," says Moses. "I ant got a way wi' words and I can't speak to loads of folk. I get nervous and me gob goes all wobbly."

"Gi'ooer!" says God. "Int it me what meks gobs? Int it me what meks a man speak reet well or not? Nar get thi sen off and do as I telt thi and I'll help thi to speak well."

"Am not reet happy abart this," says Moses. "Can't tha send someone else."

"By eck Moses!" says God. He were getting angry nar. "Tha dunt arf go on! I'll tell thi what. Thi brother Aaron has a good gob on him. I'll tell thi what to do and tha can tell Aaron and then he can tell folk. How's that suit thi?"

"Ah, fair enough," says Moses. "But there's folk in Egypt who want me dead."

"Don't fret abart that," says God. "They all snuffed it a long time back."

And so off he goes wi' his staff and he tells his father inlaw Reuel abart goin back to Egypt to see a few relatives. (Abart fotty thousand by all accounts.) And t'old man gives him permission to tek his lass and a donkey or two. And so Aaron and Zipporah and Moses wi' his 'Staff of God' all set off back to Egypt.

When they got there they got all them elders of Israel to have a reet big council meeting. Aaron told 'em what Jehovah had said to Moses and Moses went and showed 'em that business wi' stick and t'old leprosy.

And they were impressed I can tell thi. They went darn ont knees straight off and they were all praying like good'uns.

EXODUS 5

Then comes exciting bit see. They all marched off and went to see Pharaoh. And they told him straight.

"We come wi' a message from Jehovah, God of Israel! And He says, Let my people go cos they've got to go art and mek a sacrifice int desert like."

"Is that so!" Pharaoh says. He weren't much bothered by all this lot. "And who's this Jehovah bloke that I should listen to him eh? I don't know nobody called Jehovah and I'll not let people of Israel go anywhere neither."

But Aaron and Moses kept on at him.

"God of Israel met us," they said.

"Oh ah," says Pharaoh. "Where?"

"In a bush."

"In a bush!" Pharaoh says, and he has a job on not to laugh. "Tha's telling me tha's got a God what hangs abart in a bush?"

"Aye, well, but that's not important. We've got to tek a three day trip into wilderness and mek a sacrifice to God. If we don't obey we're in big bother."

Well Pharaoh weren't having none of this.

"Get thi sen off back to work! Who does tha think tha's kiddin wi' all this Jehovah stuff."

And as soon as they'd gone Pharaoh tells his task masters to mek Israelis really sweat and mek 'em work twice as hard as normal.

"They must have nowt to do or they wouldn't be goin on abart daft things like goin art to wilderness to mek sacrifices. Don't give 'em any more straw for bricks but mek sure they come up wi' right quota. That'll keep 'em occupied. That'll teach 'em to listen to them trouble makers Aaron and Moses."

Well over next few days them Egyptians gave Hebrews a right pasting. They were whipping 'em and hitting 'em and shouting abart quotas all time.

"Tha's got to mek same number of bricks as before!" they shouted. "But tha's getting no more straw so it's just tough intit luv."

And it got so bad as foremen went to see Pharaoh.

"Tha can't keep treating us like this," they said. "We ant got no straw so we can't mek same number of bricks and then them taskmaster blokes lay into us wi' whips and stuff. It int right."

And Pharaoh says,

"Well that's just tough luck me old luv," he says dead smarmy. "Tha can't have enough to do or tha wouldn't be on abart daft things like goin to desert to mek a sacrifice. Nar get this sen off afore I lose me temper."

Then when foremen saw Moses and Aaron they had narks on and they set abart 'em.

"Tha's a right daft chuff thee," they said. "Tha's dropped us right in it wi' Pharaoh goin an abart goin to mek a sacrifice. Tha's give him excuse to kill all job lot on us."

Nar Moses were a bit upset abart this, as tha would be, and he has a chat wi' God again.

"Nar then," says Moses. "What's tha go and send me here for if tha's goin to do nowt? How can tha treat thi own folk like this? It int right. There weren't no point sending me here int first place. Since I've gone and told Pharaoh what tha said he's bin like a bear wi' a sore bum. There's folk getting beat up every day and tha's done nowt."

But God weren't bothered by all this cos He had a plan and He knew what He were doing. And when God's got a plan tha'd best watch thi sen.

EXODUS 6

"Now tha'll see what am goin to do to Pharaoh," He says. "Am goin to force him to let thi go. He'll want thi to go so bad he'll kick thi art of Egypt. I am Jehovah, God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and I promised 'em I'd make land of Canaan theirs and I will an'all. So get thi sen off and tell descendants of Israel that am goin to use me power to mek miracles and get 'em out of slavery. And then they'll know as I'm Jehovah who rescued 'em from Egyptians."

So Moses goes off again and he tells all folk what he'd bin told only no?one would listen to him cos they thought he were daft. It were cos of him that Egyptians were laying into 'em every day so they weren't inclined to listen to owt else he might have to say like.

And then God has a chat wi' Moses again and tells him to go to Pharaoh and tell him to let people of Israel go. But Moses, quite rightly in my book, he says,

"Why's Pharaoh goin to listen to me? He teks no notice of owt I say."

EXODUS 13

Then Moses starts goin on abart Passover an'all. He tells folk all abart stuff what God had told him to tell 'em.

"This is day tha'll remember forever! It's day we left Egypt and slavery cos God did them miracles. And remember that when tha's celebrating Passover tha's not to use none of that yeast stuff. So mek a note in thi diaries that it's at end of March each year. That's when God set us off for land of Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. It's land what was promised to us fathers and has milk and honey and all that stuff.

"For seven days," says Moses, "tha's not to eat owt wi' yeast and ont seventh day that can stuff thi faces. Oh ah, and summat else. When God brings us to land He's promised us tha's to dedicate all first born sons to God and all first born male animals. And int future when children ask, 'Nar then Dad. What's all this reet boring Passover clap trap?' Tha can tell 'em straight. Tha can give 'em a clip rarnd ear'oil for a start and tell 'em, 'It's to mark when God brought us art on Egypt son. He med miracles what'd mek thi hair curl and if it weren't for Him we'd still be in Egypt mekkin bricks wi' straw so shut thi gob and help thi Gran cut her lamb up.'"

"And tha can tell 'em that it were cos Jehovah killed all first born Egyptian sons as we now dedicate all our first born sons to God."

Well, t'old people of Israel travelled along a bit and they dint go rarnd by way of Philistines which were quicker cos they'd have had to fight all way through see, so God sends 'em through t'old Red Sea wilderness area instead.

And while they were abart it Moses took bones of Joseph with 'em cos Joseph had med 'em promise to tek his bones art on Egypt when they got free. So they did.

After they left Succoth they camped art at Etham on edge of wilderness and God give 'em a thing to follow. It were this pillar of cloud during day and at night it become a pillar of fire so's everyone could see reet well even when it were dark.

[On the huh]

I just waiting to the see the response from our American friends.  It will be a completely foreign language to them. .  Have you thought about joining the translating team at Bethel.

New Publications - The Watchtower, now available in Yorkshire English!

[Hope]

^^^ that is beautiful... i'd pay money to hear that on a recording!!!

[Musky]

I can't even understand Downton Abbey!

[bohemian]

I don't lay claim to the translation! There has been a book of Bible stories in Yorkshire for some time. I understand it all, and can speak it fluently, but even some here in London would struggle listening to it.

[Hope]

There's a genuine "My Book of Bible Stories" in Yorkshire???  I would LOVE to get my hands on that!!!