Bible translations into Hawaiian

There are both Hawaiian and Hawaii Pidgin Biblical translations for Hawaii.

Ka Baibala Hemolele (the Holy Bible), the Hawaiian language Bible (as re-published in 2018)

Hawaiian

A Hawaiian language translation was completed by New England Christian missionaries including Reverends Hiram Bingham, Asa Thurston, Lorrin Andrews, and Sheldon Dibble from 1800-1850.[1] The Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) were translated in 1828. The rest of the New Testament was translated in 1832, the Old Testament was translated in 1839, and the translation was revised in 1868.

As recent research indicated, 25% of this version of the Bible was translated by Thurston, 20% by Bingham (who also did the coordination), 14% by Artemas Bishop (who later became a prominent missionary to Honolulu and was responsible for the first revision), and the rest by others.[2]

As the Kingdom of Hawaii was toppled in the 1893 overthrow and became a United States territory, the Hawaiian language became less important and was spoken less. However, in the second half of the 20th century, there was a Hawaiian language revitalization in which people became more interested in the native language, and more parents started to send their children to Hawaiian language immersion schools, such as Kamehameha Schools.

In the early 21st century, under the Hawaiian Bible Project supported by Partners In Development Foundation, the Hawaiian Bible called Ka Baibala Hemolele (the Holy Bible) was published in 2018 in print and electronic forms, using the Hawaiian text of the 19th century, but re-edited in modern Hawaiian orthography, using the diacritical marks, such as ʻOkina and Kahakō.

Hawaii Pidgin
Da Jesus Book: Hawaii Pidgin New Testament
CountryUnited States
LanguageHawaiian Pidgin
SubjectChristianity
PublisherWycliffe Bible Translators
Publication date
July 2000
ISBN978-0-938978-21-3

The modern Hawaiian Pidgin English is to be distinguished from the indigenous Hawaiian language, which is still spoken. There is one translation of the Bible's New Testament into Hawaii Pidgin. An Old Testament translation is in progress.

Da Jesus Book: Hawaii Pidgin New Testament is a translation of the New Testament into Hawaiian Pidgin. The book is 752 pages long, and was published by Wycliffe Bible Translators in 2000.[3] It was translated by retired Cornell University linguistics professor Joseph Grimes, who worked on it with 27 pidgin speakers for 12 years.[4][5][6]

Old Testament

In 1994 it was reported that an Old Testament Da Befo Jesus Book was planned.[7] As of 2015, the Old Testament translation was roughly half completed.[8]

Comparison
Translation John 3:16
Ke Kauoha Hou (1839, 1868 & 1994) No ka mea, ua aloha nui mai ke Akua i ko ke ao nei, nolaila, ua haawi mai oia i kana Keiki hiwahiwa, i ole e make ka mea manaoio ia ia, aka, e loaa ia ia ke ola mau loa.
Da Jesus Book God wen get so plenny love an aloha fo da peopo inside da world, dat he wen send me, his one an ony Boy, so dat everybody dat trus me no get cut off from God, but get da real kine life dat stay to da max foeva.
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See also

References
  1. Howard M. Ballou & George R. Carter (1908). "The History of the Hawaiian Mission Press, with a Bibliography of the Earlier Publications". Papers of the Hawaiian Historical Society. hdl:10524/968.
  2. "No ka Baibala Hemolele: The Making of the Hawaiian Bible1 (Jeffrey Lyon, 2018), p. 124" (PDF).
  3. "Book Review - Da Jesus Book: Hawaiian Pidgin New Testament". gohawaii.about.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2017.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  4. "Da Jesus Book: Hawai'i Pidgin New Testament". The Islander Group.
  5. "Da Hawai`i Pidgin Bible". www.pidginbible.org.
  6. A history of Bible translation Philip A. Noss - 2007 -", and the Hawaiian Pidgin New Testament (Da Jesus Book) in 2000"
  7. Carrier Pidgin, Volumes 22-29 University of Hawaii, 1994 p4
  8. "Hawai`i Pidgin Bible". www.pidginbible.org.
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