Barok New Testament (BJKWBT)

Overview

The Barok New Testament is a translation of the New Testament into the Usen dialect of the Barok language, an Austronesian language spoken in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. ^[1] The translation was carried out under Wycliffe Bible Translators with the involvement of Bible translators Ed and Debi Condra, who established the New Ireland Translation Institute (NITI) to train national Bible translators. ^[1] Barok translators including Lucy and Sonia worked on difficult passages in the epistles as part of the project. ^[1] National translators in remote locations without electricity or internet used satellite connections to communicate with translation consultants. ^[1]

References

• [1] Scripture In Heart Language? Wycliffe Gives Tiny Island Incredible Bible Translation - The Christian Post. Coverage of Wycliffe translation work in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

Language and People

Barok (ISO 639-3: bjk) is spoken by approximately 2,120 people in Papua New Guinea, Map 2. [Glottolog: baro1253]

• find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for BJKWBT.
• Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
• bible.com - YouVersion.
• ebible.org entry - ebible.org.