Ruhaya Bible (HAYBST)

Overview

The Ruhaya Bible, known as Ebibulia 2001, is a New Testament translation in the Haya language published in 2001 by the Bible Society of Tanzania. The Haya (or Bahaya) are a Bantu ethnic group residing in the Kagera Region of northwestern Tanzania, on the western shores of Lake Victoria, primarily in the Bukoba, Muleba, and Karagwe districts. ^[1] The Haya people are historically notable for their complex kingship-based political system and for independently developing carbon steel smelting techniques dating back approximately 2,000 years. ^[1] The Bible Society of Tanzania has been active in translating Scripture into numerous Tanzanian languages, and the Ruhaya New Testament serves the approximately 1.9 million Haya speakers in the region. ^[2]

^[1] Haya people - Wikipedia. History, culture, and demographics of the Haya people. ^[2] Bible Translation - Bible Society of Tanzania. Overview of Bible translation projects in Tanzania.

Language and People

Haya (ISO 639-3: hay) is spoken by approximately 1,940,000 people in Tanzania. [Glottolog: haya1250]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Bible Society of Tanzania.

References

• Audio Bible - Audio Bible, Faith Comes By Hearing
• NT - Online text, Faith Comes By Hearing
• Ebibulia 2001 - Online text, Bible Society of Tanzania
• Bible For Developers - DBL archive entry, Digital Bible Library
• Rosetta Project: Haya Genesis - Internet Archive / Rosetta Project. Genesis in Haya.
• find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for HAYBST.
• Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
• ebible.org entry - ebible.org.