The Kutu New Testament was published in 2014 by Pioneer Bible Translators as the first Scripture in the Kutu language, a Bantu language spoken in the Morogoro region of Tanzania. ^[1] It was part of a cluster of ten Tanzanian translation projects launched by Pioneer Bible Translators and The Word for the World between 2006 and 2007. ^[2] The translation involved careful cultural adaptation, such as rendering “circumcise your heart” as “cleanse one’s heart” and using locally known animal references in place of culturally unfamiliar terms. ^[3]

Language and People

Kutu (ISO 639-3: kdc) is spoken by approximately 27,500 people in Tanzania. [Glottolog: kutu1263]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Pioneer Bible Translators and The Word for the World. Translation type: First.

References

[2] Projects We Support - The Word for the World UK. Overview of Tanzania cluster project.
[3] Translation Insights for Kutu - TIPs. Cultural adaptation decisions in the Kutu translation.
BibleSearch - Online text, American Bible Society
Audio Bible - Audio Bible, Faith Comes By Hearing
NT - Online text, Faith Comes By Hearing
Lagano da Sambi kwa Wanhu Wose - Online text, Pioneer Bible Translators
Bible For Developers - DBL archive entry, Digital Bible Library
find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for KDCPBT.
Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
ebible.org entry - ebible.org.