The New Testament in Moru (MGDBSS)

Overview

The New Testament in the Moru language of South Sudan, published in 1996 by the Bible Society of Sudan. Moru is a Central Sudanic language of the Moru-Madi subgroup within the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken by the Moru people primarily in the Amadi and Mundri areas of Western Equatoria. ^[1] Christian mission work among the Moru began in the early twentieth century; the Church Missionary Society (CMS) was active in southern Sudan from around 1920, and Catholic missionaries had earlier produced vocabularies and grammars of Moru. ^[2] The New Testament and Psalms, titled “Taobaro To’di,” was first published in 1951. ^[1] The Moru language has been maintained in large part through its use in worship by the Episcopal Church of the Sudan. ^[1] A complete Moru Bible, “Baibolo Alokado,” including both Old and New Testaments, was later published by the Bible Society in Sudan in 1999. ^[3]

Language and People

Moru (ISO 639-3: mgd) is spoken by approximately 230,000 people in South Sudan. [Glottolog: moru1253]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Bible Society of Sudan.

References

• [1] The Moru Bible Translation - Bible Society in South Sudan. Overview of the Moru translation and its role in language preservation.
• [2] Christianity in Sudan - Dictionary of African Christian Biography. History of CMS and Catholic missionary work in Sudan.
• [3] Baibolo Alokado - Moru Holy Bible - Bible in My Language. Listing for the complete Moru Bible published by Bible Society Sudan.
• Audio Bible - Audio Bible, Faith Comes By Hearing
• NT - Online text, Faith Comes By Hearing
• Rosetta Project: Moru Genesis - Internet Archive / Rosetta Project. Genesis in Moru.
• find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for MGDBSS.
• Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
• ebible.org entry - ebible.org.