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**List: Braj Bhasha Ministry
the Bible ( the
Bible )
Braj Bhasha...
"Braj Bhasha, or Bruj, is a Western
Hindi (see Hindi) language
spoken in the central Doab, the area between the Ganges and
Yamuna rivers, around Delhi and the region immediately to the
south."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only]
"Spoken by some 8,000,000
from near Delhi to Itawah, Central
India."--1000 Tongues, 1939
[Info only]
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"In the year 1811 the Rev. John Chamberlain,
then
stationed at Agra, commenced a version of the New Testament in this
dialect, and in 1813 he had
completed the translation of the Gospels. The prosecution of this work
was suspended during some
years, while Mr. Chamberlain was engaged in the preparation of the
Hinduwee version. At
length,
however, in 1822, an edition of 3000 copies of the Gospels was published; and
the whole of the New
Testament had been completed at press prior to 1832, the date of the Tenth
Memoir respecting their
translations issued by the Serampore brethren. The character used in
printing this and all the other
Hinduwee dialects is the Devanagari, with a few diacritical points, to express
the peculiar articulations
of each dialect.
An instance of the usefulness of this version occurred even
before its publication. Anand
Masih, a native employed in translating the New Testament into this dialect
from the Urdu, was a
Brahmin, and gained much money by officiating as priest. He had inquired into the
nature of
Moh_mm_danism, but had felt dissatisfied with it.
He had then undertaken several long pilgrimages,
and had submitted to much bodily suffering, in the vain hope of finding rest
to his soul. Sub-
sequently, while engaged in this translation of the Bible, light flashed
on his mind; he became a
teacher of Christianity at Meerut, under the Rev. Mr. Fisher, and was baptised
in 1816. He was
ordained by the Bishop of Calcutta in 1836, and was, in fact, the first Brahmin who received
ordination."--1860 S. Bagster [Info only]
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"First publication, the
Lord’s Prayer in 1816 at the Serampore
Mission Press; tr. by Serampore
mies. (See No. 87).
The
Gospels, 1822, translated by J. Chamberlain, Serampore. New Tes-
tament, Serampore, 1824."--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info
only]
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HINDI: Braj Bhasha dialect--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info only:
Devanagari characters n.d. The Lord’s Prayer unknown.]
Devanagari Character
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"1822 Gospels 1824 New
Testament Serampore MP
Translated by J. Chamberlain, Baptist MS."--1000 Tongues, 1972
[Info only:
DEVANAGARI CHARACTER "1816" Matthew 6:9-13 unknown.]
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