Sotho Bible History (1)

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**List: Sotho Ministry

Bible ( Bibele )
(Se)Sotho...
"Sotho, or Suto, is spoken by nearly 3 million people, including
most of the 880,000 inhabitants of Lesotho (until 1966, Basuto-
land), and many ‘Western’ and ‘Southern’ Sotho in the sur-
rounding Republic of South Africa.   Northern Sotho is excluded
from these figures.   The original Bushman inhabitants of this
region have been supplanted.   SeSotho is a Bantu tongue
related to SeTswana."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

**File: Sotho Bible History (3)--1860   S. Bagster   [Info only: SiSuta, or SeSuto. ]

       "First publication, St. Mark’s
    and John’s Gospels in 1839 at Cape Town by the French and Foreign
    Bible Society; ....
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

"1839 Mark   John   Richert & Pike Press, Cape Town
1848 Gospels   Acts   Paris Evangelical MS, Beerseba
Translated by Eugène Casalis and Samuel Rolland, PEMS."
- -1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1851 Revelation   1852 1-3 John   Wesleyan MS Press,
Platberg
Translated by J. D. M. Ludorf, WMS."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

       "New Testament, with some financial help from
    the BFBS, 1855.   The Psalter, BFBS, Platberg,
    (Orange Free State),
    1855; tr. by T. Arbousset.   Genesis, aided by the BFBS, Masitise, 1872;
    tr. by Emile Rolland.   Bible, by the completion of the publication of
    various portions at Masitise and Morija
    (Basutoland), 1878; tr. by
    D. F. Ellenberger, J. Maitin, H. M. Dyke, A. Mabille, S. Rolland,
    L. J. Cochet and L. Duvoisin.
      First in one volume, BFBS, London,
    1881; revised by A. Mabille, D. F. Ellenberger, and D. deVerlen.   Sev-
    eral revised and corrected editions have been published.   CP: BFBS.
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

"1855 New Testament PEMS, Beerseba
1855 Psalms BFBS, Platberg
1868 New Testament (revised)   BFBS, Paris

1872-1878 Old Testament (tentative, in parts)   PEMS,
Masitise & Morija
1876 New Testament (further revised)   BFBS, Paris

1881 Bible (revised)   BFBS, London
Translated and revised by mies. of the PEMS, including Emile
Rolland, T. Arbousset, D. F. Ellenberger, J. Maitin, H. M. Dyke,
L. Cochet, and L. Duvoisin.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1898 New Testament   1899 Bible   BFBS, London
A revision prepared by E. Jacottet and my. colleagues of the
PEMS.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1909 Bible BFBS, London
Prepared with orthographic revision by C. Christeller and Louis
Mabille, PEMS.   In 1961 a Bible in further revised orthography was
published at Cape Town.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

SUTO--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: Roman characters   "1917" John 2:23b-3:7a, 8b-17a {correct w/ "Yesu" @ 3:2a}.]

"1963 Luke   1965 New Testament   BS of South Africa,
Cape Town
A revision prepared by a committee, including B. J. Odendaal, A. A.
Odendaal, and A. R. Paroz.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

**File: Sotho Critical Text History

"formal-equivalent translations of the Bible were made in... Southern Sotho 1881 (printed)/1883 (distributed) (Paris Evangelical Mission 1883), Revised 1899, 1909; 1961; 1976."

Southern Sotho Bible in two orthogra- phies -- that of Lesotho and S. Africa (1989)   [Bib. Soc. of S. Africa]   [Info only: Probably corrupt--"Dynamic-/functional- equivalent translation".]

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