Nyamwezi-Sukuma Bible History (1)

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the Bible ( al-Kitabo )
(Ki)Nyamwezi...
"The Nyamwezi language is spoken by an estimated 400,000
people over a vast area of northwest-central Tanzania, stretching
from above Shinyanga to below Tabora.   It is a Bantu tongue,
related to KiSukuma; Nyamyembe is a Nyamwezi dialect
spoken in the Tabora region."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

NYAMWEZI--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: n.d. John 3:14-20 unknown.]

"1897 Mark BFBS, London
Translated by T. F. Shaw, London MS."
- -1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1907 Matthew Printed privately, Herrnhut
1909 New Testament BFBS, London
Translated by L. R. Stern, Moravian Mission."
-- 1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1940 [m]ark   1951 New Testament   BFBS, London
Revised by S. H. Ibsen, A. J. Keevill, and N. H. Thygesen, Moravian
Mission.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
"1940" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Yesaya = Isaiah).]

(Ki)Sukuma...
"The Sukuma language is spoken by almost one million people
southeast of Lake Victoria, in an area of Tanzania extending
from Shinyanga into the Serengeti Plain.   It is a Bantu tongue,
related to KiNyamwezi."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

       "First publication, St. Matthew’s Gospel in
    1895 by the BFBS; tr. by Natanieri Mudeka and Henry Mukasa, revised
    by E. C. Gordon of the CMS.
      (Due to accidents only two damaged copies
    reached the mission.
    )   St. Mark’s and St. John’s Gospels and the Acts,
    1896; tr. by Mr. Gordon
    (Mk.) and E. H. Hubbard, with native assist-
    ants: St. Luke’s Gospel, 1897.   James, 1903; tr. by J. W. Purser and
    Mr. Gordon.   Romans and Galatians, 1907; tr. by F. H. Wright; 1 Co-
    rinthians, Philemon and Revelation, 1911.
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

"1895 Matthew   1896 Mark   John   Acts   1897 Luke
1898 Matthew (revised)   1899 Mark (revised)   1903 James
1906 Luke (revised)   1907 Romans   Galatians
1911 John (revised)   1 Corinthians   Philemon   Revelation
BFBS, London
Translated by mies. of the Church MS, including E. C.
Gordon, E. H. Hubbard, J. W. Purser, and F. H. Wright.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

SUKAMA--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: "1925" John 3:16-28 unknown.]

"1925 [n]ew [t]estament BFBS, London
Translated by Africa Inland Mission mies., including T. G.
Marsh.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
"1925" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Isaya = Isaiah).]

"1929 Genesis   1931 Exodus   1932 Joel   Daniel   Obadiah
Jonah   Haggai   Malachi   1934 Leviticus
1943 Psalms (incomplete)   AIM Press, Lohumbo
Translated by Zachariah Baleli, under the supervision of mies.
of the AIM.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1944 New Testament (revised)   1960 Bible   BFBS, London
Revised and translated by Zachariah Baleli, E. Sywulka, Charles E.
Hess, and W. J. Maynard, AIM.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

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