Venda Bible History (1)

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**List: Venda Ministry

the Bible ( the Bible )
(Se)Venda...
"The Venda language is spoken in northern Transvaal, South
Africa
, and across the Limpopo River into adjacent Rhodesia.
It is a Bantu tongue.   The Venda and Tsonga together are
estimated to number 560,000."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

       "First publication, the Gospels and Acts, in 1920 by the BFBS; tr. by
    Rev. P. E. Schwellnus, of the Berlin Mission.   New Testament, 1923.
    The Psalms, 1923.   Bible, 1936.   CP: BFBS.
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

VENDA--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: n.d. John 3:14b-4:10a {incorrect w/ God 2 times @ John 3:34}.]

"1920 Gospels   Acts   1923 New Testament   1929 Psalms
1936 Bible   BFBS, London
Translated by P. E. Schwellnus, Berlin MS, assisted by Isaak
Mulandzi and Fineas Mutsila.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
"1920" Mark 1:2 correct (vhaporofita = the prophets).]

"formal-equivalent translations of the Bible were made in... Venda (Berlin Mission) 1936."

Venda Bible (1998)   [Bib. Soc. of S. Africa]   [Info only: Probably corrupt--"Dynamic-/functional-equivalent translation".]

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