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Newly translated Ewe Bible Launched
Ho, July 3, Ghanadot/GNA - A new translation of the Ewe
Bible titled "Agbenya La", (The living Word) was dedicated
and launched at the Ho-Kpodzi E.P. Dela Cathedral in Ho on
Sunday.
The new translation was possible through the International
Bible Society-Send The Light Ghana (IBS-STL Ghana) in
partnership with Challenge Enterprises of Ghana.
The first copy was auctioned for 2.2 million cedis.
Apostle J.A. K. Timpo, the translator, said the translation
did not dilute the content of the original Ewe Bible but
sought to make it readable and understandable by those who
have acquired the most rudimentary knowledge of the Ewe
language.
He said the "Agbenya La" could therefore be read and
understood by junior secondary school students who had done
Ewe and by adults who had gone through non-formal education.
He said there was need for the word of God to be made
available to many in the "contemporary" Ewe language.
Apostle Timpo said the translation, which took 30 years to
accomplish, was subjected to rigorous scrutiny by a team of
Ewe linguistic experts from Ghana and Togo.
The IBS-STL Ghana said the various translations of the
Bible, including the New Testament and Psalms, into the
Ghanaian languages, "are meant primarily for the youth who
are today's generation with expectation that God's word in
their own mother tongue will bring a change in their lives
for a better tomorrow".
GNA
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