Bible in Sentani dialect launched

Bible in Sentani dialect launched

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Missionary Dwight Hasler of the Kemah
Injil Indonesia Church here has launched an edition of the New
Testament in the local Irianese dialect of Sentani, Antara
reported on Thursday.

The 3,000-page Bible, written also in Indonesian and English,
was launched at Ebenhazer Church in Sentani regency last Friday
to coincide with the 144th anniversary of the beginning of the
work here by two German missionaries Ottouw and Geissler.

Hasler said church elders, community leaders and youth
activists all helped with the writing of the Bible. (swe)