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After decades of hearing Matthew’s Gospel only in another language, the Mum people of Papua New Guinea can now hear the words of Jesus in the language of their hearts. What a difference that is making! The Mum are a small people group with few resources. Their villages are tucked…

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“God wants His Word to be spread throughout the world. We are fulfilling this by translating the Bible,” observed Mbore translator Steven Piki. “Our people will see it, read it, and understand what it is saying about God.” The dedication of their New Testament was a monumental event for the…

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Contributions to TWFTW Bible translations ensure that the Word of God is available at no cost to the tribes that receive the Bible in their heart languages. Distributing the translated Scriptures means that the books are given at church gatherings, community gatherings, neighbor-to-neighbor, and other providential meetings. God knows who...

In the small village of Likuya located in Tanzania, the people now experience the Bible as real and alive. Why? They now have some books of the Bible in their heart language, Ndendeule. In this beautiful village, the people can at last share their faith more freely within the church....

The Ila speaking people inhabit an area west of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Consisting of approximately 12 dialects, the estimated 83,000 people who speak Ila did not know that God spoke their language until 2016 when the Ila Bible translation team launched the first Scriptures ever translated into their...