Four books of the Old Testament were presented in Kabardian language at oncetranslated

The Institute of Bible Translation (IBT) has published electronic versions of four Old Testament books in the Kabardian language: the Book of Joshua, the Book of Judges, the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

In addition to electronic versions, the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah were also released in a small printed edition of 20 copies, reports the IPB website.

The publication of these four books of the Old Testament took place as part of the work on a complete translation of the Holy Scriptures into the Kabardian language.

“The publication is an intermediate step towards creating a complete translation of the Bible in the Kabardian language,” the statement said.

Previously, the IPB has already published in the Kabardian language a complete translation of the New Testament (1993), the Book of Ruth, the prophet Jonah (2009), the Book of Proverbs (2017), the Book of the Prophet Daniel (2018), the Book of Ecclesiastes (2020), the Book of Esther (2021) and 1-4 Books of Kings and Stories from the Holy Scriptures (2024).

Electronic versions of all publications are available for free viewing on the official website of the IPB.

It is clarified that the Kabardian-Circassian language is part of the Adyghe group of languages. This language is spoken by about 515,700 people living in Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, North Ossetia, as well as in Krasnodar and...