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New SMS Translation of the Bible
Wednesday 12 October 2005, 11:54 am
Keywords: Humor , Christian Topics , Computer Topics
The world's most famous book, which has been translated into more languages than any other publication, is now available in the world's most modern form of communication, SMS or text. The idea, believed to be a world first, has come from the Bible Society in Australia which translated all 31,173 verses of the Bible into text. It took just one person about four weeks to convert the entire new and old testaments to text. The society used the Contemporary English Version and remained faithful to the grammar, changing just the spelling of the words. Examples In da Bginnin God cre8d da heavens & da earth. (Genesis 1) God luvd da ppl of dis wrld so much dat he gave his only Son, so dat evry1 who has faith in him will have eternal life & neva really die. (John 3:16) U, Lord, r my shepherd. I will neva be in need. U let me rest in fields of green grass. U lead me 2 streams of peaceful water. (Psalm 23) http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bible-cre8td-for-nu-wrl/2005/10/06/112856292
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