Some 4 million people in South Africa speak Sesotho as their home language and the majority of Sesotho speakers live in the Free State and Gauteng. It is also spoken in Lesotho.
Eug ne Casalis and Samuel Rolland, two missionaries of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society, started translating the Bible into Sesotho as early as 1836 and the first Scriptures, the Gospels according to Mark and John, were published in 1839.
The translation of the complete Bible was finished at 1878 and printed in parts on the missionary presses at Morija and Masitisi in Lesotho. The first Bible to be published in one volume was printed in England in 1881, however, due to the Basotho wars the Bibles only reached the Basotho in 1883. The most recent translation of the Sesotho Bible was published by the Bible Society of South Africa in 1989.
Product features:
Sesotho 1989 translation (Standard Orthography)
complete Bible
medium size
softcover
edge index
Sesotho booklet included: Help! How should I read my Bible?
Who are the Bible Society of South Africa?
The Bible Society of South Africa translates, produces and distributes Bibles for people in their own language and in suitable formats, so that everyone can experience the life-giving message of Word. The Bible Society's vision is a Bible for everyone.
