kiSwahili is spoken by 5,000,000 people: 313,000 in Tanzania, 131,000 in Kenya, more than 40,000 in Somalia, 4,500,000 elsewhere.
Reading the Scriptures
in kiSwahili
Publishing History
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1868.
The New Testament was first published in 1879.
The complete Bible was first published in 1890.
This Page
This shows the first few verses from John's Gospel in the Union version, first published in 1967 by Bible Society of Tanzania, Tabora. This page is taken from a Bible published in 1996 by Bible Society of Kenya, Nairobi.
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1868.
The New Testament was first published in 1879.
The complete Bible was first published in 1890.