Malay is spoken by more than 17,600,000 people: 10,000,000 in Indonesia, 7,181,000 in Malaysia, 390,000 in Singapore, 21,000 in Myanmar, more than 20,000 elsewhere.
Publishing History
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1629.
The New Testament was first published in 1668.
The complete Bible was first published in 1733.
This Page
This shows the first few verses from John's Gospel in the Today's Malay Version. This page is taken from a Bible first published in 1996 by The Bible Society of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1629.
The New Testament was first published in 1668.
The complete Bible was first published in 1733.