Patois Bible coming soon. . .

[Gamma]

a dat...

[Exile]

The real question is if Jamaicans need any bible at all. Don't you all think enough damage has been done?

[Gamma]

suh mi seh tuh!

[Mosiah]

What would Miss Lou think of a patois bible, I wonder.

She woulda tenk Puppa Jezas fi hit!

[Gamma]

yup and we have regressed or are regressing.

What would Miss Lou think of a patois bible, I wonder.

[Islandman]

Why we must gwan like God send down English from heaven? Bwoy oh bwoy.

Can you imagine what Miss Lou did haffe put up with when she start write her poem dem inna patois back in the day?

[Gamma]

er...that is why it needs to be taught?

dem teach English in England, SPanish in Spain and French in France....apparently dem teaching Haitian creole in South Florida...children of a lesser god syndrome.

[Don1]

but ah wha dis faada?? A voice from the past.... re-entering the madding crowd

[Historian]

Good Points!

Who is goin to read it??? Total waste of type...Jamaican dialect is not a written language, better dem mek mp3 or cd:

Exactly what I’ve been saying for years! In addition to what you’ve said in your post above, patois is very difficult to read.

Patois is actually very beautiful coming from the lips of women like Diana King, Cherine Anderson, Etana, all the female singers in the Top 10 section of Digicel Rising Stars, etc. etc. However, sitting down and reading books of the Bible in patois will be very challenging for the average Jamaican.

[Exile]

Who is goin to read it??? Total waste of type...Jamaican dialect is not a written language, better dem mek mp3 or cd:

An example of the patois translation:
Luke's Gospel, Chapter 10: vs 30, 31
Patois: Jiizas ansa im se, 'Wan man a go dong fram Jeruusilem tu Jeriko an som tiif grab im. Dem tek we im kluoz, biit im an go we lef im haaf ded. Wan priis a go dong di siem ruod, si di man, an paas pan di ada said.'
Revised English Bible: Jesus replied, 'A man was on his way from Jerusalem down to Jericho when he was set upon by robbers, who stripped and beat him, and went off leaving him half dead. It so happened that a priest was going down by the same road, and when he saw him, he went past on the other side.'

[Islandman]

I hope they put it online like the Gullah bible translation

http://gullahbible.com/

[Tilla]

Patois Bible