Human Interest
Zuma's foundation to co-sponsor Zulu Bible translation─── 11:29 Sat, 03 Jan 2015
Marianhill - The Jacob Zuma Foundation, which is known primarily for its charitable activities in the field of education, will partner with the Roman Catholic Church in a unique venture to improve the existing translation of the Bible into isiZulu.
The foundation says in a statement Zuma, as a speaker of isiZulu, has long felt that the existing isiZulu translation of the Scriptures is inadequate and a new version will now be directly translated from Biblical languages such as Hebrew and Aramic straight into isiZulu.
This new version will be more accurate and closer to the original manuscript. The only latest version translated by the Bible Society was done in 1959, and leans on other languages rather than isiZulu.
Zuma will hand over a R500,000 cheque towards the project during a prayer service at St Joseph's Cathedral in Mariannhill tomorrow.
Sapa
