The record-union., 1893-03-11

cogee. Parts of the Bible have been
translated into the Creek and Seminole
tongues Tor many years, but this is the
first translation of Genesis. An edition
of 1000 copies will be struck OF.
Here Is the twenty-second verse of the
twenty-sixth chapter OF Genesis in Eng
lish:
And he removed from thence, and
digged another well; and for that they
stroye not; and he called the name of it
Rehoboth; and he said, for now the Lord
hath made room for us, and we shall be
fruitful in the land.''
The rendering of the same verse in
Muskokee is after this fashion:
Monet mvn enkvpahket, acuneciket,
ueenkorky etvn korrvtes; momen nv
ohfvccvn vnrvpuecvkekates; momen
lavn Lehopor kicet hocefvtes; monet,
Hyomot Cehofvt etektvnke heren pun
hahyen, make pun ohvtvlaken ekvnvn
ypokeyvret ok, makvtes."
Genesis. when put into the phonetic
Muskokee, becomes Ceneses, and the
word for chapter is setentvcke. The
word for God, or the Lord, is Cehofvt.
This is not native word, but was taught
the Indians by the missionaries, and
stands for the pronunciation of the Eng
liSh word.
The costliest and most difficult work
which the American Bible Society has
now in hand is the preparation for the
mission OF the Presbyterian Board in
Persia of q revision OF the Syriac Bible in
the Syrlac language and printed charac-
ters. The translation is under the SUPER
VISION or the Rev. Dr. b. Labaree, who is
natIve-b born American, but who spent
| many years III Syria, and is closely IA
mlllar with the language. He is assisted
Dy Joel Abraham, Persian, but long a
resident of Syria. They came TO America
lof tne purpose of working on the re-
vision of the Syriac Bible about a year
ago, and they have their Office in the
nposing-rOom of the American Bible
Society, in the Bible House, at Fourth
avenue and Eighth street.
Mr.. Abraham is practical printer, and
Is setting. up the type for the revised
blDIe. This type was cast for the Ameri-
can Bible Society by New York firm,
ana queer-looking type it is. Dir. Laba-
rec and Mr.. Abraham speak English, and
alter MIR. a braham and another Syrian
who also speaks broken English, have
set up the type and struck OFT proofs, DIR.
Labaree corrects them. OF the Syriac
BlDIe 5000 copies are being printed, and
| there Is to be au extra edition OF l,0OO
copies of the New Testament alone.
1he Syrlac version, which the new ver-
sion supplants, was prepared for the
HISTORIAN Christians by DR.. Justin Per-
klns and his associates forty years ago.
For the Spanish-speaking nations of
South America the society has now in the
press a version of the Bible in Spanish,
made by the Rev. II. b. Pratt of the
Southern Presbyterian Church, with the
! assistance of number OF distinguished
scholars, among them the Rev. Or. Ii. G..
Thompson of the Theological School at
Tlalpam, Mexico, and the Rev. j. NJ.
Lopez OF this city, This version is de-
signed to take the place of the Spanish
Bible which has been in common use for
about 500 years. The new version is
being printed from electro plates, and the
hrst edition will number 1900 copies.
An edition of the Synoptical Gospels
and the Book of the Acts in the Theetswa
language has just been printed at the
Bible House for the use of the mission
aries of the American Board III South
eastern Atrica.-New York Times.