k-mktr/burmese_judson_my

Judson Burmese Bible (1835)

Description

The Judson Bible is the classic Burmese translation of the Bible, prepared by American Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson (1788-1850). Judson arrived in Burma in 1813 and completed the New Testament in 1823 and the Old Testament in 1835. He translated directly from the original Hebrew and Greek texts. Judson's translation is a masterpiece of Burmese literature and remains the most widely used Burmese Bible translation. It includes the Protestant canon (66 books).

Dataset Structure

Each row represents one Bible verse.

Column	Type	Description
translation_id	string	Translation identifier
translation	string	Full translation name
language	string	Language code
book_number	int32	Book number (1-66)
book	string	Book name
book_abbr	string	Book abbreviation
chapter	int32	Chapter number
verse	string	Verse number (may include suffixes like 13a)
verse_number	int32	Numeric part of verse
verse_suffix	string	Verse suffix (e.g. a, b) or null
verse_id	string	Unique verse identifier ({book_abbr}_{chapter}_{verse})
text	string	Verse text

Statistics

• Books: 66
• Verses: 31088
• Language: Burmese
• Format: Parquet (ZSTD compressed)
• File size: 3.67 MB

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("k-mktr/burmese_judson_my", split="train")
print(dataset[0])
# {'translation_id': 'burmese_judson_my', 'book': '...', 'chapter': 1, 'verse': '1', 'text': '...'}

License

Public domain (1835 edition, copyright expired).