A group of 26 local native speakers worked for 12 years alongside retired Cornell linguistics professor Joseph Grimes and Wycliffe Bible Translators .

“God wen get so plenny love an aloha fo da peopo inside da world, dat he wen send me, his one an ony Boy, so dat everybody dat trus me no get cut off from God, but get da real kine life dat stay to da max foeva.”

It became a local bestseller in Hawaii and is used unironically in many local church services.

Good for finding used and collectible editions from various sellers.

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It uses a "heavy" rural Pidgin to ensure clarity across different islands, focusing on a common form understood in Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and the Big Island.

The team translated directly from the original Greek rather than just paraphrasing English versions.

Da Jesus Book: Hawaii Pidgin New Testament by Wycliffe Bible Translators