After 64 years: A full Bible for the Marakwet people

Alfred Thompson  |  World
Date posted:  11 Nov 2026
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After 64 years: A full Bible for the Marakwet people

Marakwet presentation: Edwyn receives his Marakwet Bible for the first time

“One day,” said Edwyn Kiptinness, a Marakwet speaking man in Kenya, “our people will be able to read God’s Word in the language they understand best.”

Edwyn said that in 1962, when he was 16, as he struggled to understand the Bible he had been given to read during a long stay in hospital. This year, Edwyn’s dream came true.

In August the Marakwet people danced and sang as they celebrated having the full Bible in their language for the first time ever.

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