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Hindi New Testament-OE-Easy-To-Read (Hindi Edition)

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There are two things to review, the text itself and the book itself.

First, the book. It is not too cheap, which I had feared. Devanagari script is a little more complex than Latin script, and cheap paper can make it very hard to read. The paperback cover is pretty good and the binding seems sturdy enough.

Now, the text. For some reason, they use the numerals as they use in English instead of Indian numerals (English numerals are often called "Arabic" as they Arabs got them from India, they aren't that different). This is for the verse numbering. Any numbers in the text are written out. That isn't a problem, just an oddity as the Urdu translation from this society uses the numerals natively used in Urdu. The language used is not complex, although it has a higher amount of Shuddh Hindi than I'm used to although it isn't all tatsam words. The translation seems to try to get the feeling of the original text, rather than be purely literal. Instead of "And Jesus wept", the verse is longer, given a feel of more sorrow and bursting into tears (in a way which can't be really translated) without adding to the text itself.

The print is minuscule. Even with a magnifying glass it is hard too read. For a native speaker it would not be a problem.

We had some Hindi readers in my Sunday School
who we gave these too. It helps to learn about Christ in your Native Tongue.

Thanks for offering this translation Bible!