"Reading the Bible in our language is like 
Jesus is directly preaching to us!"

Support the Kayah Li Old Testament Team and Project

The Kayah Li New Testament was dedicated in 2010 followed by a reprint of the New Testament with Genesis in 2018.  In 2014, God raised up a quality team of Kayah translators to begin work on the monumental task of completing the Old Testament.  This is a huge work and the translation team really needs your faithful prayers and financial support. We are asking Kayah people around the world as well as churches and individuals who are helping the Kayah to pray and consider becoming prayer and financial partners in translating the Old Testament into Kayah.  If you would like to support the Kayah Li Old Testament translators and project, you can either send your gifts to the address below or click on the red button to give online.  Note that the project is called "Rakali Cluster 2" and includes the the Kayah Li project as well as related languages: Kayah Old Testament, Manumanaw (Kawyaw) and Yintale (Talai).

Send gifts to:
The Seed Company
220 Westway Place, Suite 100
Arlington, TX 76018
It is very important that you add a note with the following information:  "For the Rakali Cluster 2 Project"

To give online, go to the Seed Company website by clicking on the button below.  Then press Give Now and fill in the information requested.

Mr. M. is the principal translator and team leader of the Kayah Li New Testament. He has an MA in Linguistics from Payap University and an MA in Theological Studies. Mr. M committed himself to working on the translation because he saw the importance of having the Word of God in his own mother tongue.  Through many difficulties, this former evangelist persevered, and as a result, God has blessed the Kayah people with the Kayah Li New Testament.  
Mr. SR has his Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree. When asked why he wants to be involved in Bible translation work, he explained, "For our Kayah people, I wanted to have more of the Word of God and to promote reading materials.  When I was a young man in the village, we had Bible study but all we had was the Burmese Bible so I had to translate from Burmese to Kayah every week.  I had not studied Kayah well but I tried and practiced reading Kayah until I was able to read.  In my heart, I love my people very much.  I attended a literacy orientation training and then afterwards, (Mr. M) invited me to attend a translation training workshop.  Though I attended, I never expected to translate the Bible.  I thought it would be too hard and I was a bit scared.  My parents said to me, "You have the ability in Kayah. You should serve your people so that they will know God's Word." I prayed regarding whether God wanted me to continue.  Regardless of meeting with difficulties, I enjoy working the most on literature."