Kyrgyz language Bible Dictionary by Haus Frederik / Hardcover 2014 / Фридрик Хаус

Kyrgyzstan Kirghiz

Kyrgyz Bible Dictionary

Author: Hans Fredric

Printed in 2014

ISBN 9789967456389 / 978-9967456389

Pages: 328

Kyrgyzstan (/ˌkɪərɡɪˈstɑːn/ KEER-gih-STAHN with the stress on the first syllable Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан, Qırğızstan, Kyrgyz pronunciation: [qɯrʁɯsˈstɑn]), officially the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Республикасы, romanized: Qırğız Respubliqası; Russian: Кыргызская Республика, tr. Kyrgyzskaya Respublika) and also known as Kirghizia (Russian: Киргизия, [kʲɪrˈɡʲizʲɪjə]), is a country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country with mountainous terrain. It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west and southwest, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east. Its capital and largest city is Bishkek.

Currently there are three translations of the Bible into modern Kyrgyz.

Ray of Hope (Боорукерликтин өкүлдүгү «ҮМҮТ НУРУ») produced a translation from the Russian Synodal Version. This is the most commonly used translation.

Lingua Service («Лингвосервис» борбору) together with the United Bible Society (Бириккен Ыйык Китеп Коомдору) published a new translation of the New Testament in 2005. They are currently working on the Old Testament.

Askar Mambetaliev has translated a large portion of the Bible into a more dynamic equivalent/paraphrase translation.^{[citation needed]} This translation is specially intended for evangelism.

Jehovah's Witnesses have revised the Ray of Hope translation to match closer to the English New World Translation producing a Kyrgyz "New World Translation", Жаңы дүйнө котормосу.