ChamorroBible.org - The Chamorro Bible: Y Salmo Sija, Y Cuatro Ebangelio Sija, Y Checho Y Apostoles Sija
San Mateo,Chamorro and EnglishScriptures, 1908
San Marcos,Chamorro and EnglishScriptures, 1908
San Lucas,Chamorro and EnglishScriptures, 1908
San Juan,Chamorro and EnglishScriptures, 1908
Y Checho Y Apostoles Sija,Chamorro and EnglishScriptures, 1908
Y Salmo Sija,Chamorro and EnglishScriptures, 1908
Salmo 8,Online Bible,2004
The Chamorro Bible
Y Salmo Sija middot; San Mateo middot; San Marcos middot; San Lucas middot; San Juan middot; Y Checho Y Apostoles Sija middot; Audio middot; Hard Copy
Manguaguan na Palabran Si YuusWith the Photograph of the Day
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The Chamorro Bible #150; Y Santa Biblia, Chamorro-English Edition #150; In Print!
San Juan 11,The SWORD Project,2004
Y Salmo Sija,Y Santa Biblia, Chamorro Edition2005 SteffyPrinting
Y Santa Biblia, Chamorro-English Edition2006 SteffyPrinting
Territory of Guam(USA)Francis M. Price, Five Unidentified AssistantsCommonwealthof the Northern Mariana Islands,Gu aring;han #150; GuamRepublic of theMarshall Islands Gu aring;han #150; GuamBeluu er a BelauRepublic of PalauThe Great Earthquake andCatastrophicTsunami of 2004
Chamorro, the original and an official language of the Territory of Guam, United States of America (USA), and, in political union with the USA, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The language's family tree or classification is Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Chamorro.
Likely tutored in the Chamorro language by Jos eacute; Mendiola Taitano, Francis Marion Price, assisted by five unidentified Chamorros in Gu aring;han #150; Guam, translated The Four Gospels, The Acts of the Apostles, and The Psalms, from the Hebrew and Greek languages to the Chamorro (Chamoru) language.
Chamorro and English Scriptures:Y Cuatro Ebangelio Sija Yan Y Checho Y Apostoles Sija Gui Testamento Nuebo Y Se ntilde;otta Yan Y Satbadotta Si Jesucristo Yan Y Salmo Sija,
First published in 1908 as a diglot by the American Bible Society, New York, USA; disappeared for many decades, a completely unexpected rediscovery in August 2001, and Express mailed via UPS on September 11, 2001 EST by Denise P. Hersey to Guam Adventist Academy, Guam, USA, from the Seeley G. Mudd Library, Yale University, Connecticut, USA;
First audio recordings, beginning in April 2003 by two Chamorros, Josephine Chargualaf Varley and Bego ntilde;a Santos Flores; and
The creation and preservation of The Chamorro Bible by Jesus Christ, its multifaceted history, and reemergence documented in ISLES, Spring 2003, Special Issue: The Resurrection of the (1908) Chamorro Bible edited by Bethany S. Martin, Editor (2002-2003), Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, Guam, USA, and at ChamorroBible.org.
Through the work of three Chamorros, Joseph Artero-Cameron, Rlene Santos Steffy, and Tina Rose Mu ntilde;a Barnes, the significance of the 1908 Chamorro Bible to the Chamorro people and in Chamorro history is brought to the attention of, and is officially recognized by,
I Mina'Bente Siete Na Liheslaturan Gu aring;han #150; The 27th Guam LegislatureSpeaking in three adopted Chamorro Bible Resolutions:
Resolution No. 87(LS), Resolution No. 88(LS), and Resolution No. 89(LS);
Introduced in full legislative session on October 31, 2003 ChST, and officially presented on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 ChST in the Public Hearing Room of I Mina'Bente Siete Na Liheslaturan Gu aring;han in Hag aring;t ntilde;a, Guam by Senator Tina Rose Mu ntilde;a Barnes, I Mina'Bente Siete Na Liheslaturan Gu aring;han Legislative Secretary and Chairwoman of the Committee on Community, Culture, Recreation and Public Broadcasting. I Mina'Bente Siete Na Liheslaturan Gu aring;han #150; The 27th Guam Legislature is the only known Legislature in the United States to honor a Bible with three simultaneous full legislative session resolutions.
Y Santa Biblia:Y Salmo Sija, Y Yan Cuatro Ebangelio Sija Yan Y Checho Y Apostoles Sija Gui Testamento Nuebo Y Se ntilde;otta Yan Y Satbadotta Si Jesucristo
A print version of the camera-ready Y Santa Biblia, Chamorro Edition publication was published in October 2005 by Robert Joseph Steffy and Rlene Santos Steffy, Guam, USA. Robert Joseph and Rlene Santos Steffy received 1,000 hardcover Chamorro Bibles that were printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc., Dexter, Michigan, USA. Y Santa Biblia, Palabran Jesucristo Sija Gui Tinige Agaga, Chamorro is in print. Mr. and Mrs. Steffy are the first to print and distribute, solely in the Chamorro language, the entire Chamorro Bible.
The print version of the camera-ready Y Santa Biblia, Chamorro-English Edition publication was published in April 2006 and announced in May 2006 by Robert Joseph Steffy and Rlene Santos Steffy. The 2,000 historic, hardcover Chamorro-English Bibles were printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc., Dexter, Michigan. Y Santa Biblia #150; The Holy Bible 2006 Chamorro-English Diglot Bible, Red-Letter Edition is in print and available.
Commonwealth ofthe NorthernMariana Islands(USA)West Pacific Islands: CNMI,Gu aring;han #150; GuamThe Resurrection of the (1908) Chamorro BibleFederated States of MicronesiaOceania: CNMI,Guahan #150; GuamThe 27th Guam LegislatureHag aring;t ntilde;a, Guam(USA)The Spectacular Clouds of theTransonic FlightRegime
Chamorro Language Resources
Chamorro Bible Project: The Story, Sources, and Resources, ChamorroBible.org, 2003.
Statement Regarding the Reported Collection and Burning of the 1908 Chamorro Bibles
ChamorroBible.org: Manguaguan na Palabran Si Yuus With the Photograph of the Day. Published from June 1, 2004 to November 30, 2005; August 2006. Special photo essays: The Great Earthquake and Catastrophic Tsunami of 2004 and The Spectacular Clouds of the Transonic Flight Regime.
Edward R. von Preissig, Ph.D. Dictionary and Grammar of the Chamorro Language of the Island of Guam. Washington, United States of America: Government Printing Office, 1918.
William Edwin Safford. The Chamorro Language of Guam: A Grammar of the Idiom Spoken by the Inhabitants of the Marianne or Ladrones, Islands. Reprinted from the American Anthropologist, 1903-1905, Washington D.C., USA, W. H. Lowdermilk amp; Co.
1908 Chamorro Bible for Personal Digital Assistants (PDA). Freely distributable and available from the ChamorroBible.org Download section (http://ChamorroBible.org/download.htm). Several electronic books (e-books, Ebooks) are "Red-Letter" editions, meaning, Palabran Jesucristo Sija Gui Tinige Agaga #150; Words of Jesus Christ in Red. See the March 16, 2004 announcement. The files are also available at MemoWare.com (search for "Chamorro" or "Y Santa Biblia") and the Official Mirror Site #1.
Chamorro Bible Study Tool: Y Santa Biblia for Bible+. Freely distributable and available from the ChamorroBible.org Download section (http://ChamorroBible.org/download.htm). See the March 20, 2004 announcement. Also available at MemoWare.com (search for "Chamorro" or "Y Santa Biblia") and the Official Mirror Site #1.
Chamorro Bible Study Tool: Y Santa Biblia for Online Bible (OLB), Online Bible. Freely distributable and available from the ChamorroBible.org Download section (http://ChamorroBible.org/download.htm). See the February 27, 2004 announcement. The OLB module is also available at the Official Mirror Site #1.
Chamorro Bible Study Tool: Y Santa Biblia for The SWORD Project, The CrossWire Bible Society. Freely distributable and available from the ChamorroBible.org Download section (http://ChamorroBible.org/download.htm). February 19, 2004 EST. See the Introduction and the February 27, 2004 announcement. Also available at the Official Mirror Site #1 and from The CrossWire Bible Society's The SWORD Project - SWORD - Module Add-ins - Bible Texts amp; Translations section.
Chamorro Bible Study Tool: Y Santa Biblia for the Unbound Bible, Biola University. It's available under the title "Chamorro (Psalms, Gospels, Acts)" at lt;http://www.UnboundBible.org gt;. February 4, 2005.
Bego ntilde;a Santos Flores. The 1908 Chamorro Bible in Audio: Salmo 113. ChamorroBible.org, 2003.
Josephine Chargualaf Varley. The 1908 Chamorro Bible in Audio: Salmo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 19, 23, 27, 32, 34, 95, 103; San Mateo 1, 2, 3, 24; San Marcos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; San Lucas 6, 9; San Juan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10; Y Checho Y Apostoles Sija 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. ChamorroBible.org, 2003.
Y Santa Biblia, Chamorro Edition, HTML, PDF: U.S. "Letter" Size Paper (8.5 x 11 inches) or Camera-ready 5.5 x 8.25 inch page size. Freely distributable and available from the ChamorroBible.org "Download" section (http://ChamorroBible.org/download.htm). The HTML and U.S. "Letter" Size files are also available at the Official Mirror Site #1. As of October 2005 Y Santa Biblia, Chamorro Edition is in print.
Y Santa Biblia, Chamorro-English Edition (Diglot). Camera-ready PDF, 5.5 x 8.25 inch page size. Freely distributable and available from the ChamorroBible.org "Download" section (http://ChamorroBible.org/download.htm). As of April 2006 Y Santa Biblia, Chamorro-English Edition is in print (http://ChamorroBible.org/chamorrobibleproject/chamorro-bible-in-print.htm).
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