LDS Church leaders have approved translation of the Book of Mormon and other of the faith’s scriptural works into a variety of new, unique and often rare languages.
News of the translations, contained in a letter from the church’s First Presidency, was read to members at their local sacrament meetings last Sunday.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has translated the full Book of Mormon into 90 languages (selections are offered in 21 others) since the work was first printed in 1830, also will offer its “Triple Combination” volume in 34 new languages, including Arabic, Greek, Afrikaans, Farsi, Turkish and numerous African and Asian dialects.