Hakha Chin Bible

• Location: Myanmar
• New Testament Completion Date: 2014
• Bible Completion Target Date: 2033

The Hakha Chin-speaking people number nearly 339,000, and most live in Myanmar. Formerly animists, 65% of the Hakha Chin now profess Christianity, with 35% claiming to be evangelical. These conversions are the result of the evangelization efforts of American Baptist missionaries who first arrived in the region in 1899.

In 2002, Bibles International adopted the Hakha Chin New Testament project, with Hakha pastor Paul Cung Bil Thawng as the first translator. Later, Bibles International Myanmar Society contacted Pastor Hoi Cung Tum and asked for his help in creating a reliable and understandable Bible translation for the Hakha people, a translation based on biblical languages instead of an English paraphrased translation. Pastor Cung Tum agreed and began working closely with BI consultant Ross Hodsdon and others on the New Testament project.

The translation team completed and dedicated the Hakha New Testament at Grace Baptist Church of Hakha Town in November 2014. At the service filled with pastors, missionaries, evangelists, faithful church members, and BI team members, tears of joy flowed freely as the Hakha Chin people received copies of the Word of God in their language.

Following the conclusion of the New Testament translation, the Chin Association of Baptist Churches requested the assistance of BI on the translation of the Old Testament. BI adopted the project in 2016. The translation team printed a trial edition of Genesis in 2018 and then a combined trial edition with Psalms and Proverbs in 2025.

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