Taisun New Testament

• Location: Myanmar
• New Testament Completion Target Date: 2030

The Taisun people live in Falam Township in the Chin State of Myanmar, located near the Indian border, and number about 12,000. An estimated 90% of adults can read the Taisun language. Although schools began to teach it to the lower grades in 2009, only 10% of children under age 12 can read the language. Among the Taisun people, 70% profess Christianity and comprise a total of 29 churches and fellowships in that region.

The gospel came to the Taisun people around 1927 when a young man heard the gospel while away from his village. Saved and baptized that same year, he returned home and eagerly shared the gospel with his wife, who received Christ and was baptized three years later. Unable to keep the good news quiet, the couple evangelized their community, and the gospel eventually spread to the entire village.

Since there is no Bible translation in the Taisun language, the people must rely on a variety of Bibles and New Testaments in other languages. The lack of consistency and reliability when studying the Scriptures prompted them to make a request to Bibles International Myanmar Society that the Taisun New Testament project be adopted. The chairman of the translation committee clearly expressed their need: "Since there is no Taisun Bible yet, everyone uses different translations, and it makes [an] inconvenience for people in sharing and studying God's Word together."

For this reason, Bibles International adopted the Taisun New Testament project in December 2016 and began workshops with Taisun translators, Esther and Ezra, in 2017. Fueled by their desire for an accurate Bible translation, the translators printed trial editions of John and James in 2020 and plan to print Acts and Romans in 2026.

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