There are many ways to support Project Bible 2.0:
Prayer
Pray for people over all the world who read The Word in various languages, and pray for the team that God may guide us (Prv. 16:9).
For Software Developers
Create software that presents The Word on further computer systems and devices - please contact us!
Associate bible verses
The list of “first” verses for 2010 is available, now we need to find related bible verses until end of March 2009. Currently, the list is available only in German language (see in the German translation of this page). If you would like to join and need the verses in English language, please contact us.
Prepare bible verses
The basis: The Word 2009 German and English
We have the reference verses selected for 2009 (in the German bible edition Schlachter 2000, English Standard Version and some more).
The task
For bible editions of the following languages (or any other language, we may need permission from the respective bible society first),
- Chinese (traditional)
- French (Segond 21)
- Italian (Nuova Riveduta 1994)
- Spanish (Dios Habla Hoy 1996)
we need to prepare the bible verses:
- edit the bible verses so that they contain the same verse parts as the reference text, and
- apply line breaking along meaningful units
Example:
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter).
Result:
Jesus looked at Peter and said, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter).
How to do it
We use ParolEdit, an add-on for the free Internet browser Firefox (see description and download - sorry - at present in German only). Try ParolEdit with small sample data, then contact us.
Timeline for The Word 2010
In order to distribute the program packets for The Word 2010 in autumn 2009, we need the packets in September 2009. Therefore, the tasks must start as follows:
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| December 2008 - March 2009 | Collect related bible verses |
| April | Decide about suggested related bible verses |
| May - August | Prepare the verses of related verse pairs in languages other than German |
| August | Complete the texts of The Word as .twd files |
| September | Complete the program packets |