Translations:Malay/6/en

The "Alkitab Berita Baik" (transl.: "The Good News Bible") is the oldest Bible translation in modern Malaysian Malay. The translation was finished in 1987 and a revised version was published in 1996. It is an easy to read Bible translation, that focuses on translating the meanings of passages and verses rather then meanings word by word. It uses the word "Allah" for God and draws on a number of Christian vocabulary. It was mainly translated for the Malay speaking Christian communities in the Malaysian Peninsula and in east Malaysia.