Baibala Hemolele
Hawaiian Cultural Specialist Aaron Mahi shares his account of the late Jack Keppeler, who was integral in the beginnings of the Baibala Hemolele project.
The Hawaiian language bible is now available to mobile users worldwide. PIDF granted a license for the use of the diacritically marked Hawaiian text from Ka Baibala Hemolele, (the Holy Bible) on YouVersion’s “Bible App”.
Celebrations have kicked off for the bicentennial of missionaries bringing Christianity to Hawaiʻi, and Baibala Hemolele (our Hawaiian Bible Project) will be involved in multiple events.
Bible Offers Parallel Text in Hawaiian and English
In partnership with the Atherton Family Foundation and Kamehameha Schools, we are thrilled to announce the release of a long-awaited project: the completed Ka Baibala Hemolele.
On October 7, 2014, Jan and Judy Dill, Alison Masutani, and Helen Kaupu Kaowili made a historic visit to the American Bible Society (ABS) in New York City.
The Hawaiian Bible project began in 2002 to preserve the Hawaiian Bible and make it available online, free of charge, for anyone interested in reading and studying scripture in Hawaiian. At the time, the American Bible Society, the publisher of record since the early 1800’s, had decided to discontinue printing the Baibala Hemolele. Ten years later, in 2012, the first Hawaiian Bible in the modern Hawaiian orthography was printed.
Noted music scholar, musician, and former bandmaster of the Royal Hawaiian Band, Aaron David Mahi, led a compelling panel discussion on the newest publication of the Hawaiian Bible, Baibala Hemolele at the Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival 2014.
Barbara and her husband Joe were dear friends and colleagues of our foundation. They both assisted in the completion of the Baibala Hemolele project, republishing the Hawaiian Bible in a digital form.
Mutual Publishing has received their first shipment of Ka Baibala Hemolele! Now you can own your very own Hawaiian language Bible.
Mutual Publishing has extended their Ka Baibala Hemolele presale deadline from August 1st to August 15th, giving interested buyers two more weeks to purchase this product of 10 years of love, labor, and dedication, for personal study and reflection.
Baibala Hemolele is featured in Hawaiian Airlines current in-flight magazine “Hana Hou”.