A New Testament translation for the blind and deaf has been released by Wycliffe Associates, an organization dedicated to Bible translation.
The public announcement came at a dedication ceremony in Orlando late last month as it was completed last year.
The translation is a notation called SUN (Symbolic Universal Notation), which symbolizes the words found in Scripture, “to provide a pathway to Christ for millions of deaf and blind people who have no other way of effectively communicating with the world.”
Former volunteer, Emily Wang developed SUN after learning that “over 600,000 people worldwide are both deaf and blind.”
Being Chinese American herself, Wang was inspired by Mandarin symbols to develop a system with a universal symbolic language that could be read visually and through touch.
“Basically, what we have done is taken the New Testament and broken it down into the main concepts of each of the verses and each of the chapters. For each concept, we have created a symbol,” SUN Program Director Lori Jenkins told The Christian Post.
Presently, Wycliffe Associates has printed copies of the SUN New Testament that can be read by deaf people, with a 3D version in the works for people who are both deaf and blind.
Wycliffe Associates believes that SUN can potentially reach about 56 million people who have no access to the Gospel.
The SUN also provides a means of education…
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