Bib Sen An

The Bib Sen An is essentially one man's work. Brother Ronald (Ron) Smith worked on it from 2017 to 2023, with Nixon Félix serving as chief editor and correcting the manuscript. In his introduction Smith thanks the Haitian people who, over many years, shared their lives, language, hope and faith with him. This is a Bible born out of friendship, not out of a committee.

The stated method is the classic line by line, word for word approach. One thing must be said plainly: the base texts were the World English Bible and the 1910 Louis Segond, not Hebrew and Greek. Its Creole is more modern than the older Bib La, close to how a pastor would speak on a Sunday morning, and proper names keep their French spelling, just as they appear on Haitian baptismal records and town names.

It serves readers who pray and read in Creole and want a current text that sounds like church. The honest limit is twofold: it is a translation at one remove, inheriting the choices of two intermediate versions, and it did not go through review by a broad team. For close study, check it against a translation made from the original languages.

It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. The author opened the text for copying, distribution and adaptation as long as credit and the same license are kept. That is why Midvash can offer it here, complete and free.