Open English Translation

I recently received an update from New Zealand about the Open English Translation:

After some 10,000 hours of work (drafting, plus any necessary computer support for the websites), the Open English Translation of the Bible (OET) is now fully drafted. It still contains some typos, probably some inaccuracies, and certainly a number of inconsistencies, but it's quite usable from https://Freely-Given.org/OBD/OET/. I was also able to purchase https://OET.Bible, so the design documents and other essays are there.

Meanwhile work progresses to Phase 3, which includes bringing earlier drafts up to the current formatting standard, as well as working on consistency of names and many Biblical terms, plus accuracy checking. We'd love to have more eyes on the draft text, and everything's done transparently in the open at https://GitHub.com/Freely-Given-org/OpenEnglishTranslation--OET. (There's also some specific opportunities mentioned there under Discussions as well as here.)

Sorry for the long break!

Until recently, I was working two jobs. It affected my health and certainly kept me away from any hobbies. I am back to rebinding Bibles full time now.

Here is a very unusual find. This is a fictional Bible version created by C. M. Kornbluth in his short story "Theory of Rocketry." I believe this short passage is all there is.

He called it the Modern Revised Old Testament. The character in the story described it as "the flat, crystal-clear, crystal-blank M.R.O.T."

This is from Psalm 32:1-4:

You're blessed, if you're excused for your wrongdoing and your sin is forgiven. You're blessed if God knows that you're not evil and sly any more. I, King David, used to hide my sins from God while I grew old and blustered proudly all day. But all day and all night too your hand was heavy on me, God ...