The first translation was by Rev. Benjamin Schulz who translated parts of Bible in the early part of 18th century. The manuscripts were sent to Germany for printing but were not printed. The main translation into the Telugu language was

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's version of the 1880s. This is today known as the "Telugu Bible OV" (పరిశుద్ధ గ్రంథము), published by the

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Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary in Hyderabad. In collaboration with ''Church centric bible translation'', Free Bibles India has published
Telugu translation online
In 2019, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was released by

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as a complete Bible translation in Telugu. The full Bible wa
published online
(also offline i
PDF format
with mobile versions released through ''JW Library'' application in App stores.

References

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

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