English Version: The King James Version Bible (KJV) was authorized by King James I and is sometimes referred to as the “Authorized Version”. It was translated by the Church of England and was first published in 1611. The KJV New Testament was translated from the Textus Receptus. However, the majority of the book of Revelation seems to have been translated from the Latin Vulgate. The KJV Old Testament was translated from the Masoretic Hebrew text, and the Apocrypha was translated from the Greek Septuagint. Swahili version: Biblia Takatifu ya Kiswahili - Swahili Bible Biblia ya Kikristo ni mkusanyo wa maandiko matakatifu ya Ukristo. Maandiko hayo mbalimbali yanaitwa tangu zamani sana "vitabu" tu, inavyomaanishwa na neno la Kigiriki βιβλια, "biblia" ambalo ni wingi wa neno "biblos" yaani "kitabu".