Singlish bible making the rounds online

This witty attempt at Singlish satire could get more people to go to church.

Jonathan Lim| February 08, 08:20 AM

The Singlish Bible wiki purports itself to be a project dedicated to adapting the entire New King James Version Bible into Singlish has been making its rounds on Facebook since yesterday. The project was inspired by the Lolcat Bible, which is the Bible, adapted into lolspeak.

Here are some choice selections from the wiki which is open for contributions:

 

"6 Then God say, “All the water in between must have dua lobang, so then the dua lobang can separate some water and other water.”7 So God made the dua lobang, then divide the downstair water from the upstair water; like that lor.8 Then God say the dua lobang is Heaven. Got evening, got morning, so second day.

 

9 Then God say, “All the zhui under the sky must go one place, then the dry land can come out”; then like that lor.10 Then God say the dry land is Earth, then all the water is call Ocean. Then God see it is hor seh."

 

"20 Then God say, “Let the water inside jin zui all kind of living thing, and let birds fly in the sky.” 21 So God created jin dua jiak sea creatures and every living thing that eh sai move one, with which the waters wu yi lang, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw it was hor seh. 22 And God blessed them, saying, “Multiply zueh zueh, and fill all the ocean, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 So evening and morning, fifth day lor."

 

"23 The man say, “This is now bones of my bones

   and flesh of my flesh;

she shall be called ‘zha bor,’

   for she was taken out of man. ”

24 That is why a man siam his father and mother combine with wife, and they become one flesh.

25 Adam and his wife bo cheng sa bo cheng kor, and they buay paiseh."

 

My only gripe is that there is too much Hokkien and not really representative of the Singlish we read or hear. Perhaps the master trolls at troll page SMRT Ltd (Feedback) can chip in a few entries with their wittiness.

 

Top photo from Genesis 1 - Singlish Bible.

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