IBT Russia has recently published a new edition of OT Scripture portions in the Kabardian language, spoken by over half a million people in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation. This edition contains three books of the Bible. Proverbs was first published in Kabardian in 2017 and has proved to be quite popular with readers. Ecclesiastes was published in 2020 in a bilingual edition together with a translation of this book into the closely related Adyghe language. Esther has now been published in Kabardian for the first time. The edition also includes a glossary, a subject index, and a map of Biblical places found in the book of Esther. An audio recording of these books on CD comes with the printed edition, and can also be found in the Kabardian Scripture app “ФIыцIагъэ ЛъапIэ” in Google Play and AppStore.

Previous OT portions published by IBT Russia in Kabardian include Ruth/Jonah (2009), Daniel/Ruth (2018), and Gospel Parables (2019). All of these portions can be downloaded from the IBT Russia website. Translation works on the rest of the OT continues in Kabardian. The next expected publication is an illustrated edition of Bible Stories.