Kitap Kwakwaset
Bari Prayer Book (c. 1953)

Bari is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by about 500,000 people along the Nile River, primarily in extreme Southern Sudan but also in Uganda. It is a major language used by Anglicans in the Episcopal Church of Sudan, as well as in the Sudanese diaspora. Photos and a video of a service in Bari are available online.

This translation of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer does not include a date of publication or a copyright notice, but it appears to be the title identified as 11:2 in David Griffiths’ Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1549-1999. It was published during the tenure of Oliver C. Alison (1908-1989) as Bishop of the Diocese of Sudan (1948-1976). This book was initially issued in 1953, and reissued in 1956, 1963 & 1968.

The text is presented here in two ways: first, the entire book is available as PDF graphics (see link at the bottom of this page), and, second, the main services (Morning Prayer through the Eucharist) are additionally given as HTML text through the links immediately below.
 

KARIN
Contents

KWASET LO KO'BURE
  Morning Prayer
KWASET LO KORIRI
  Evening Prayer
LITANI
  Litany
KWASESI KA'DE KA'DE
  Prayers and Thanksgivings
KWASESI SE KO LETAJIN KO LODIO LO'BUT LOGON A SARAKI TEMBA I KIŊA
  Collects, Epistles and Gospels
KULYA TI NYEIT NA MATAT LIKAD KÖTI LUDU
A MOMORET NAKE
  Holy Communion
BATISET NAKE NA LUPUDIET
  Baptism of Infants
BATISET NAKE NA ŊUTU LOGON A TEMEJIK KO
BUBULÖ RUKÖKINDYÖ 'BÖRIK
  Public Baptism of such as are of Riper Years
KATEKISIMO
  Catechism
TOGOLET
  Confirmation
KWASET TOMORET LO TOYEMA
  Holy Matrimony
KWASET NUKET LO ŊUTU LO TWATWA
  Order for the Burial of the Dead
LYÖDÖN NA ŊUTU NAKWAN I MUKÖK NA TA'DU
  The Thanksgiving of Women after Child-Birth
KWASET LO SARAK INA DIKONYON
  The Form and Manner of Making of Deacons
KWASET LO SARAKI NA TEMEJIK
  The Form and Manner of Ordering of Priests
SAUMAJIN
  Psalms 23, 67, 90, 116, 121, 127

Kitap Kwakwaset in PDF (7.5 MB)