INCREASED SPIRITUAL STABILITY

“I’m glad we are translating so much,” Nasho Dori had said before he died, “but what we really need is the New World Translation​—a good-quality Bible on which to build our faith!” Just three years after Nasho’s death, in 1999, the Governing Body gave approval for the translation of the New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures into Albanian.

At the convention in 2000, a wonderful surprise awaited the Albanian audience​—the release of the New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures in Albanian! The hardworking translation team poured their heart and soul into the project and completed it in just under a year. A regular pioneer who was formerly a Communist member of the parliament wrote: “How wonderful! Only after studying this translation have I been able to appreciate how beautiful the Bible is, with its prose, poetry, and flowing accounts. When I read how Jesus performed miracles and was rebuked and mocked, I felt deep emotions that I had never felt before. I could imagine each touching scene so clearly!”

At the same time, translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Albanian was well under way.

The audience could barely contain their delight when Brother Splane released the complete New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures in Albanian!

“No wonder Satan was trying hard to hinder us!” said one old-timer. “He was angry because so many good things were happening to Jehovah’s people.”

[Pictures on page 194]

David Splane releasing the complete “New World Translation” in Albanian