[Feature Request] Create/Edit Custom Bible

etienne-snyman

Hi there! I love OpenLP, and our congregation would love to use it - in fact, our music director is already sold on its features. However, we have a problem that is keeping us from making the switch from Powerpoint to OpenLP: our Afrikaans translation is not available for download or import in any way. Therefore, I propose a solution whereby an OpenLP user could create a custom Bible, or edit an empty Bible, via some sort of interface which allows the user to fill in the translation's name, the book, verse and chapter numbers, and then simply type in the verses as needed. This would enable a congregation to have, for instance, a Sunday's verses ready without having to try to type, convert and import the entire Bible translation before being able to use it. Perhaps then, as time goes by, more verses are added, and corrections are made, the congregation would therefore be able to use verses that have been added in the past when such a passage is used again. I assume there would also be some need for these specific "custom" Bible verses to be transferable in case the service is set up at a pastor's home and then imported onto the church's computer? Thanks for taking the time to read my request!

googol

Hello, What is the name of the Bible? We have "1953 Afrikaans Bybel" in our First Time Wizard. Is it this one? Regards

etienne-snyman

Hi! Thanks for the reply. Nope, unfortunately not - that is not the correct translation. That one, translated in 1933 and revised in 1953, is colloquially known as the "Old Translation" while the current one, released in 1983, is known as the "New Translation". The 1983 translation is the one currently used in most Afrikaans-speaking churches. Incidentally, there is currently a new translation in the works, similar in style to the NET Bible, which will probably be finished in 5-10 years. ...hence the feature request.

googol

Hello, I found this on the website from OpenSong (another presentation programm): "Modules for the Afrikaans 1953 and Afrikaans 1983 are available directly from the Bible Society of South Africa. Please visit http://www.biblesociety.co.za and log a query." OpenLP can import OpenSong bibles... Regards

etienne-snyman

Thanks for all the comments and help! Raoul also pitched in a bit of help with a possible, although difficult, solution. For now, I will just create custom slides for each Bible passage as needed. Thanks to the boundless wisdom of the developers, OpenLP cuts up a long piece into various "slides" as needed, so it takes about 10 seconds to have a working Bible passage if I copy it in from elsewhere. If anyone needs a how-to, just let me know. Otherwise, just see: http://manual.openlp.org/custom_slides.html Cheers! E

sean_hachem

I am interested in the "possible, although difficult, solution" from @raoul.

I currently create custom slides as-needed for my own Bible translation. I would love to find a way to import Bible files alongside the other translations. I am currently tagging verses and footnotes for use in Logos (as a Personal Book). The tagged docx file looks like this:

[[@Bible:Luke:10:25]]{{field-on:versenum}}25{{field-off:versenum}}{{field-on:Bible}} Behold! A certain interpreter of the law rose up in order to test Him! And he said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”{{field-off:Bible}} [[@Bible:Luke:10:26]]{{field-on:versenum}}26{{field-off:versenum}}{{field-on:Bible}} So He said to him, “In the law, what is written? How do you read [the holy scripture]?”{{field-off:Bible}} [[@Bible:Luke:10:27]]{{field-on:versenum}}27{{field-off:versenum}}{{field-on:Bible}} So he answered and said, “YOU WILL LOVE THE LORD, YOUR GOD, FROM YOUR WHOLE HEART AND FROM YOUR WHOLE SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH and with your whole mind; and [YOU WILL LOVE] YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”{{field-off:Bible}} [[@Bible:Luke:10:28]]{{field-on:versenum}}28{{field-off:versenum}}{{field-on:Bible}} So He said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”{{field-off:Bible}} [[@Bible:Luke:10:29]]{{field-on:versenum}}29{{field-off:versenum}}{{field-on:Bible}} But because he wanted to justify himself, he said to Jesus: “And who is my neighbor?”{{field-off:Bible}}

Logos also recognizes formatting like font size and color. I would not expect OpenLP to do the same, but I'm wondering if there is a way to import this file or a similar file into the software. I will have 27 separate files for the NT books.