Rare Hawaiian translation of Book of Mormon to be unveiled
Advertiser Staff
The Brigham Young University Hawaii Archives will put a rare copy of the original 1855 Ka Buke a Moramona, the Hawaiian language translation of the Book of Mormon, on permanent display at the Laie Hawaii Temple Visitors Center with an unveiling at 7 p.m. Friday.
Only 15 to 30 of the 3,000 copies of Ka Buke a Moramona, translated by a missionary and a native Hawaiian from Maui, remain. The book is considered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as companion scripture to the Bible.
The family of the late Ford Clark, originally from Farmington, Utah, donated the book to BYUH in 1978.
The center is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
Information: 675-3660 or kesterm@byuh.edu.
