What is The Book of Mormon ?
The Book of Mormon contains sacred writings from followers of Jesus. Just like God spoke to Moses and Noah in the Bible, He also spoke to people in the Americas. These men, called prophets, wrote down God’s word. Their writings were eventually gathered into one book by a prophet named Mormon.
God’s people have always been taught by living prophets. Like us today, the women and men of those times struggled with temptation, searched for wisdom, and led happier lives when they followed the teachings of Jesus Christ. We can recognize ourselves in their stories—inspired and inspiring spiritual records. The Book of Mormon is evidence that God loves all His children and is involved in their lives. It serves as a witness to the truths in the Bible and to the divinity and teachings of Jesus Christ.
The Book of Mormon answers the big questions
The Book of Mormon can help us understand the essential questions that we all have at some point:
Is there life after death?
What’s waiting for us on the other side?
What is the purpose of life?
How can I find happiness and peace now?
Does God know me and hear my prayers?
Translations of the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is published in 112 languages, and many of them are available in multiple formats online.
In March 1830, 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon were printed in the E. B. Grandin print shop in Palmyra, New York. From that humble beginning, today the Church prints over 3 million copies a year on large web presses. Over 180 million total copies have been distributed since 1830. Truly, this important witness of Jesus Christ is beginning to cover the earth.
Today, all or part of the Book of Mormon has been translated into 112 languages. 91 are translations of the full book and 21 are translations of Selections from The Book of Mormon, which is approximately one third of the full book.
- The Book of Mormon is available in print in various sizes, bindings, and colors.
- Audio recordings are also available in many languages, as indicated in the list below.
- The scriptures website (scriptures.ChurchofJesusChrist.org) has text and audio in many languages.
- American Sign Language is available online and on DVD.
- Braille files are online in English Braille, Spanish Braille, and Portuguese Braille.
- The Book of Mormon and the Bible are available in English in EPUB, mobi, PDF, and audio format for e-readers and mobile devices.
Translations of the Book of Mormon (in Alphabetical Order)
All languages are available in print. Other formats are indicated in parentheses. List updated September 20, 2019.
- Afrikaans (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Albanian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- American Sign Language ASL (online, DVD)
- Amharic (PDF)
- Arabic (PDF)
- Armenian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Armenian-West (selections only, print only)
- Aymara (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Bengali (selections only, PDF)
- Bikolano (selections only, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Bislama (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Bulgarian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Cakchiquel (selections only, audio, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Cambodian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Catalan (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Cebuano (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Chamorro (selections only, online, Gospel Library mobile app)
- Chinese, Simplified Characters (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone, language study edition)
- Chinese, Traditional Characters (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone, language study edition)
- Chuukese (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Croatian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Czech (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Danish (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Dutch (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Efik (selections only, PDF)
- English (audio, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Estonian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Fante (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Fijian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Finnish (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- French (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Georgian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- German (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Greek (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Guarani (audio, online, Gospel Library mobile app, mobile feature phone)
- Haitian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Hawaiian (PDF)
- Hiligaynon (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Hindi (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Hmong (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Hungarian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Icelandic (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Igbo (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Ilokano (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Indonesian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Italian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Japanese (audio, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Kekchi (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Kiribati (PDF)
- Kisii (selections only, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Korean (audio, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Kosraean (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Kuna (selections only, PDF)
- Lao (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Latvian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Lingala (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Lithuanian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Malagasy (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Malay (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Mam (selections only, audio, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Maori (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Marshallese (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Maya (selections only, online, Gospel Library mobile app)
- Mongolian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Navajo (selections only, audio, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Nepali (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Niuean (selections only, PDF)
- Norwegian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Palauan (selections only, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Pampango (selections only, online, Gospel Library mobile app)
- Pangasinan (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Papiamento (selections only, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Persian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Pohnpeian (selections only, PDF)
- Polish (PDF)
- Portuguese (audio, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Quechua-Bolivia (selections only, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Quechua-Peru (selections only, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Quiche (selections only, audio, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Quichua-Ecuador (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Rarotongan (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Romanian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Russian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone, language study edition)
- Samoan (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Serbian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Setswana (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Shona (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Sinhala (PDF)
- Slovak (online, Gospel Library mobile app)
- Slovenian (PDF)
- Spanish (audio, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Swahili (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Swedish (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Tagalog (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Tahitian (PDF)
- Tamil (PDF)
- Telugu (PDF)
- Thai (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Tok Pisin (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Tongan (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Turkish (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Twi (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Tzotzil (selections only, audio, online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Ukrainian (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Urdu (PDF)
- Vietnamese (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF, mobile feature phone)
- Waray (selections only, online, Gospel Library mobile app)
- Welsh (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Xhosa (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Yapese (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Yoruba (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
- Zulu (online, Gospel Library mobile app, PDF)
Languages approved to begin translation (preliminary portions will be published from time to time on LDS.org and in the Gospel Library app):
- Guarani (Paraguay): triple combination
- Kazakh (Kazakhstan): triple combination
- Macedonian (spoken in Macedonia): triple combination
Translations of the Book of Mormon (in Chronological Order)
Click the language name below for more details about scriptures in that language. See the official list from the Church.
| Language | Title | Year Published: Edition Details |
|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Mormon | 1830: Full translation1837184018411879192019812013 |
| Danish | Mormons Bog | 1851: Full translation1949: Revised2005: Revised2019: Revised |
| German | Das Buch Mormon | 1852: Full translation2003: Revised2019: Revised |
| French | Le Livre de Mormon | 1852: Full translation1998: Revised2017: Revised |
| Italian | Il Libro di Mormon | 1852: Full translation1995: Revised2017: Revised |
| Welsh | Llyfr Mormon | 1852: Full translation2001: Reprint |
| Hawaiian | Ka Buke A Moramona | 1855: Full translation1905: Revised, out of print1992: 1855 edition, reprint |
| Spanish | El Libro de Mormón | 1875: Selections1886: Full translation1992: Revised2015: Revised |
| Swedish | Mormons Bok | 1878: Full translation1958: Revised2020: Revised |
| Māori | Te Puka a Momoni | 1889: Full translation1989: Reprint |
| Dutch | Het Boek van Mormon | 1890: Full translation2004: Revised2017: Revised |
| Samoan | O le Tusi a Mamona | 1903: Full translation2011: Revised |
| Tahitian | Te Buka a Moromona | 1904: Full translation |
| Turkish | Mormon Kitabı | 1906: Full translation1983: Selections2001: Full translation |
| Japanese | しょ モルモン書 | 1909: Full translation1995: Revised2009: Revised |
| Czech | Kniha Mormonova | 1933: Full translation2004: Revised |
| Armenian-Western | Մօրմոնի Գիրքէն | 1937: Full translation1983: Selections2018: No print |
| Portuguese | O Livro de Mórmon | 1939: Full translation1995: Revised2015: Revised |
| Tongan | Ko e Tohi ʻa Molomoná | 1946: Full translation2006: Revised |
| Norwegian | Mormons bok | 1950: Full translation2002: Revised |
| Finnish | Mormonin kirja | 1954: Full translation2002: Revised2018: Revised |
| Rarotongan | Te Puka a Momoni | 1965: Full translation |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 摩爾門經 | 1965: Full translation2007: Revised2008: Mandarin LSE2013: Cantonese LSE2018: Revised |
| Korean | 몰몬경 | 1967: Full translation2005: Revised |
| Afrikaans | Die Boek van Mormon | 1972: Full translation2003: Revised2018: Revised |
| Thai | พระคัมภีร์มอรมอน | 1976: Full translation2010: Revised |
| Indonesian | Kitab Mormon | 1977: Full translation2003: Revised2010: Revised2020: Revised |
| Aymara | Mormonan Kellkatapajj | 1977: Selections1986: Full translation |
| Cakchiquel | Ri Molaj Tanaj richin ri Vuj richin ri Mormon | 1978: Selections |
| Croatian | Mormonova Knjiga | 1979: Full translation2016: Revised |
| Quechua (Peru) | Mormonpa Qelqanmanta Aqllaska T’aqakuna | 1979: Selections |
| Greek | Το Βιβλίο του Μόρμον | 1979: Selections, Katharevousa1983: Selections, Dimotiki1987: Full translation2019: Revised |
| Hungarian | A Mormon Könyve | 1979: Selections1991: Full translation2005: Revised |
| Kekchi | Lix Hu laj Mormon | 1979: Selections1983: Full translation2011: Revised2018: Revised |
| Quiché | Jutak Chaʼom Wuj Re ri Wuj Re ri Mormon | 1979: Selections |
| Bulgarian | Книгата на Мормон | 1980: Selections1999: Full translation2004: Full translation |
| Navajo | Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí | 1980: Selections1998: Revised |
| Quichua (Ecuador) | Mormónpaj Quilcashca | 1980: Selections2011: Full translation |
| Arabic | كتاب مورمون | 1980: Selections1986: Full translation |
| Vietnamese | Sách Mặc Môn | 1980: Selections1982: Full translation2003: Revised2019: Revised |
| Fijian | Ai Vola i Momani | 1980: Full translation2016: Revised |
| Quechua (Bolivia) | Mormompa Libronmanta Ajllasqa Yachachiykuna | 1981: Selections |
| Russian | Книга Мормона | 1981: Full translation2010: Revised2016: Revised2019: Russian LSE |
| Catalan | El Llibre de Mormó | 1981: Full translation |
| Polish | Księga Mormona | 1981: Full translation2020: Revised |
| Romanian | Cartea lui Mormon | 1981: Selections1998: Full translation2004: Full translation |
| Kuna | Mormón Kaiya Purba e Kualegaledi | 1981: Selections |
| Niuean (Niue) | Tohi a Moromona | 1981: Selections |
| Icelandic | Mormónsbók | 1981: Selections |
| Hindi | मॉरमन की पुस्तक | 1982: Full translation2015: Revised |
| Telugu | మోర్మాన్ యొక్క గ్రంధము | 1982: Selections2000: Full translation |
| Tamil | மார்மன் புத்தகம் | 1982: Selections2005: Full translation |
| Cambodian | ព្រះគម្ពីរមរមន | 1982: Selections2001: Full translation2007: Full translation |
| Lao | ພຣະຄຳພີມໍມອນ | 1982: Selections2012: Full translation2019: Revised |
| Swahili | Kitabu cha Mormoni | 1982: Selections2000: Full translation2005: Full translation2020: Revised |
| Guarani | Mormón Kuatiañeʼẽ | 1982: Selections2009: Full translation |
| Maya | U Libroil Mormon | 1983: Selections |
| Sinhala | මෝමන්වරුන්ගේ පොත | 1983: Selections2008: Full translation |
| Mam | Piẍ Aj Uʼj te Mormón | 1983: Selections |
| Efik | Eto Ŋwed Mormon | 1983: Selections |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 摩尔门经 | 1983: Selections2000: Full translation2018: Full translation |
| Kisii (Gusii) | Ebuku Ya Mormoni | 1983: Selections |
| Hmong | Phau Ntawv Maumoos | 1983: Selections2000: Full translation |
| Persian (Farsi) | کتاب مورمون | 1983: Selections2015: Full translation |
| Haitian | Liv Mòmon An | 1983: Selections1999: Full translation2007: Revised |
| Marshallese | Bok in Mormon | 1984: Selections2003: Full translation2015: Revised2019: Revised |
| Bengali | মর্মন বইয়ের | 1985: Selections |
| Bislama | Buk blong Momon | 1985: Selections2004: Full translation2019: Revised |
| Malagasy | Bokin’i Môrmôna | 1986: Selections2000: Full translation2006: Revised2018: Revised |
| Fante | Mormon Nwoma | 1987: Selections2003: Full translation2018: Revised |
| Zulu | Incwadi kaMormoni | 1987: Selections2003: Full translation2015: Revised2020: Revised |
| Pohnpeian | Pwuhk en Mormon | 1987: Selections |
| Papiamento | Selekshonnan For Di E Buki Di Mormon | 1987: Selections |
| Chuukese (Trukese) | Puken Mormon | 1987: Selections2015: Full translation |
| Tagalog | Ang Aklat ni Mormon | 1987: Selections1998: Full translation |
| Lingala | Buku ya Molomoni | 1988: Selections2004: Full translation |
| Shona | Bhuku raMormoni | 1988: Selections1999: Full translation2007: Full translation |
| Urdu | مورمن کی کتاب | 1988: Selections2007: Full translation |
| Palauan | Bades el Mlengai er a Babier er a Mormon | 1988: Selections |
| Kiribati | Ana Boki Moomon | 1988: Selections2001: Full translation |
| Chamorro | I Lepblon Mormon | 1989: Selections |
| Ilokano | Libro ni Mormon | 1991: Selections1995: Full translation |
| Cebuano | Basahon ni Mormon | 1992: Selections1998: Full translation |
| Tzotzil | Vun yu’un Mormon | 1994: Selections |
| Hiligaynon | Libro ni Mormon | 1994: Selections2005: Full translation2017: Revised |
| Pampango | Libru Nang Mormon | 1994: Selections |
| American Sign Language (ASL) | Book of Mormon | 1995–2001: Full translation, VHS2006: DVD |
| Waray | Libro Ni Mormon | 1996: Selections |
| Ukrainian | Книга Мормона | 1997: Full translation2005: Revised2019: Revised |
| Bikolano | An Libro ni Mormon | 1998: Selections |
| Pangasinan | Say Libro nen Mormon | 1998: Full translation |
| Albanian | Libri i Mormonit | 1999: Full translation2005: Revised |
| Estonian | Mormoni Raamat | 2000: Full translation2011: Revised |
| Igbo | Akwụkwọ nke Mọmọn | 2000: Full translation2007: Revised |
| Latvian | Mormona Grāmata | 2000: Full translation2006: Revised |
| Armenian East | Մորմոնի Գիրքը | 2000: Full translation2006: Revised |
| Lithuanian | Mormono Knyga | 2000: Full translation2006: Revised |
| Amharic | መፅሐፈ ሞርሞን | 2000: Full translation2018: Revised |
| Xhosa | Incwadi kaMormoni | 2000: Full translation2015: Revised |
| Mongolian | Мормоны Ном | 2001: Full translation2007: Revised |
| Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) | Buk Momon | 2002: Full translation |
| Slovenian | Mormonova knjiga | 2002: Full translation2018: Revised |
| Setswana | Buka ya ga Momone | 2003: Full translation |
| Yapese | Babyor ku Mormon | 2004: Full translation2017: Revised |
| Twi | Mormon Nwoma no | 2005: Full translation |
| Yoruba | Ìwé ti Mọ́mọ́nì | 2007: Full translation |
| Serbian | Мормонова књига | 2008: Full translation2018: Revised |
| Slovak | Kniha Mormonova | 2013: Full translation |
| Malay | Kitab Mormon | 2013: Full translation2018: Revised |
| Kosraean | Puk luhn Mormon | 2015: Full translation |
| Nepali | मोर्मोनको पुस्तक | 2017: Full translation |
| Georgian | მორმონის წიგნი | 2019: Full translation |
