Which language should a Nigerian household use to read Genesis?

Genesis opens with God as Creator and with words that translators must handle carefully: bereshit, bara and elohim. A reader using an English Bible may see “heavens and earth,” while someone reading Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa encounters a different rhythm and set of familiar expressions. The key question is not which language is spiritually superior, but whether the translation helps the reader distinguish the words of the passage from an explanation added by a teacher.

Try reading the first five verses in the Bible edition you use at home, then compare them with an authorized second-language edition if you have one. Ask where the text speaks of light, darkness and God’s action, and where the commentary starts. A translation can communicate the message faithfully without replicating every Hebrew grammatical feature.