A Bible reading is the one part of a service where "close enough" is not enough. Since 19 March 2026 MulingStream carries a reading in the wording of the listener's own Bible, with book names and names of people as their Bible writes them, and Smart Hints put the verse itself on their screen.
Every other part of a sermon can be translated in a slightly different way and still be right. A Bible reading cannot.
When a reader stands up and reads a psalm, the people in the room who know it can almost say it with them. A guest from another country often knows it too, but in their own language, in the words of the Bible they grew up with. If what reaches them is a fresh translation made on the spot, every word may be accurate and it still sounds wrong, the way a familiar song sounds wrong with the words changed. Worse, the names can come out strange: a translation tool that does not know it is reading Scripture can turn John into the everyday English name rather than the name John has in their Bible, or leave a book of the Bible in English in the middle of a Persian sentence.
So the question churches ask us is a good one. Can it translate a Bible reading?
Yes. Since 19 March 2026, when we released Smart Translation and Smart Hints, a Bible reading comes through in two ways at once: in the translation itself, and in a short note on the listener's screen.
When the room is set to a church service (Christianity, then Sermon), MulingStream knows it is listening to a service. That changes how it handles Scripture.
A verse read aloud is not re-translated. When the speaker reads a verse word for word, the listener gets that verse as it stands in a widely used Bible in their own language, rather than a new translation of the speaker's words. Book names are the names their Bible uses. Genesis, Psalms and Revelation arrive as the book names a Spanish, French, Persian or Chinese reader knows from their own Bible, not as English words. People in the Bible keep their biblical names. John, James, Peter, Paul and Mary come through in the form that language's Bible uses, not as the modern name somebody on the street would have. And when a name could belong to someone in the room, like "Pastor John", it is treated as a person, not as the apostle. References stay references. "Chapter three, verse sixteen" stays a reference that can be found, not a sentence about numbers.
The guest hears the verse the way they have always heard it, in their own Bible's words.
The second half is on the listener's phone. When the speaker quotes a verse, names one, or reads from a passage, a small hint appears under the translated line. It shows the reference with the book name in the listener's own language, and the full verse from a widely used Bible translation in that language.
That matters most in the moments a sermon does not read the verse at all. A preacher says "as John 3:16 tells us" and moves on. The people in the room who know it fill in the words in their heads. The guest gets a book, a chapter and a number. With Smart Hints, the guest gets the words, too, at the same moment as everyone else. When they are reading rather than listening, a soft chime lets them know a note has arrived, and they can close it with a tap.
The speaker sees the reference on their own screen as well, in the speaker's language, which is a quiet check that the right passage came through.
Very little. Choose Christianity as the room's category, and Sermon as the type of gathering. Switch on Show Hints in the room settings. If there are words that must always come through exactly, like the name of your church or a series title, add them to your Keywords.
There is nothing to upload and no list of readings to send in advance. The reader reads, and the room follows.
A few things are worth knowing so nobody is surprised.
The verse in the hint comes from one widely used Bible translation per language. If your guests use a different one, the wording may differ slightly from the one they hold in their hand, though the meaning is the same. A hint needs enough to go on. A clearly read verse or a named reference is recognised well. A loose allusion to a story, with no book or verse named, is translated as what it is, a sentence, rather than guessed at. A long reading is followed sentence by sentence. The listener reads along as the reader goes, in the words of their own Bible, and the hints mark the references as they come.
From 2 April 2026 the Context Enhancer lets a church share its notes or outline before the service: the readings for the day, the theme, the names that will be mentioned. MulingStream then knows which passage is coming before the reader stands up. The story is in preparing a live sermon translation with your notes.
From 17 September 2026 Smart Hints are on by default in every room and included for everyone. Two things changed for Bible readings. A range such as "John 4, verses 12 to 16" now gives one hint for the whole range, starting at the first verse, instead of a hint for every verse. And a hint is only shown when the passage can really be identified; a chapter or a verse number with no book named gets no hint rather than a guess.
Bible verses also became their own category. The speaker or the media team decides whether the room explains them, and each listener can switch verse hints off on their own phone, for example a guest who knows the Bible well and would rather keep only the cultural notes. More in the Smart Hints story.
We show you the whole thing live, in about fifteen minutes, with a reading of your choice. Nothing is decided on the call and nothing follows it: you see it, and then you are the judge.