| Sumario: | This study investigates how contextual features can be employed in the interpretation of veiled taboo of sexual intercourse in the King James version based Beulah Yoruba/English Bilingual Parallel Bible version of the Yoruba Bible. Fifteen passages which are instances of the use of veiled taboo expressions have been purposively selected and analyzed within the theoretical purview of pragmatic acts theory. The finding of the study reveals the translators of the did their translation in strict observance of the norm of language leaving veiled expressions of sexual intercourse in the Beulah Yoruba/English Bilingual Parallel Bible. Thus, to unveil the meaning of these veiled taboo expressions, a discussion is introduced relevant to contextual features such as shared religious knowledge, shared situational knowledge, shared cultural knowledge, and inference.
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