In terms of navigation, bear with me, I dream a bit:

gesture up from middle of the screen to top to go to previous chapter; from same spot, gesture down to go to next chapter

gesture swipe left to page back, swipe right to page forward (there's no need to go verse by verse, this isn't a teleprompter)

gesture from top to bottom of the screen counterclock wise to open the go to screen; gesture top to bottom clockwise to go to settings menu

circle a word or series of them to highlight, this brings up context menu to copy/note/etc.

If you will, leave the text there, and allow the interaction thru gestures to allow people to dig into the text. This would not only lessen the barrier to entry, but will push a standarization towards gestures that Maemo should be pushing given its audience.

Plus, its fun