List of Bible translations by language
Bible translations have been made into 2,479 languages, one of the two Testaments in 1,168 languages, and the full (Protestant Canon) Bible in 451 languages.[1][2]
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- Abenaki • Afrikaans • Albanian • Aleut • Alutiiq • Amharic • Apache • Arabic • Aramaic • Armenian • Arapaho • Azeri • Belarusian • Bulgarian • Burmese • Cakchiquel •Carrier • Catalan • Cebuano • Cherokee • Chinese • Chope • Cibemba • Coptic • Cornish • Cree • Croatian • Czech • Dakota • Danish • Dogrib • Dutch • English • Esperanto • Finnish • French • German • Gothic • Greek • Gullah • Gwich'in • Haida • Haitian • Hawaiian • Hawaiian Creole English • Hebrew • Hopi • Hungarian • Icelandic • Ilocano • Inupiaq • Irish • Italian • Japanese • Jèrriais • Kazakh • Keres • Konkani • Korean • Koryak • Koyukon • Latin • Lisu • Lithuanian • Macedonian • Malayalam • Manx • Maori • Micmac • Mohawk • Mongolian • Navajo • Norwegian • O'odham • Ojibwa • Oromo • Pashto • Piegan • Persian • Pipil • Polish • Portuguese • Romani • Romanian • Russian • Seneca • Serbian • Shawi • Shor • Slavonic • Slovene • Spanish • Swahili • Swedish • Tagalog • Upper Tanana • Tatar • Tamil • Tewa • Thai • Tibetan • Tlingit • Tongan • Tsimshian • Turkish • Ukrainian • Uyghur • Uzbek • Vietnamese • Wakhi • Welsh • Wampanoag • Xhosa • Yiddish• Yoruba • Yup'ik • Yupik • Zulu • Zuñi
Abenaki
St Mark's Gospel, translated into Abenaki by Wzokhilain (Paul Pierre Osunkhirhine), was printed in 1844.[3]
Aleut
Matthew was translated by Russian Orthodox St. Innocent Veniaminov & St. Jacob Netsvetov. This was published first in 1840, and later 1896.
Mark, Luke, and John were translated into Atkan Aleut in 1861 by Fr. Laurence Salamatov.
Fr. Innocent Shayashnikov translated Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts into Eastern Aleut in 1872. They were published between 1902 and 1903.
Algonquin
- John Eliot - into Algonquin
Alutiiq
Matthew, translated by Ilya Tyzhnov (Elias Tishnoff) of the Russian Orthodox Alaska mission, was published in St. Petersburg, in 1848.
Amharic
- Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
- Abu Rumi - Ethiopian Orthodox Church
- Blatta Märs'e Hazän - Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Aniwan
- John Gibson Paton - American Protestant, into Aniwan
Arapaho
The first Bible portion in Arapaho was translated by John Kliewer, a mennonite missionary, he translated Matthew 9:1-8. This was published with commentary in a ten page pamphlet by Wm. J. Krehbiel in 1888.
The first book was done by John Roberts, an Episcopal missionary, and Michael White Hawk who translated the Gospel of Luke into the Arapaho language for the American Bible Society in 1903. Distributed Proofreaders is working on digitizing it [2].
Translation | Lord's Prayer, from Luke 11:2-4 |
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Roberts & White Hawk (1903) | Nau hanaāāedauwunaude, hāene nananena vanevethahenā jeenanesenehena, Hāsaunaunene Nananede hanedaude hejavaa, Vadanauha Nananene haneseede. Nananene hanajanede hanājaunauau. Nananene hathanavāane hadnaasedaunee hasauau hejavaa, nau jee nuu vedauauwuu. Hejevenāa hadauchusenee hayauwusenee vethewau. Nau jejaegudanauwunāa hewauchudaudenedaunau hanau nechau nejaegudanauwunade haunauude hanesāde nethāesayānedanauwunuade. Nau jevaechauhāa nedauvasehadee; hau haugaunayauhāa hehethee hadau wausauau. |
Roberts & White Hawk (1903) Modern Orthography |
Please add if you are able. |
Assamese
- Nathan Brown - Baptist, translated into Assamese and Shan
Auca/Waodani
- Rachel Saint - American, into Auca/Waodani
Avar
The Bible is being translated into Avar by the Institute for Bible Translation. The first portion in Avar, John, was published in 1979, Mark followed in 1996, Luke and Acts in 2000, Proverbs in 2005, and the complete New Testament in September 2008. Work on the Old Testament continues.
Azeri
The first Azerbaijani translation by Mirza Farrukh and Feliks Zaręba was the Gospel of Matthew, published in 1842 in London by Basel Missionary Society. The complete New Testament was fully translated and published in 1878 in London and the Old Testament in 1891. In 1982, the Institute for Bible Translation in Stockholm, Sweden released a new modern Azerbaijani language translation of the New Testament made by Mirza Khazar, which is currently used in Azerbaijan. Mirza Khazar's translation being reprinted five times in subsequent years. The most recent New Testament edition, the sixth, is of 1998, while the Old Testament's one is of 2004. Mirza Khazar's translation of The Old Testament was completed in 1984, but not printed. Azeris in Iran follow a slightly different translation.[citation needed]
Comparison
Translation | Matthew (Matta) 6:9–13 |
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Institute for Bible Translation, Mirza Khazar's translation, 1982 (commonly used in Azerbaijan) |
Ey göylərdə olan Atamız! İsmin müqəddəs tutulsun. Padşahlığın gəlsin. Göydə olduğu kimi, yerdə də Sənin iradən olsun. Gündəlik çörəyimizi bizə bu gün ver; Və bizə borclu olanları bağışladığımız kimi, bizim borclarımızı da bizə bağışla; Və bizi imtahana çəkmə, fəqət bizi hiyləgərdən xilas et. Çünki padşahlıq, qüdrət və izzət əbədi olaraq Sənindir. Amin. |
Unknown translation (commonly used in Iran) |
Ey göylərdə olan Atamız! Sənin adın müqəddəs olsun. Səltənətin gəlsin. Sənin iradən Göydə olduğu kimi, Yerdə də olsun. Gündəlik çörəyimizi bu gün bizə ver; Və bizim borclarımızı bizə bağışla, Necə ki, biz də bizə borclu olanları bağışlayırıq; Bizi imtahana çəkmə, Lakin şərdən xilas et. Çünki səltənət, qüdrət və izzət Əbədə kimi Sənindir. Amin. |
Iranian Translation in Iran Azeri Orthography | ای گؤیلرده اولان آتامیز، سنئن آدین موقدّس اولسون. سلطنتئن گلسئن. سنئن ائستهدئیئن، گؤیده اولدوغو کئمی، یرده ده اولسون. گوندهلئک چؤرهیئمئزی بو گون بئزه ور. و بئزئم بورجلاریمیزی بئزه باغیشلا، نجه کی، بئز ده، بئزه بورجلو اولانلاری باغیشلاییریق. بئزی ائمتاحانا چکمه، لاکئن شردن خئلاص ات.
چونکی سلطنت، قودرت و عئزّت ابده کئمی سنئندئر. آمئن. |
External links
Basque
- Joannes Leizarrga - Catholic priest that joined the Reformation, into Basque
Batak
- Ludwig I. Nommensen - Rhenish Mission Society, into Batak of Sumatra
Belarusian
The first translation into Belarusian was by Francysk Skaryna. He printed his first book entitled The Psalter, in the Old Belarusian language on August 6, 1517 in Prague. He continued his printing work in Vilnius. The culmination of his life's work was a printing of the Bible in Old Belarusian. From 1517 to 1519 he printed 23 books of the Bible. Skaryna laid the foundations of the Belarusian literary language. Belarusian bible was the first translation in an Eastern Slavic language and one of the first among European languages.
In 2000 a translation from an Old-Slavic Bible was executed by well known Byelorussian slavist and translator Vasiliy Sergeevich Semukha, with the help of Metropolitan of Byelorussian Authokefal Orthodox Church Nickolaj and missionary of Global Missionary Ministries George Rapetsky (Canada).
- Francysk Skaryna, 1517
- Luka Dzekul-Malej[4], 1926, 1931
- Anton Lutskevich, 1931
- Vasiliy Sergeevich Semukha[5], 2003
- George Rapetsky, Canadian, 2003
Bengali
- William Carey - Baptist, translated into Bengali and Sanskrit
Bisaya-Inunhan
- Eldon Leano Talamisan, 1999 (New Testament), Philippines, Bisaya-Inunhan
Bulgarian
- Elias Riggs - American Presbyterian, into modern Armenian and Bulgarian
Burmese
Adoniram Judson made the first translation of the Bible into Burmese, completed in 1834.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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Judson Translation | ဘုရားသခင်၏သားတော်ကို ယုံကြည်သောသူအပေါင်းတို့သည်၊ ပျက်စီးခြင်းသို့မရောက်၊ ထာဝရ အသက်ကို ရစေခြင်းငှါ၊ ဘုရားသခင်သည် မိမိ၌ တပါးတည်းသော သားတော်ကို စွန့်တော်မူသည်တိုင်အောင် လောကီသားကို ချစ်တော်မူ၏။. |
External links
- Online Burmese Bible
- Online Burmese Bible Compatible with Burmese Wikipedia
Cakchiquel
- William Cameron Townsend - Evangelical, translated into Cakchiquel
Carrier
The Wycliffe Bible Translators affiliated Carrier Bible Translation Committee translated the whole New Testament into the Nak'albun/Dzinhubun dialect. This was published by the International Bible Society in 1995 as Yak'usda Ooghuni: 'Andidi Khuni Neba Lhaidinla-i. They then worked on a Ulkatcho dialect version, which was printed by Wycliffe Bible Translators in 2002 as Yak'usda Bughunek: K'andit Khunek Neba Lhaidinla.
Cebuano
In 1993, New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures was released in Cebuano;[6] the entire New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures in Cebuano was released in 2001. [7]
Cheyenne
Rodolphe Petter, a Swiss linguist, and Mennonite missionary, translated the New Testament and part of the Old Testament into Cheyenne. His translation of the New Testament was "from the original Greek, with comparison to the Latin Vulgate and other translations". The first portion of the Bible published were some small translations in the Cheyenne Reading Book, published in 1895. Luke and John were printed together in 1902. The complete New Testament was first published in 1934.
In 1975 Wayne and Elena Leman, of Wycliffe Bible Translators, started a translation of the Bible from the original languages into colloquial Cheyenne. (Petter's translation is in a more formal, literal style). There translation has the complete text for Luke, Philippians, 1 Peter, 1 John as well as portions from other books. It was dedicated on 28 January 2007.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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Leman Translation, 2007 | Ma'heo'o tséxhoháeméhotaétse hee'haho ného'eanȯemétaenone. Tséne'étamé'tovótsese hee'haho tsea'eneametanéneo'o. |
Chinese
- Gabrielle Allegra - Roman Catholic, translated into Chinese
- Solanus Lee, Antonius Lee, Bernardinus Lee and Ludovicus Liu - Roman Catholics - translated into Chinese
- Robert Morrison and William Milne - Protestants, translated into Wenli Chinese
- Chinese Union Version (和合本 héhéběn), official version printed in Nanjing, China.
Cherokee
Translators
- At-see (also known as John Arch), 1824
- Elias Boudinot
- David Brown, 1825
- Amory N. Chamberlain
- Stephen Forman
- Evan and John B. Jones
- Jack and Anna Kilpatrick
- George Lowrey
- M.A. Pearson
- Charles C. Torrey
- Samuel Worcester
History
In 1824 the first portion of the Bible was translated into the Cherokee language: John 3, translated by a native Cherokee, At-see (also known as John Arch). It was circulated in manuscript, and received with wonderful avidity, being copied hundreds of times.[8] The complete New Testament was translated in 1825 by David Brown, also a native Cherokee; this was also circulated in manuscript form, as a type for the Cherokee syllabary had not yet been created.
The first actual printing of a Bible portion in Cherokee appeared in the Missionary Herald of December, 1827, and consisted of the first verse of Genesis, translated by Samuel Worcester. In 1828, David Brown, together with a man named George Lowrey, translated Matthew. This was printed in the Cherokee Phoenix from April 3, 1828 till July 29, 1829. It is uncertain whether this translation was ever published in book form or not.
Samuel Worcester, and Elias Boudinot, editor of the Cherokee Phoenix, published a revised translation of Matthew in 1829. This was published by the Cherokee National Press, New Echota. In the second edition, published in 1832, there is a statement that this translation had been "compared with the translation of George Lowrey and David Brown."[9] A third edition was printed by the Park Hill Mission Press in 1840.
Worcester and Boudinot continued with translation, publishing Acts in 1833 and John in 1838. Worcester, together with Stephen Foreman, published John 1–3 in 1840, 1 and 2 Timothy in 1844, James in 1847, 1 and 2 Peter in 1848, Luke in 1850, Exodus in 1853, Genesis in 1856, Mark in 1857, and Romans through Ephesians in 1858. With the assistance of Charles C. Torrey, they published Philippians through 2 Thessalonians, Titus through Hebrews and Jude through Revelation in 1859. Besides the first three books translated together with Boudinot, Matthew (1829), Acts (1833), and John (1838), which were published in New Echota, Georgia, all the rest of Worcester's texts were published by the Park Hill Mission Press. In the meantime, Evan and John B. Jones had published Mark 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Titus, Jude, and Philemon in 1847, and Galatians through Colossians, 1 and 2 Peter in 1848 and Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Hebrews and Revelation in 1849. Their work was published by the Cherokee Baptist Mission.[10] The full New Testament was published by the American Bible Society in 1860.
With the help of Stephen Foreman, Worcester also translated portions of Psalms, Proverbs, and Isaiah.[11]
Jonah, translated by Amory N. Chamberlain, was published in Tahlequah in 1888. Joshua was at an advanced stage of translation, and was perhaps even completed[12] but was never published.
A "corrected version" of old Testament portions, prepared by M.A. Pearson, was published in 1953 by the American Bible Society.
Revisions of John (1948) and the New Testament (1951) were published in Westville, Oklahoma.[10]
In 1965 the Perkins School of Theology published a translation of Haggai by Jack and Anna Kilpatrick.[13]
Translation | John 3:16 |
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American Bible Society 1860 | ᎾᏍᎩᏰᏃ ᏂᎦᎥᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎨᏳᏒᎩ ᎡᎶᎯ, ᏕᏅᏲᏒᎩ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎤᏩᏒᎯᏳ ᎤᏕᏁᎸᎯ, ᎩᎶ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᎪᎯᏳᎲᏍᎦ ᎤᏲᎱᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎬᏂᏛᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏩᏛᏗ. |
External links
- CherokeeNewTestament.net Online Text of the New Testament
Chope
- Dinis Sengulane - Anglican, translated into Chope
Cibemba
Jehovah's Witnesses have translated their New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures into the Bemba language.
Cornish
The Cornish language has died out in its traditional form but is being revived again. Two chapters of St Matthew’s Gospel survive from the hand of William Rowe of Sancreed (fl. 1650-1690). Henry Jenner translated John 5:1-14 , which was published in 1918, and in 1936 A. S. D. Smith produced his own translation of St Mark’s gospel, a revised edition being published by Talek (E.G. Retallack Hooper) in 1960. St Matthew’s Gospel was translated by D. R. Evans, appearing in 1975 and a version of St John’s Gospel was translated by John Page, published in 1984. Ray Edwards published his translation of Revelation and of a number of epistles in 1986, and St Luke appeared in 1989. Furthermore the Cornish version of the order for Evensong contains a translation of I Corinthians 13 by R. M. Nance. The complete New Testament (Common Cornish version) was published in 2004 and a complete Bible is due in 2010
Cree
In the Cree language, William Mason's work comprises several editions of the Gospel of St John made between 1851 and 1857, the complete New Testament in 1859, and the whole Bible in 1861-62.
Archdeacon Hunter's version of three of the Gospels in the same language appeared in 1853-55 (reprinted in 1876-77).
Bishop Horden's Four Gospels in Cree was printed in 1859, and his complete New Testament in 1876.[3]
Croatian
- Matija Petar Katančić - Roman Catholic, translated into Croatian
Czech
The first translation of the whole Bible into Czech, based on the Latin Vulgate, was done in 1360. The Bible is called the "Bible of Dresden". This manuscript was lost during World War I. Many other translations followed this Bible of Dresden, and from the linguistic point of view they can be divided in four different redactions. The last one was finally printed.
The first printed Czech New Testament is the "New Testament of Dlabač", printed in 1487. The first printed complete Bible is the "Bible of Prague" from 1488. Another Czech Bible printed before the year 1501 is the "Bible of Kutná Hora", printed in 1489. All these texts were translated from the Vulgate.
The first translation from the original languages into Czech was the Bible of Kralice, first published in years 1579–1593. The translation was done by the Unity of the Brethren. The third edition from 1613 is considered classical and is one of the most used Czech Bible translations.
Jehovah's Witnesses have translated their New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures into Czech.
Comparison
Translation | Genesis ( ) 1:1–3 | John (Jan) 3:16 |
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Bible kralická (1613) | Na počátku stvořil Bůh nebe a zemi. Země pak byla nesličná a pustá, a tma byla nad propastí, a Duch Boží vznášel se nad vodami.
I řekl Bůh: Buď světlo! I bylo světlo. |
Nebo tak Bůh miloval svět, že Syna svého jednorozeného dal, aby každý, kdož věří v něho, nezahynul, ale měl život věčný. |
Ekumenický překlad (1979) | Na počátku stvořil Bůh nebe a zemi. Země byla pustá a prázdná a nad propastnou tůní byla tma. Ale nad vodami vznášel se duch Boží. I řekl Bůh: 'Buď světlo!' A bylo světlo. | Neboť Bůh tak miloval svět, že dal svého jediného Syna, aby žádný, kdo v něho věří, nezahynul, ale měl život věčný. |
Překlad 21. století (2009) | Na počátku Bůh stvořil nebe a zemi. Země pak byla pustá a prázdná, nad propastí byla tma a nad vodami se vznášel Boží Duch.
Bůh řekl: „Ať je světlo!“ – a bylo světlo. |
Neboť Bůh tak miloval svět, že dal svého jednorozeného Syna, aby žádný, kdo v něj věří, nezahynul, ale měl věčný život. |
Dakota
List of Translators
- Thomas S. Williamson, Gideon H. Pond and Stephen R. Riggs - Protestants, translated into Dakota
History
The Dakota Bible translation was started with Thomas Williamson and, Joseph Renville, a fur trader of French and Dakotan descent. Williamson first modified the Latin alphabet to "work" for Dakota, he then spent day after day for two or three winters in Renville's warehouse, reading verse by verse from his French Bible. Renville would then give the Dakota, and Williamson would write it down. They finished Mark and John this way. In 1837 Williamson was joined by Stephen Riggs, and both of them learned Dakota, and then compared the tentative translation with the original Greek.
In 1843 they offered a corrected gospel to the American Bible Society to be printed. It took nearly 40 years before the full Bible was translated. Williamson never lived to see it finished, as he died in 1879. Their work was revised by Williamson's son, the Rev. John Williamson.[14]
Sample Texts
Translation | Lord's prayer, Matthew 6:9-13 |
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inext.cz updated orthography version | Atéuŋyaŋpi maĥpíya kiŋ én; Ničháže wakháŋdapi kte; Nithókičuŋze ú kte; Nitháwačhiŋ ečhén ečhúŋpi nuŋwé, maĥpíya kiŋ én iyéčheča, nakúŋ makhá akáŋ; Aŋpétu kiŋ dé aŋpétu wóyute uŋk’úpi yé. K’a waúŋĥtanipi kiŋ uŋkíčičažužu po, tóna waúŋkičiĥtanipi wičhúŋkičičažužupi kiŋ hé iyéčheča; K’a táku wawíyutaŋyaŋ úŋ kiŋ én uŋkáyapi šni po, tukhá táku šíče čiŋ etáŋhaŋ éuŋhdaku po: Wókičuŋze kiŋ hé niyé nitháwa, k’a wówaš’ake kiŋ, k’a wówitaŋ kiŋ, owíhaŋke waníča. |
Pre orthography update | Ate unyanpi maḥpiya kin en; Nicaje wakandapi kte; Nitokiconze u kte; Nitawacin ecen econpi nunwe, maḥpiya kin en iyececa, nakun maka akan: Anpetu kin de anpetu woyute unqu miye: Qa waunḥtanipi kin unkicicajuju po, tona waunkiciḥtanipi wicunkicicajujupi kin he iyececa: Qa taku wawiyutanyan un kin en unkayapi śni po, tuka taku śice cin etanhan eunhdaku po: Wokiconze kin he niye nitawa, qa wowaśake kin, qa wowitan kin, owihanke wanica. |
External links
- Dakota Bible Digitization, and re-Orthogriphication Project
- Dakota Wowapi Wakan (text form, not scanned, of some of the Old and New Testaments with plans in the future to update it to modern Lakhota)
- Dakota Wowapi Wakan Kin (Scan of the New Testament in Dakota on Google Books)
Danish
- Christen Pedersen - into Danish
- Hans Povlsen Resen Lutheran, into Danish
Jehovah's Witnesses have translated their New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures into Danish.
Dene Suline
In the Chipewyan (Dene Suline) of central Canada William West Kirkby's translation of the Gospels appeared in 1878 and the whole New Testament in 1881. Henry Faraud may, at least in the beginning, also been involved with this translation.
Dogrib
Wycliffe Bible Translators has had teams working in the Dogrib language off and on since the 1960s. Jaap and Morine Feenstra, the fourth team on the project, began to work on the Dogrib project in 1985. Wycliffe Bible Translators Vic and Anita Monus joined them later. The entire New Testament was drafted, community checked and rechecked by a consultant between 1995 and 2000.
The translation team (including Mary Louise Bouvier White, Elizabeth Mackenzie, Mary Siemens, and perhaps others) was headed by Jaap Feenstra of Wycliffe Bible Translators.
The complete New Testament in Dogrib (Nöhtsî Nîhtå'è, Zezì wegöhåî tå'axôö) was dedicated on August 23, 2003 in Rae, Northwest Territories. Genesis has also been translated.
Dutch
Jehovah's Witnesses have translated their New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures into Dutch.
English
- Henry T. Anderson - American, "The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek"
- William Ballantine - translator of The Riverside New Testament (d. 1937)
- Steven T. Byington - American, translator of The Bible in Living English, published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
- Heinz Cassirer - Messianic Jew, NT into English
- Richard Challoner - Catholic, into English
- Myles Coverdale - Anglican, Coverdale Bible, Great Bible
- John Nelson Darby - Plymouth Brethren, Darby Bible
- Ferrar Fenton - Anglican, Ferrar Fenton Bible
- Everett Fox - Jewish, translated into English and German
- Edgar J. Goodspeed - American, NT of An American Translation and worked on Revised Standard Version
- Jay P. Green Sr. - American, multiple translations into English, including Green's Literal Translation
- Herb Jahn - exeGeses Ready Research Bible, 1991
- William Henry Green - American, American Standard Version
- Yisrayl Hawkins "corrected" English version of Bible, The Book of Yahweh
- Bill Jemas - "Freeware" Bible, a Bible that fashions each Aramaic-Hebrew word from the Leningrad Codex into all likely English Synonyms.[15]
- George Joye - Protestant, the author of the first printed English translations of Psalms (1530), Isaiah (1531), Proverbs (1533), Ecclesiastes (1533), Jeremiah (1534) and Lamentations (1534.
- B. E. Junkins - A Fresh Parenthetical Version of the New Testament
- Adolph Ernst Knoch - American, the Concordant Literal Version
- George Lamsa - Church of the East, Lamsa Bible
- Richmond Lattimore - published in 1996, his translation is titled The New Testament
- Neil R. Lightfoot - World Bible Translation Center, International Children's Version, New Century Version
- James MacKnight - Scottish, "The New Translation of the Apostolical Epistles"
- Richard Mant - "The Book of Psalms in an English Metrical Version"
- Max Margolis - Jew, into English
- Hugo McCord - American, Churches of Christ, The Everlasting Gospel
- Bruce Metzger - American, United Church of Christ, New Revised Standard Version (also the Revised Standard Version, 2nd Edition)
- Jacob O. Meyer (Sir, Elder) - Founder of the Assemblies of Yahweh, and editor of the Sacred Scriptures Bethel Edition
- Helen Barrett Montgomery - American, Baptist, Centenary New Testament
- Donald Nash - Christian Church, "A Literal and Consistent New Testament, 1997, rev. 1998
- Olaf M. Norlie - Lutheran, English Simplified New Testament, also called "Children's Simplified New Testament"
- Matthew Parker - Anglican, Bishop's Bible
- Eugene H. Peterson - Evangelical, produced The Message
- J. B. Phillips - The New Testament in Modern English, Four Prophets
- John Rogers - Protestant, Matthew Bible
- Joseph Bryant Rotherham - British, Church of Christ, The Emphasized Bible
- Hugh J. Schonfield - Jewish, "The Original New Testament: A Radical Translation and Reinterpretation"
- Mary Sidney - Anglican, translated Psalms into English
- Joseph Smith, Jr. - Mormon, Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible
- Julia E. Smith - Protestant, Julia E. Smith Parker Translation
- David H. Stern - "The Complete Jewish Bible"
- Richard Taverner - Anglican, Taverner's Bible
- Charles Thomson - Protestant, Thomson's Translation
- William Tyndale - Tyndale's Bible
- Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society - New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- Kenneth Wuest - Evangelical, Wuest Expanded Translation
- John Wycliffe - Wyclif's Bible
- Robert Young - Protestant, Young's Literal Translation
Old English
Esperanto
The initiator of Esperanto, L. L. Zamenhof, translated the entire Hebrew Bible into Esperanto. A monograph by Douglas B. Gregor, La Esperanta traduko de la Malnova Testamento, compares Zamenhof's translation in some detail with a wide variety of major versions in other languages. A committee, consisting primarily of British clergy and scholars, was formed to translate the New Testament and review Zamenhof's translation for eventual publication by the British and Foreign Bible Society. The New Testament was published in 1910. A translation of the entire Christian canon, often referred to in Esperanto as the "Londona Biblio", was published in 1926. The most recent printing of the "Londona Biblio", issued in 2003, includes the Berveling translation of the Catholic deuterocanonical books.
An Esperanto organization devoted to Biblical and Oriental Studies, the Internacia Asocio de Bibliistoj kaj Orientalistoj, beginning in the 1960s, attempted to organize the translation of a new, ecumenical Esperanto Bible version, but this project eventually lapsed, with only Gerrit Berveling's translation of Numbers (Nombroj, 1999) published. Dr. Berveling (a Dutch Free Church theologian and classical linguist) has, however, translated most of a new version of the New Testament, eschewing the syntactically overliteral tendencies of the B&FBS version, which is perhaps most akin among English versions to the Revised Version of 1881. His gospels have been published as La bona mesaĝo de Jesuo: laŭ X [X = Mateo, Marko, Luko, Johano, all 1992], and the first volume of his projected New Testament has appeared as Leteroj de Paŭlo kaj lia skolo (2004). He has also published a three-volume edition of the Deuterocanonical Books (La duakanonaj libroj), the first two of which (those included in the Catholic Canon) are incorporated in the latest printing of the Londona Biblio.
There have also been other translations of specific books of the Bible and of shorter portions.
Translation | Genesis (Genezo) 1:1–3 | John (Johano) 3:16 |
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Brita kaj Alilanda Biblia Societo | En la komenco kreis Dio la ĉielon kaj la teron. Kaj la tero estis senforma kaj dezerta, kaj mallumo estis super la abismo; kaj la spirito de Dio ŝvebis super la akvo. Kaj Dio diris: Estu lumo; kaj fariĝis lumo. | Ĉar Dio tiel amis la mondon, ke Li donis Sian solenaskitan Filon, por ke ĉiu, kiu fidas al li, ne pereu, sed havu eternan vivon. |
External links
- L. L. Zamenhof - Jewish, translated into Esperanto
Finnish
- Mikael Agricola - Lutheran, translated into Finnish
French
- Giovanni Diodati - Protestant, translated into Italian and French
- François de Larben
- Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples - Roman Catholic, translated into French
- Antoine Le Maistre and Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy - Roman Catholics (Jansenist), translated into French
- Pierre Thomas - collaborated with de Sacy on the French translation of the Bible
- Nicholas de Leuze
- David Martin - Protestant, translated into French 1707,1744
- Pierre Robert Olivétan - Protestant, translated into French
- Jean Frederic Ostervald - Protestant, translated into French 1744
- Louis Segond - Calvinist, translated into French 1910
German
- Johann Augusti
- Martin Buber, Jewish
- Johann Dietenberger, Catholic
- Martin Luther, Lutheran reformer, Luther Bible
- Moses Mendelssohn, Jewish
- Franz Rosenzweig, Jewish
- Karl-Heinz Vanheiden
- Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette
Old German
- Williram - Roman Catholic, translated into Old German
Gilbertese
- Hiram Bingham II - Congregationalist, translated into Gilbertese
Gothic
The only translation of the Bible into the extinct Gothic language was made by the bishop Ulfilas and is preserved in one hand-written copy, known as the Codex Argenteus.
Greek
Ancient Greek
The Greek word for bible is "bibilia" which means "books"
The Septuagint (LXX), the ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Koine Greek (3rd–1st centuries BC), was the very first Bible translation in any language. It was widely disseminated among ancient Hellenistic Jews, and later became the received text of the Old Testament in the church and the basis of its canon.
Modern Greek
In 1901, Alexandros Pallis translated the Gospels in Modern Greek. The publishing of the translation in a newspaper caused riots in Athens, known as Evangelika (Ευαγγελικά).
Today the most common translation in Greek is the Neophytus Vamvas Translation (known also as Modern Greek). A revisioned NVT is the New Vamvas Translation of Spyros Filos.
The New Bible Version is recognized by the Orthodox Church.
- Maximus de Gallipoli - translated into Greek
- Alexandros Pallis - translated into Modern Greek
Gullah
The effort to translate the Bible into Gullah, a creole language spoken by residents of the Sea Islands off the eastern coast of the southern United States, began in 1979 with a team of Gullah speakers from the Penn Center. They were assisted by Pat and Claude Sharpe, translation consultants for Wycliffe Bible Translators. Pat Sharpe died in 2002, and was replaced by David and Lynn Frank. The gospels of Luke and John were released in 1995 and 2003, while the New Testament was released in 2005.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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De Nyew Testament | Cause God lobe all de people een de wol so much dat e gii we e onliest Son. God sen we um so dat ebrybody wa bleebe on um ain gwine ded. Dey gwine libe fa true faeba mo. |
External links
- Press release on the Gullah New Testament
- Photos from the Gullah NT blessing service
- Lansing State Journal on the translation
- Pat and Claude Sharpe - Evangelical, translated into Gullah
Gwich'in
The first portions of the Bible available in Gwich'in was the Gospels and 1-3 John. This was translated by Archdeacon Robert McDonald of the Church Missionary Society in 1874. The whole New Testament, also McDonald's translation, was printed in 1884. In 1886 he proceeded with the Old Testament. A small edition of Genesis, Exodus and Leviticus was published in 1890 by Archdeacon (afterwards Bishop) Reeve, and the Pentateuch was completed in 1891. In 1892 Joshua to Ruth, edited by Rev. C. G. Wallis (C.M.S.), was published, and in 1895 1'st Samuel was added. In 1897 the whole Bible was in the press under the care of McDonald, but owing to delay in communication printing only reached Job in 1898, when McDonald came home to see it through[16]. First consignment of 100 Bibles, 100 Old Testaments, and 100 New Testaments were shipped to Bishop Bompas in February 1899, and the rest of the edition was taken with him by Archdeacon McDonald on his return in the same year.[17]
Richard J. Mueller, from Wycliffe Bible Translators produced a modern translation of Acts. Since then Pierre DeMers and Judy Erick have translated a few other books, and the complete New Testament has been translated. It is currently being typeset.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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McDonald (BFBS 1898) | Kwuggut yoo kwikkit Vittekwichanchyo nunhkug kettinizhin, tit Tinji ettetvirzị ettiyin kwuntlanttshị, chootin te yik kinjizhit rsyetetgititelya kkwa kenjit, kọ sheg kwundui tettiya. |
Haida
The first portion of the Bible in Haida, 500 copies of Matthew, became available in 1891. It was translated by the Rev. C. Harrison, a Church Missionary Society missionary at Masset. Harrison was sent out in 1882, and returned to England in 1891—being succeeded by the Rev. John Henry Keen. In 1897 Keen's version of the Acts was published: till then Matthew was the only printed book in the language. Keen also prepared Luke, John, 1 Corinthians, Psalms, and parts of Genesis.[18] (see account of his method of translation, Report of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1898, p. 317); Luke and John were published in 1899.[19] It is unclear what happened to Keen's manuscripts for Genesis, Psalms, and 1 Corinthians, as they were never published.
Haitian Creole
One Haitian Creole Bible "Bib La", sponsored by the Societe Biblique Haitienne (Haitian Bible Society; part of the United Bible Societies), was published in 1985 by the American Bible Society in hardcover (ISBN 1585160725), and a leather bound edition was published in 1999 (ISBN 1585167193).
Translation | John 3:16 |
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1985 | Paske, Bondye sitèlman renmen lèzòm li bay sèl Pitit li a pou yo. Tout moun ki va mete konfyans yo nan li p'ap pedi lavi yo. Okontrè y'a gen lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. |
External links
Hawaiian
A Hawaiian language translation was done by New England Christian missionaries including Reverends Hiram Bingham, Lorrin Andrews and Sheldon Dibble from 1800-1850[20] The Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) were translated in 1828. The rest of the New Testament was translated in 1832, the Old Testament was translated in 1839, and the translation was revised in 1868.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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Ke Kauoha Hou | No ka mea, ua aloha nui mai ke Akua i ko ke ao nei, nolaila, ua haawi mai oia i kana Keiki hiwahiwa, i ole e make ka mea manaoio ia ia, aka, e loaa ia ia ke ola mau la. |
External links
Hawaiian Creole English
A translation of the New Testament in Hawaiian Creole English, or Hawaiian Pidgin, titled Da Jesus Book, was published in 2000 by Wycliffe Bible Translators. It was translated by a retired Cornell University linguistics professor Joseph Grimes, who worked with 26 Pidgin speakers 12 years on it.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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Da Jesus Book | God wen get so plenny love an aloha fo da peopo inside da world, dat he wen send me, his one an ony Boy, so dat everybody dat trus me no get cut off from God, but get da real kine life dat stay to da max foeva. |
Hebrew
Apocrypha
The books of the apocrypha were not preserved in the Jewish tradition (as reflected in the Hebrew masoretic text). Though many of them were originally composed in Hebrew, they have reached us mostly in Greek form, as found in the Septuagint and preserved by the church. In modern times there has been renewed Jewish interest in these books, which has resulted in a few translations into Hebrew.
In the 19th century most of the apocrypha was translated by Isaac Zelik Fraenkel in Ketuvim Aharonim ("Late Writings"),[21] and a few books were translated by other authors.[22] The Hebrew-language website Da`at, which collects texts related to Jewish education, has published an online version of these public domain Hebrew translations in digital form; the texts have been formatted and slightly modernized.[23]
Two major annotated Hebrew translations of the apocrypha were published in the twentieth century. Both editions include commentaries by the editors, both are vowelized, and both of them incorporate parts of the original Hebrew for Ben Sira that were found in the Cairo Geniza and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
- Avraham Kahana, ed. and trans., Ha-Sefarim ha-Hitsonim. Tel-Aviv: Hotsaat Meqorot, 1937 (2 vols.), most recently reissued in 1959. The first two volumes of this edition are now available for free download at the HebrewBooks.org website: Volume I (apocryphal books related to the Torah), and Volume II (apocryphal books related to Nevi'im and Ketuvim).
- Eliyah Shemuel Hartom (aka. Elia Samuele Artom), ed. and trans., Ha-Sefarim ha-Hitsonim. Tel-Aviv: Yavneh, 1965-69.
In the early 21st century, the Yad Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem inaugurated a major project of scholarly publication called Bein Miqra la-Mishnah ("Between the Bible and the Mishnah"), whose scope includes new Hebrew translations and in-depth commentaries on apocryphal books. So far Maccabees 1 & 2 have appeared; Maccabees 3 & 4 and Jubilees are in preparation.[24]
New Testament
The Greek New Testament has been translated into Hebrew several times since the nineteenth century. These versions are widely distributed by Christian missionary groups to Jews, often in bilingual editions.
- The translation by Franz Delitzsch (1813–1890) and revised by Arnold Ehrlich (1848–1919), first published in 1877.[25].
- The translation by Isaac Salkinsohn (c. 1820-1883) and edited by Christian David Ginsburg (1831–1914), first published in 1885 and distributed by the Trinitarian Bible Society. Now distributed by The Society for Distributing Hebrew Scriptures. Background information on the translation is available,[26] and there is a revised and modernized by Eri S. Gabe (2000).[27] The translation is issued in bilingual editions (such as Hebrew-English on facing pages) with the explicit aim of making it appealing to Jews.[28]
- A modern Hebrew translation by The Bible Society in Israel, 1976 (revised 1991) is available online in two versions (with and without vowel points).[29] This is apparently based on the Delitzsch translation (above).
Hopi
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1929. The New Testament was first published in 1972. It seems to mainly have been the work of Jonathan Ekstrom and Starlie "Elsie" Polacca.
Hungarian
The first significant Bible translations into Hungarian are as follows:
- Hussite Bible (probably 1436–1439, only fragments remained)
- New Testament (1541, János Sylvester): the first full New Testament in Hungarian
- Gáspár Károli's translation (also known as Vizsolyi Biblia and its translator as Károlyi, 1590, Protestant): the first complete version in Hungarian, which gained wide popularity and is occasionally used even today as the "classic" translation (similarly to the KJV in English)
- Revised last time in 2003
- György Káldi's translation (1626, the first full Catholic version) [3]
- Revised in 1835, 1851, 1865, 1934, 1973, and 1997
- Magyar Bibliatársulat új fordítású Bibliája: Protestant translation by the Hungarian Bible Society
- Szent István Társulati Biblia: Saint Stephen Society Bible; Catholic translation
- Szent Jeromos Bibliatársulat: Saint Jerome Bible Society; Catholic. Based on Káldi's translation and the Nova Vulgata
Comparison
Translation | John (János) 3:16 |
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Károli's translation | Mert úgy szerette Isten e világot, hogy az ő egyszülött Fiát adta, hogy valaki hiszen ő benne, el ne vesszen, hanem örök élete legyen. |
Káldi Biblia | Mert úgy szerette Isten e világot, hogy az ő egyszülött Fiát adta, hogy mindaz, aki őbenne hisz, el ne vesszen, hanem örök élete legyen. |
Magyar Bibliatársulat új fordítású Bibliája | Mert úgy szerette Isten a világot, hogy egyszülött Fiát adta, hogy aki hisz őbenne, el ne vesszen, hanem örök élete legyen. |
Szent István Társulati Biblia | Mert úgy szerette Isten a világot, hogy egyszülött Fiát adta oda, hogy aki hisz benne, az el ne vesszen, hanem örökké éljen. |
Szent Jeromos Bibliatársulat |
Mert úgy szerette Isten a világot, hogy egyszülött Fiát adta, hogy mindaz, aki őbenne hisz, el ne vesszen, hanem örök élete legyen. |
External links
- Review of the history of the Hungarian Bible editions (in Hungarian)
- Comparison of the existing Hungarian versions (in Hungarian)
- Hungarian Bible translations online (Protestant and Catholic)
- Káldi's translation online
- Károli's translation online
- Szenci Molnár Albert - Reformed, into Hungarian
- György Káldi - Roman Catholic, translated into Hungarian
- Gáspár Károlyi - Protestant, translated into Hungarian
- János Sylvester - Protestant, translated into Hungarian
Icelandic
The New Testament was the first book printed in Icelandic. It was translated by Oddur Gottskálksson (whose father was Norwegian) and published in 1540. 44 years later the whole Bible was printed in Icelandic thanks to Guðbrandur Þorláksson, a Protestant bishop at Hólar. The current publisher of the Icelandic Bible is Hið íslenska Biblíufélag (The Icelandic Bible Society). The latest full translation was published in 2007.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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Hið ísl. Biblíufélag (1981) | Því svo elskaði Guð heiminn, að hann gaf son sinn eingetinn, til þess að hver sem á hann trúir glatist ekki, heldur hafi eilíft líf. |
- Oddur Gottskálksson - Protestant, translated into Icelandic
- Guðbrandur Þorláksson - Lutheran, translated into Icelandic
Italian
- Antonio Brucioli - Protestant, translated into Italian
- Giovanni Diodati - Protestant, translated into Italian and French
- Samuel David Luzzatto - Jew, into Italian
- Santi Marmochini - Roman Catholic, translated into Italian
- Antonio Martini - Roman Catholic, translated into Italian
Inupiaq
The complete Bible has been translated into two of the dialects of Inupiaq (Greenland and Labrador). The New Testament and portions have been translated into others.
Greenland Dialect
The Norwegian missionaries, Hans and Paul Egede, were the first to translate any part of the Bible into the Inuit language. Their version of the New Testament in the Greenlandic was printed in part in 1744, and as a whole in 1766.
A revision of this translation, by Otto Fabricius, was twice printed before the close of the 18th century; and in 1822 the Moravian Brethren brought out a new translation, which ran through several editions. Nearly three-quarters of the Old Testament was printed in the same language from 1822. It took 150 years to complete the whole Bible, but it was eventually done (prior to 1902).
The Danish Bible Society translated the whole Bible into a modern Greenlandic dialect, which was completed in 1999.
Labrador Dialect
In the Labrador the earliest printed Bible text was the Harmony of the Gospels, which appeared in 1800. This was followed by the Gospel of St. John in 1810, the complete New Testament in 1840, and all of the Old Testament between 1834 and 1867.
In Labrador Eskimo some New Testament extracts in 1878 and the Four Gospels in 1897, translated by E. J. Peck.
The Moravian Church in Newfoundland & Labrador and the Canadian Bible Society partnered together to complete the whole Bible in the Labrador dialect.[30]. It was officially launched on January 20, 2009. A previous Labrador dialect translation was translated by The Moravian Labrador Mission and printed in 1871[31]
North Slope (Alaska)
Roy Amaogak, together with Donald & Thelma Webster of Wycliffe Bible Translators translated the New Testament into the North Slope dialect of Inupiaq. It was published in 1967 by the American Bible Society. It was reprinted in 1992 as "Uqalugiksuat". Translation of the Old Testament continues with a team of translators in Barrow. So far they have at least translated Jonah, Ruth, and Obadaiah.[32]
North West (Alaska)
Wilfried Zibell's translation of selected parts of the New Testament, "Agaayutim Ukałhi" was published in 1971. Wolf and Hildegard Seiler also of Wycliffe Bible Translators finished it, and the complete New Testament was published in 1997 by the International Bible Society as "Ipqitchuat Makpiġaat".
Inuinaktun (Copper Eskimo)
The Four gospels and Acts has been translated and published as "Godim Ukauhiit Gospelit Hitamanguyun Apostlit Havaangillu". Ruth has also been translated and published.
Eastern Arctic
The New Testament in Eastern Arctic dialect of Inuit language was published in 1992 (4,000 copies). Psalms, and Ruth are available, the rest of the Old Testament has been translated, and is being corrected, reviewed, and typeset. The translation team is made up of Benjamin Arreak (team leader), Joshua Arreak, Jonas Allooloo, and Andrew Atagotaaluk.
Bible translation into the Eastern Arctic dialect began in 1978 with a translation workshop conducted by Dr. Eugene Nida of the United Bible Societies. The work was sponsored jointly by the United Bible Societies and the Anglican Diocese of the Arctic. The translation work was done by a team of Inuit Anglican ministers trained and supervised by consultants from the UBS and later the Canadian Bible Society under the leadership of the Director of Scripture Translation, Dr. Harold Fehderau. Dr. Fehderau continued the work of training the translators and consulting on the project to ensure the accuracy of the translation until his death in 1997.
Textual Comparision
Dialect (Translation) | John 3:16 |
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North Slope Iñupiaq (ABS, New York, 1992) | God-im piviuttaġivaiłługich nunam iñuŋi aitchuutigiŋagaa Iġñitualuni, kiñaliqaa ukpiqtuaq iġñiŋanun tammaquŋił̣ł̣ugu aglaan iñnuggutiqaquvlugu isuitchuamik. |
Nunatsiavummiutut/Labradormiutut, (Stolpen, 1878) | Imâk Gûdib sillaкsoarmiut nagligivait, Ernetuane tunnilugo, illûnatik okpertut tâpsomunga assioкonnagit, nungusuitomigle inôguteкarкovlugit. |
Nunatsiavummiutut/Labradormiutut, (København 1961) | Silamiúme Gûtip ima asatigai ernitue túniutdlugo kinalunît tàussumúnga ugpertoк tàmarкunago, nâgssàungitsumigdle inũssuteкarкuvdlugo. |
Greenlandic (1999 Danish Bible Society) | Guutimmi silarsuaq ima asatigaa ernituani tunniussimallugu taassumunnga uppertoq kinaluunniit tammaqqunagu naassaanngitsumilli inooqqullugu. |
Northwest Alaska/Kotzebue (IBS 1997) | Agaayutim nunam iñui piqpagivagitḷugich, Iġñitualuni aatchuutiginiġaa. Kisupayaaq ukpiqsrił̣ikun turviñiktuaq ilaanik tuquyumiñaitchuq, aglaan isruitchuamik iñuugisiruq. |
Irish
The first Irish translation of the New Testament was begun by Nicholas Walsh, Bishop of Ossory, who worked on it until his untimely death in 1585. The work was continued by John Kearny, his assistant, and Dr. Nehemiah Donellan, Archbishop of Tuam, and it was finally completed by William O'Domhnuill (William Daniell, Archbishop of Tuam in succession to Donellan). Their work was printed in 1602.
The work of translating the Old Testament was undertaken by William Bedel (1571–1642), Bishop of Kilmore, who completed his translation within the reign of Charles the First, however it was not published until 1680, in a revised version by Narcissus Marsh (1638–1713), Archbishop of Dublin.
A modern Bible in Irish, An Bíobla Naofa was translated and edited by Pádraig Ó Fiannachta.
Translation | John (Eoin) 3:16 |
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An Bíobla Naofa (The Holy Bible, 1981 Catholic translation) | Óir ghráigh Dia an domhan chomh mór sin gur thug sé a Aonghin Mic uaidh i dtreo, gach duine a chreideann ann, nach gcaillfí é ach go mbeadh an bheatha shíoraí aige. |
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Jèrriais
Only selected passages from the Bible has been translated into Jèrriais, the form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, off the coast of France, in Europe.
Translation | John (Jean) 3:16 |
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Lé Nouvieau Testament | Car Dgieu aimait tant l'monde qu'i' donnit san seul Fis, à seule fîn qu'touos les cheins tchi craient en li n'péthissent pon, mais qu'il aient la vie êtèrnelle. |
Kazakh
Charles Fraser of the Scottish Missionary Society, was the first person to work on translation of the Kazakh Bible. His translation of Matthew was published in 1818, and the New Testament in 1820—by the Russian Bible Society. J.M.E Gottwald, a Professor at Kazan University, revised it, and this was published in 1880 by the British and Foreign Bible Society in Kazan, it was republished in 1887, and 1910. George W. Hunter, of the China Inland Mission in Urumqi, considered this translation to be "a good translation, into Astrahan-Turki"[33], he did not consider it to be Kazakh. Darlow and Moule say that it was intended for Kyrgyz in the neighborhood of Orenburg, and the language was sometimes called "Orenburg Tatar"[34]. The Book of a Thousand Tongues calls it Kirghiz.[35]
Macarius II, the Bishop of Tomsk, translated Mark, published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in Tomsk in 1894.[36] All four Gospels in one were published in Kazan by Pravoslavnoe Missionerskoe Obshchestvo in 1901. I'm not sure if this is related to the edition of Mark previously published in Kazan, or if it is the same as I. Katerinksi's translation, listed in Book of a Thousand Tongues as Kirghiz.
Mildred Cable's biography of George Hunter just says "a Qazaq speaking Russian". This version is printed in a Cyrillic script, slightly different from what Qazaqs use today, it has a lot of Russian/Greek words in it, and uses Russian/Greek names, instead of Qazaq/Islamic ones.
The 1901 work was republished in 1972 by the Institute for Bible Translation in Stockholm, Sweden.
George W. Hunter of the China Inland Mission was aware of the Kazan 1901 translation, and after much prayer that he would be able to get a copy of it, a man approached him in the bazaar offering to exchange it (a book he could not read) for one that he could.[37]
From Cable's book it would seem that Hunter's translations are just a transliteration of the Kazan version. However there are many differences, he may have only done a lot of revisions on them, or he may have just used them as a reference for his own work. Hunter's work has a more Qazaq feel about it.—getting rid of all the Russian/Greek names in favour of Qazaq/Muslim ones among other things. Besides the gospels, Hunter also translated, Acts and Genesis, these had never before been translated into Qazaq. Hunter had the help of a Mullah, and may have also had the help of Percy Mather.
When Examples of Various Turki Dialects was written in 1918, Abdul Kader was the Mullah who was helping them. He may be the same who helped with the translation, and writing used in Hunter's gospels.
The information about publications of Hunter's versions below is given to the best of my knowledge, perhaps there was more translated that ended up with Hunter's journals, wherever they disappeared to. Hunter may also have translated and published some work in Urumqi later on that never got out to Shanghai, some maybe never published, some maybe only published in small quantities in Tihwafu.
Acts, Mark, and a tentative edition of Matthew was published by the British and Foreign Bible Society/China Inland Mission in "Tihwafu" (Urumqi) in 1917. A 2'nd edition, (new edition of the 1917 translation by G.W. Hunter) of Mark was published in Shanghai in 1918. A 2'nd edition (new edition of the 1917 translation by G. W. Hunter) of Acts was published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in Shanghai in 1919. All four Gospels where published again by the British and Foreign Bible Society in Shanghai in 1927, and again in 1928. The Shanghai BFBS also published Genesis in 1931.
A modern translation of the Kazakh Bible is in progress.
Keres
John, Matthew, and Acts were translated into the Keresan languages of New Mexico by Carol Whitener, and published in the mid 1930's.
Kikamba language (Kamba)
- Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
Konkani
Konkani is the Indo-Aryan language of Konkan in western coastal regions of India.
External links
Korean
Prior to 1877 the small number of Christians in Korea had used Chinese Bibles.
- 1877 - The Ross New Testament (all New testament Books) by John Ross et al., at Dongguan Church in Mukden, Manchuria.
- 1900 - Henry G. Appenzeller New Testament. Methodist Episcopal. Appenzeller's team includes Horace Grant Underwood, William B. Scranton and James Scarth Gale.
- 1910 - Korean Bible. William D. Reynolds (레널즈) with Lee Seung Doo (이승두) and Kim Jeong Sam (김정삼) complete the Old Testament.[38]
- 1925 - The Gale Bible. James Scarth Gale's private translation.
- 1923 - Fenwick New Testament. Malcolm C. Fenwick (1863–1935)
- 1938 - Old Korean Revised Version (성경개역) KBS.
- 1961 - RKV Revised Korean Version (개역성경) The standard version in use in Korea. Revised 1983 (성경전서 개역개정판).KBS[39]
- 1977 - CTB Common Translation Bible (공동번역)1997 Revised Ecumenical Version (공동번역 성서 개정판) KBS.
- 1985 - KLB Korean Living Bible (현대인의성경) International Bible Society (생명의 말씀사)
- 1993 - NKSB New Korean Standard Bible, (표준새번역) rev. 2001 (표준새번역개정)2004 KBS
- 1991 - TKV Today's Korean Version (현대어성경) (성서원).
- 1994 - KKJV Korean King James Version, (한글판킹제임스).Textus Receptus. Word Of God Preservation Society (말씀보존학회)
- 1994 - Agape Easy Bible (아가페 쉬운 성경) Agape Publishers (아가페 출판사).[40]
- 1998 - NRKV New Revised Korean Version (개역개정) KBS
- 2008 - Pyongyang Bible (평양말 성경). DPRK orthography and vocabulary differs from ROK usage.[41]
Koryak
The first portion of the Bible in Koryak, selections from Luke, was published by Institute for Bible Translation in 1995. This was followed by the whole gospel in 2005, and the first 17 verses of John in 2008.
Koyukon
David Henry, of Wycliffe Bible Translators, translated John, Mark, and Galatians into Central Koyukon, and Mark into Upper Koyukon.
Latin
There were a number of piecework translations into Latin during the period of the early Church. Collectively, these versions are known as the Vetus Latina. In the Old Testament, they follow the Greek Septuagint closely. The Greek translation was the usual source for these anonymous translators, and they reproduce its variations from the Hebrew Masoretic Text. They were never rendered independently from the Hebrew or Greek; they vary widely in readability and quality, and contain many solecisms in idiom, some by the translators themselves, others from literally translating Greek language idioms into Latin.
All of these translations were made obsolete by St. Jerome's Vulgate version of the Bible. Jerome knew Hebrew, and revised and unified the Latin Bibles of the time to bring them into conformity with the Hebrew as he understood it. The liturgical Psalms, however, are often taken from the older Latin bibles.
As discussed in the Vulgate article, there are several different versions of the Vulgate: the Clementine Vulgate, the Stuttgart Vulgate, the Nova Vulgata. These represent various attempts to either revise or modernise the Vulgate, or to recover Jerome's original text.
In the Protestant Reformation, Theodore Beza produced a new Latin version of the Old Testament, the Apocrypha and the New Testament. However, because demand for a Latin Bible among Protestants declined steadily, Beza's translation never achieved wide circulation. Nevertheless Beza's Latin translation, with its many exegetical margin notes, influenced the translation of the famous Geneva Bible.
Comparison
Translation | John 3:16 |
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Vulgate | Sic enim dilexit Deus mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum daret, ut omnis qui credit in eum non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam. |
Theodore Beza | Ita enim Deus dilexit mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum illum dederit, ut quisquis credit in eum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam. |
- Jerome - Church Father, translated into Latin, the Vulgata
- John Immanuel Tremellius - Italian Jew converted to Christianity, into Latin
Lisu
Central Lisu
After creating the Fraser alphabet, James O. Fraser initially worked on Mark and John. He then handed on the translation task to Allyn Cooke and his wife, Leila, coming back to help the team with revision and checking in the mid 1930s. The complete New Testament was finished in 1938, and the complete Bible in 1968. 45,000 Lisu Bibles were published in 1995.
Eastern Lisu
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1912. The New Testament was first published in 1951. The entire Bible is not yet translated.
- J. O. Fraser - China Inland Mission, into Lisu
Lithuanian
The first small fragments of Bible and few Bible terms were probably translated as early as in 14th century, together with the baptism of Lithuania. The first texts of the Holy Scriptures in the Lithuanian language appeared in the middle of the 16th century following the spread of the Reformation.[42]. The first book in Lithuanian, "The Catechism" by Martynas Mažvydas, published in 1547, contained ten commandments of God, two psalms, extracts from the Gospels and the epistles of apostles. In 1579-1580 Jonas Bretkūnas completed translation of the Bible, but it was not published. Prepared by a great number of Protestant translators (Jonas Berentas, Petras Gotlybas Milkus, Pilypas Ruigys, Adomas Fridrichas Simelpenigis and others), the Lithuanian Bible was first published in 1735 in Königsberg (in Lithuanian, Karaliaučius).[42]
External links
Macedonian language|Macedonian
- Ivan Grozdanov and Goran Stojanov - translated the New Testament into modern Macedonian. Published 1999.
Malay
- Albert Cornelius Ruyl - Protestant, translated into Malay
Malayalam
The Malayalam New Testament was first published in 1829. First complete Malayalam Bible was printed by Benjamin Bailey, the Anglican missionary, in 1841.
The International Bible Society, currently known as IBS-STL had translated and published the NIBV (New India Bible Version) in Malayalam which was released in 1997, distributed by Growthinc India Publishing Pvt.Ltd., and had good demand from many scholars, pastors, students and even the traditional Christians, who preferred it more because of its easy readability and narrative style.
The Complete Malayalam Bible in Unicode was published online on 14 August 2004. By Nishad H. Kaippally. The newest Complete Malayalam version Vishudha Sathyavedapusthakam was released on 2000 by Bro. Dr. Mathews Vergis. An interactive CD of Vishudha Sathyavedapusthakam was also produced by Bro. Dr. Mathews Vergis, and this is the first of its kind in any Asian language.
External links
- Bible Society of India
- International Bible Society India
- IDCFWord To World Foundation
- Hermann Gundert - Basle Mission, into Malayalam
- Bro.Dr.Mathews Vergis -VISHUDHA SATYAVEDAPUSTHAKAM" Inter Denominational Christian Fellowship, into Modern Malayalam
- Holy Bible (Visudha Grandham) translated from Syriac by Very Rev. Kurian Cor Episcopa - the official Bible of Jacobite Syrian Church
Manx
The Bible was translated into the Manx language, a dialect of Gaelic, by a committee of clergy from the Isle of Man. The New Testament appeared in 1767, and the complete Bible in 1772.
Translation | Genesis 1:1–3 | John (Ean) 3:16 |
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British Bible Society 1819 | Ayns y toshiaght chroo Jee niau as thalloo. As va'n thalloo gyn cummey, as feayn; as va dorraghys er eaghtyr y diunid: as ren spyrryd Yee gleashagh er eaghtyr ny ushtaghyn. As dooyrt Jee, Lhig da soilshey 've ayn; as va soilshey ayn. | Son lheid y ghraih shen hug Jee d'an theihll, dy dug eh e ynyrcan Vac v'er ny gheddyn, nagh jinnagh quoi-erbee chredjagh aynsyn cherraghtyn, agh yn vea ta dy bragh farraghtyn y chosney. |
Māori
The Bible was translated into the Maori language in the 19th century by missionaries sponsored by the Church Missionary Society [43], including Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso.
The first Maori New Testament was published in 1837 and the first ever edition of the full Maori Bible was published in 1868. Since then, there have been four revisions of the full Bible at intervals of 21 years, 36 years and finally 27 years up to the 1952 edition.
The New Zealand Bible Society has a vision for a new translation of the Bible into modern colloquial Maori.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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Koia ano te aroha o te Atua ki te ao, homai ana e ia tana Tama kotahi, kia kahore ai e ngaro te tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia, engari kia whiwhi ai ki te ora tonu. |
- Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso Church Mission Society, into Maori
Marathi
- Bapuji Appaji - into Marathi
- B. N. Athavale
- William Carey
- Ratnakar Hari Kelkar - NT translation from Greek to Marathi 2005 and Greek-Marathi wordbook Nava Karar
- Pandita Ramabai - Evangelical, translated into Marathi
Hmong-Mien languages (A-Miao)
- Sam Pollard - into A-Miao, also known as Flowery Miao
Micmac
In 1844, the Gospel of Mark was translated into Micmac by Native Evangelist Paul Osunkhirine.
St Matthew's Gospel was translated in 1853 by Silas Rand. He then continued to translate the entire New Testament, which was published in 1871 as Pelā Kesagǔnoodǔmǔkawa. He also translated and had published Genesis, Exodus, and the Psalms.[3] Rand translated into Micmac from Hebrew and Greek.
A new version of the New Testament was published in Micmac in 1999. The work was coordinated by Wycliffe Bible Translators, Watson and Marilyn Williams, both of whom dedicated nearly 30 years to the completion of the work.
The team included three translation assistants, Manny Metallic, Nellie Wysote, and Marion Wilmot, community members, and others. Chiefs Ronald Jacques and the late Alphonse Metallic, and the Canadian Bible Society were also recognized for their work on the Bible.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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Rand 1875 | Mǔdǔ Nĭkskam tĕlĭksătkǔp oosĭtkǔmoo' wĕjeĭgǔnǔooĕogǔb'ǔnǔl nāŏŏktoobĭstăjŭl Ookwĭsŭl, koolaman' 'msĭt wĕn tan kĕdlămsŭtkŭl ootenĭnk, moo ŭksŭgawĭs, kadoo ooskos' ăpchememăooŏkŭn. |
External links
- Mark's Gospel (Rand 1874, from Internet Archive)
Mixtec
- Kenneth L. Pike - Evangelical, translated into Mixtec
Mohawk
In Mohawk, extracts from the Bible were printed as early as 1715. The Gospel of St Mark, by Brant, in 1787; and St John, by Norton, in 1805.
Between 1827 and 1836 the rest of the New Testament (except 2 Corinthians[44]) was translated by H. A. Hill, W. Hess, and J. A. Wilkes, and the whole was printed in successive parts.
The first part of the Old Testament in Mohawk is Isaiah, translated by William Hess, and printed in 1839.
A new version of the Gospels, by Chief Onasakenrat, was printed in 1880. He was working on completing translating the Bible, and had gotten till Hebrews, but died before it was completed, and the manuscript was never published.[3][45]
Jonah, Daniel, Ruth, Esther, and 2 Corinthians have been recently translated by a team of Mohawk Bible Translators led by Mavis Etienne. They are working on completing the Mohawk Bible translation. Wycliffe Bible Translators is involved.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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Norton (1818) | Iken ne Yehovah egh ne s'hakonoronghkwa n'ongwe, nene rodewendeghton nene raonháon rodewedon rohháwak, nene onghka kiok teyakaweghdaghkon raonhage yaghten a-onghtonde, ok denghnon aontehodiyendane ne eterna adonhéta. |
External links
- Mohawk Audio Bible
- Mark (Brant translation—from Google books)
- Luke (Hill translation—from Google books)
- John (Norton translation—from Google books)
- Acts (Hill/Hess translation—from Google books)
- Isaiah (Hess translation—from Google books)
- Gospels (Onasakenrat translation—from Internet Archive)
Mongolian
Edward Stallybrass, William Swan and Robert Yuille all of the London Missionary Society translated the New Testament into Mongolian by 1826 (published by the Russian Bible Society) and the old by 1840. (although it is called a translation into Mongolian it may actually just be a translation into Buryat)
M.U.V. spent 14 years translating the New Testament and Genesis into the Mongolian dialect of Inner Mongolia, and released it on the internet[46]. It is in the classical Mongolian script.
John and Altaa Gibbens translated the Bible into Mongolian, their version being published in July 1990.
The UBS version, finished in 2004 is currently the most used translation.
A large controversy has formed over that translations use of the word Borhan for God, however, and the "Bible Society of Mongolia" has for some time been working on a translation based on the Textus Receptus and using the phrase "Prince of this World" instead of Burhan. They have already finished with the New Testament. Eagle TV, a Christian broadcasting company in Mongolia uses this translation The Gibbens are also involved in this translation.
Nama
- Johann Heinrich Schmelen - Nama of Namibia
Navajo
L. P. Brink, a Christian Reformed missionary translated the first portions of the Bible into the Navajo language. His translation's of Genesis and Mark were published by the American Bible Society in 1910. Presbyterian missionaries John Butler and Alexander Black translated short portions, and in 1917 after collaborative work by all three men, as well as one other, the American Bible Society published in one volume portions from Exodus, Psalms, Luke, Romans, First Corinthians, and Revelation, as well as a revised version of Genesis and Mark. In 1937 Acts was added, and it was republished as "God Bizaad" (God's Word)[47]
Work only began in earnest, however, when Faye Edgerton joined Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1944. She and Geronimo Martin revised the older translations, and completed most of the New Testament. The Corinthian epistles were translated by William Goudberg and Jacob Kamps of the Dutch Reformed Church. The New Testament was published in 1956, and became a instant bestseller among the tribe.[48]. The complete Bible, under the name Diyin God Bizaad was printed for the first time in 1985. A revision was published by the American Bible Society in 2000.
Navajo was the sixth Native American language to have the complete Bible translated into it.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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Diyin God Bizaad | Háálá Diyin God éí nihokáá’ dine’é t’áá’íiyisí ayóó’ájó’níigo bąą haYe’ t’ááłá’í há yizhchínígíí baazhníłtį́, áko t’áá háiida boodlą́ągo baa dzólíhígíí éí doo ádoodįįł da, ndi iiná doo nińt’i’ii bee hólǫ́ǫ dooleeł. |
Norwegian
As Danish was the written language of Denmark–Norway, there was no Norwegian language Bible until the independence of Norway in 1814, and for some time thereafter (see Norwegian language struggle). The independence of Norway saw the formation of the Norwegian Bible Society, which first produced Bibles in Danish, which became Bokmål as a separate Norwegian written language was formalized. A translation of the New Testament into Nynorsk was published in 1899, and of the entire Bible in 1921.[49]
- Jacob Jervell - Lutheran, into Norwegian
Mijikenda/Nyika (Rabai)
- Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
Ojibwa
The first portion of the Bible in Ojibwa (formerly called Chippewa) was the Gospels of St Matthew and St John, translated by Peter and John Jones and printed in 1829-31.
There are three complete translations of the New Testament in this language: One by Edwin James in 1833, another by Henry Blatchford in 1844 (reprinted in 1856 and 1875), and a third by Frederick O'Meara in 1854 (reprinted in 1874).
O'Meara also translated the Psalms (1856) and the Pentateuch (1861), and Robert McDonald translated the Twelve Minor Prophets (1874).
Jim Keesic translated about fifty percent of the old testament, and revised the New Testament. This was published by the Canadian Bible Society in August 2008. Bob Bryce and Henry Hostetler also worked on this project.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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Jones 1831 | Apeech zhahwaindung sah Keshamunedoo ewh ahkeh, ooge-oonje megewanun enewh atah tatabenahwa Kahoogwesejin, wagwain dush katapwayainemahgwain chebahnahdezesig, cheahyong dush goo esh kahkenig pemahtezewin. |
James 1833 | Kitche Manito azhe sȃgitō áke, me wanje megewat onezheka oguisun, owwagwan ga tabwatumōwan kȃ tuh wunnisshinze, tuh gȃgegȃ bemátizze. |
O'Meara 1854 | Kahahpeech-shahwandung owh Kesha-Muhnedoo ewh uhkee oogeöonjemegewanun tebenuhwa oogwissnu nuhyatahwezenejin, ahwagwan dush duhyabwayanemahgwan chebahnahdezesig, cheähyaung suh dush ewh Kahgega-bemahdezewin. |
Blatchford 1875 | Gaapij shauendu su Kishemanito iu aki, ogionjimigiuenun iniu baiezhigonijin Oguisun, aueguen dush getebueienimaguen jibunatizisig, jiaiat dush iu kagige bimatiziuin |
External links
- New Testament (O'Meara 1854)
- New Testament (James 1833)
- New Testament (Blatchford 1875)
(note: I couldn't find a way to represent all the letters used in Blatchford. If another editor wants to give it a try John 3:16 is page 254 of this Google Books edition)
O'odham
The O'odham New Testament was translated by Dean and Lucille Saxton of Wycliffe Bible Translators. Work is being done on the Old Testament.
Oromo
The Oromo New Testament was published in 1893, the complete Bible in 1899, the work of Aster Ganno and Onesimos Nesib. A new translation of the entire Bible was published by the Ethiopian Bible Society in 1992.
- Aster Ganno - Protestant, into Oromo
- Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
- Onesimos Nesib - Lutheran, translated into Oromo
Oshindonga
Otjiherero (Herero language)
- Gottlieb Viehe - German, into Otjiherero of Namibia
Paniya
- Bro.Dr.Mathews Vergis and Team - "DAIVAM MANCHANAYOTHE KATHA" The story of GOD who became man,Published by Word to World Foundation,Inter Denominational Christian Fellowship,New Testament Paniya
Pashto
The New Testament was first published in the Pashto language in 1818, with the first complete Bible in 1895. In 1991 the Pakistan Bible Society produced a modern New Testament, most recently revised in 1996.
External links
Persian
The Bible was translated into Persian in the early 19th century. One major figure in this work was Henry Martyn, a contemporary of William Carey, who translated the New Testament. In 1811 he journeyed into Persia (now Iran). There he sent a copy of his translation of the New Testament to the Shah [50]. It was published in 1815. The complete Bible translation was completed in 1838 [51]. A new version, Common Language Translation, first published in 1976. The New Testament is largely based on Henry Martyn's work.
Philippines
- Jose C. Abriol, Filipino Catholic priest, translated from Hebrew and Greek into Tagalog or Filipino
Piegan
Matthew's gospel was translated into Piegan (aka Blackfoot) by John William Tims and published in 1890 by the British and Foreign Bible Society. Donald and Patricia Frantz of Wycliffe Bible Translators published their translations of Mark and John in the 1970s.
Pipil (Nawat)
The Bible is presently being translated into the Pipil or Nawat language, spoken by a minority in El Salvador. A website provides information about the project. Publication of at least one gospel is planned in 2009.
Polish
- Jan Laski - into Polish
- Jan Sieklucki - Calvinist, translated into Polish
- Jakub Wujek - Jesuit, translated into Polish
Portuguese
The first published portion of the Bible in Portuguese[4] was by Damião de Góis, who published Ecclesiastes in 1538, though it was not widely circulated. The principal translator of the Bible into Portuguese[5] was João Ferreira de Almeida, who began the translation in 1644, at the age of 16, and continued until his death in 1691. He translated all of the New Testament and a majority of the Old Testament. Those portions he did not translate before his death were completed by Jacob op den Akker.
O Livro (OL) is an International Bible Society translation for the European dialect, and Nova Versão Internacional (NVI) for the Brazilian dialect of the Portuguese[6] language, completed in April 2000.
Translation | John (João) 3:16 |
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João Ferreira de Almeida | Porque Deus amou o mundo de tal maneira que deu o seu Filho unigênito, para que todo aquele que nele crê não pereça, mas tenha a vida eterna. |
O Livro, IBS 2000 | Deus amou tanto o mundo que deu o seu único Filho para que todo aquele que nele crê não se perca espiritualmente, mas tenha a vida eterna. |
NVI, IBS 2000 | Porque Deus tanto amou o mundo que deu o seu Filho Unigênito, para que todo o que nele crer não pereça,
mas tenha a vida eterna. |
- Emperor D. Pedro II - translated the book of Nehemiah into Portuguese
- Bernardo de Alcobaça - Roman Catholic, translated into Portuguese
- João Ferreira de Almeida - Protestant, translated into Portuguese
- António Pereira de Figueiredo - Roman Catholic father, translated into Portuguese based on the Vulgata
- Huberto Rohden - Roman Catholic and spiritualist, translated the New Testament into Portuguese
- Gómez de Santofímia - Roman Catholic, translated the Psalms into Portuguese
- Matos Soares - Roman Catholic, translated into Portuguese
Provençal
- Peter Waldo - Waldensian, translated into Provençal
Romani
Romani is the language spoken by the Roma people, commonly called Gypsies. The New Testament has been translated into Romani. A version of it is available online. [7]
Romanian
The first complete translation to Romanian was done in 1688 (called "Biblia de la Bucureşti") by Radu and Şerban Greceanu with the help of Şerban Cantacuzino and Constantin Brâncoveanu.
Before the Greceanu brothers, have been other partial translation like the Slavic-Romanian Gospel (1551), Coresi's Gospel (1561), The Braşov Psalm Book (1570), Palia from Orăştie (1582), The New Testament of Alba Iulia (1648) and others.
Two main translations are currently used in Romanian. The Orthodox church uses the "Biblia Sinodală" (Bible of the Holy Synod) version, the standard Romanian Orthodox Bible translation, published with the blessings of Patriarch Teoctist, whereas Protestant denominations mainly use the more widespread translation of Dumitru Cornilescu, first published in 1928. In 1989 "Biblia Cornilescu Revizuită" (Revised Cornilescu Version) appeared; it tried to get the existing translation closer to the original manuscripts, in a form grammatically corrected and adapted according to the evolution of the modern Romanian language.
- Petru Pavel Aron
- Constantin Brâncoveanu - into Romanian
- Dumitru Cornilescu - Protestant, translated into Romanian
- Gala Galaction - Romanian Orthodox, translated into Romanian
- Radu and Şerban Greceanu - translated into Romanian
Comparison
Translation | John (Ioan) 3:16 |
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Cornilescu (1928) | Fiindcă atît de mult a iubit Dumnezeu lumea, că a dat pe singurul Lui Fiu, pentruca oricine crede în El, să nu piară, ci să aibă viaţă vecinică. |
Biblia Cornilescu Revizuită (1989) | Fiindcă atît de mult a iubit Dumnezeu lumea, că a dat pe singurul Său Fiu, pentru ca oricine crede în El să nu piară, ci să aibă viaţă veşnică. |
Biblia Sinodală Biblia Ortodoxă Online | Căci Dumnezeu aşa a iubit lumea, încât pe Fiul Său Cel Unul-Născut L-a dat ca oricine crede în El să nu piară, ci să aibă viaţă veşnică. |
Traducerea lumii noi (2000) Romanian version of New World Translation |
Fiindcă atât de mult a iubit Dumnezeu lumea, încât l-a dat pe Fiul său unic-născut, pentru ca oricine exercită credinţă în el să nu fie distrus, ci să aibă viaţă veşnică. |
Russian
- Epifany Slavinetsky - Russian Orthodox, translated into Russian
Sanskrit
- William Carey - Baptist, translated into Bengali and Sanskrit
Sechwana
- Robert Moffat - Congregationalist, translated into Sechwana
Seneca
In the Seneca language, St Luke, by Harris, was printed in 1829, and the Four Gospels, by Asher Wright, in 1874.
Serbian
Atanasije Stojković translated the New Testament to Serbian in 1830. More published translation by Vuk Karadžić was next (1847), completed by the Old Testament translation by Đuro Daničić (1865).
More recent translations are the following:
- Lujo Bakotić, 1933, complete
- Dimitrije Stefanović, 1934, New Testament
- Emilijan Čarnić, 1973, New Testament; Psalms, 1985.
- the Synod with the Bible Society, 1984, New Testament
- Aleksandar Birviš, 1987, four Gospels; Genesis, 2003; Hebrews 2003; Lament, 2005; Isaiah, 2006.
Comparison
Translation | Genesis ( ) 1:1–3 | John (Jevanđelje po Jovanu) 3:16 |
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Đuro daničić, Vuk Karadžić | U početku stvori Bog nebo i zemlju. A zemlja beše bez obličja i pusta, i beše tama nad bezdanom; i duh Božji dizaše se nad vodom. I reče Bog: Neka bude svetlost. I bi svetlost. | Jer Bogu tako omile svet da je i Sina svog Jedinorodnog dao, da nijedan koji Ga veruje ne pogine, nego da ima život večni. |
Emilijan Čarnić (1992) | New Testament only | Jer Bog je tako zavoleo svet da je svog jedinorodnog Sina dao, da svaki - ko veruje u njega - ne propadne, nego da ima večni život. |
External links
- Lujo Bakotić - translated into Serbian
- Aleksandar Birviš - translated into Serbian
- Đuro Daničić - Serbian Orthodox, translated into Serbian
- Vuk Stefanović Karadžić - Serbian Orthodox, translated into Serbian
- Dimitrije Stefanović - translated into Serbian
- Atanasije Stojković - translated into Serbian
Seri language|Seri
- Edward W. Moser - American Evangelical, into Seri of Mexico
Shawi
The first Bible portions in Shawi Berber (also spelled Shawiya, Chaoui or Chaouia) of Algeria were translated by Charles Cook, an English Methodist missionary. He translated selected portions of the New Testament which were published by the Scripture Gift Mission in the 1930s. None are in print today.
Jonah, was translated in 1997 recorded as a dramatized audio cassette. The first film produced, the Jesus film, was translated and dubbed in 2002. A number of other films based on Genesis were completed in 2007. A selection of Psalms are available in print format.
External links
Shan
- Nathan Brown - Baptist, translated into Assamese and Shan
Shor
Institute for Bible Translation has published the first Bible portion in Shor, Luke 2:1-20 in 2000. In 2004 they published Mark, and in 2008 John 1:1-17.
Slavic
Template:Slavic translations of the Bible
Old Church Slavonic
- Cyril and Methodius - translated into Old Church Slavonic
Slovak
- Jozef Roháček - Protestant, translated into Slovak
Slovene
- Jurij Dalmatin - Protestant, translated into Slovene
- Primož Trubar - Lutheran, translated into Slovene
New Testament first published in 1976, full Bible in 1979. In 2008 there has been a minor revision with headings added to the Old Testament.
Sorbian
- Michel Hornik (Michael Hornig) - into Sorbian
Lower Sorbian
- Jan Bjedrich Fryco (Johann Friedrich Fritze) - into Lower Sorbian
Spanish
- Francisco de Enzinas - Protestant, translated into Spanish
- Juan Pérez de Pineda - Protestant, translated into Spanish
- Casiodoro de Reina - Lutheran, translated into Spanish
- Scío de San Miguel - Roman Catholic, translated into Spanish
- Abraham Usque - Jewish, translated into Spanish
- Cipriano Valera - Protestant, revised Reina's translation
- Moses Arragel - Jew, translated Hebrew Scriptures (1430)
Swahili
The first translation of parts of the Bible into Swahili was accomplished by 1868, with a complete New Testament translation following in 1879 and a translation of the whole Bible in 1890. Since that time, there have been several translations into different dialects of Swahili as spoken in different regions of East Africa; these include the Union Translation published by the Bible Society of Tanzania in 1950 and the Swahili Common Language version.
Translation | John (Yohana) 3:16 |
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Union Translation | Kwa maana jinsi hii Mungu aliupenda ulimwengu, hata akamtoa Mwanawe pekee, ili kila mtu amwaminiye asipotee, bali awe na uzima wa milele. |
Swedish
- Helge Åkessons - Lutheran, translated into Swedish
- Olavus Petri - Protestant, into Swedish
- Gustav Vasa - Protestant, translated into Swedish, Gustav Vasa Bible
Tagalog
- Ang Bagong Ang Biblia Full text
- Ang Biblia, 1975 Full text
- Ang Biblia ng Sambayanang Pilipino Full text
- Ang Dating Biblia, Ang Dating Daan translation based on Ang Biblia Full text
- Ang Magandang Balita Biblia, 1973 Full text
- Ang Magandang Balita Biblia, 2005 edition
- Ang Salita ng Diyos, 1998: New Testament only; produced by Bibles International Full text
Tanana, Upper
Mark's gospel (T'oodiht'aiy Aandeegn' Suu'mark Utneetł'adn Haa') was published in Upper Tanana by the American Bible Society in 1966. It was translated by Paul Milanowski and Donald Joe (Both of Wycliffe Bible Translators). 1 Timothy, translated by Paul and Trudy Milanowski was published in 1970 by Wycliffe Bible Translators. Paul Milanowski and Alfred John then translated I and II Thessalonians, I and II Timothy, Titus, and Philemon, which was published together under the title T'oodiht'aiy Aandeegn' in 1972.
Tamil
- Johann Philipp Fabricius - German, revised Tamil
Tashelhayt
(aka Tachelhit, southern Moroccan Berber) The complete New Testament, and also a collection of twenty-five Psalms, were published in 1998 by United Bible Societies. A second edition of the New Testament is due for publication in 2010. Audio recordings of these scriptures are freely available at www.tachelhit.info .
Tatar
- Nikolai Ivanovitch Ilminski - Russian Orthodox, into Tatar
Telugu
- Telugu Bible OV (పరిశుద్ధ గ్రంథము). Bible Society of India.
Tewa
The Tewa New Testament was translated by Esther Martinez in association with Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Thai
List of Translators
- John Taylor Jones - ABMU missionary, translated New Testament into Thai from Greek
- Philip Pope (missionary) - Independent Baptist, into Thai from the KJV
History
Part of the Bible in Thai was first published in 1834. The New Testament in Thai was printed for the first time in 1843. The first full collection of Bible texts in Thai came out in 1883.[52]
External links
Tibetan
The first portion of the Bible, the gospel of John, in Tibetan was translated by Morovian missionaries William Heyde, Edward Pagel, and Hienrich Jaeschke, and later Dr. Francke. It was printed in 1862 at Kyelang in Kashmir. The whole New Testament was printed in 1885 in Ladakh. Another version was translated in 1903. So as not to have the problem of various dialectal differences it was translated into classical Tibetan, but this was not understood by anybody.
Yoseb Gergen (aka Sonam Gergen), a Tibetan Christian translated the entire Bible, complete in 1935. This was the first Bible that was translated into a dialect Gergen had accidentally come across that was understandable easily by all Tibetans. It was finally published in 1948.[53]
Eliya Tsetan Phuntshog published the New Testament in 1970.
There is currently a project going on to translate the Bible into the East Tibetan dialect.[54]
Tongan
Although parts of the Bible were first translated into Tongan in 1844, the New Testament was first published in 1849.[55] The first complete edition of the Bible was translated into Tongan by Wesleyan missionaries; the translation was then revised and edited by T. West, and published in London by W. M. Watts in 1860 (New Testament) and 1862 (Old Testament).[56] Another translation of the Bible into Tongan was completed by James Egan Moulton in 1902 after serving there as a Methodist minister for eleven years. His translation is still in use today.[57]
Tsimshian
The Four Gospels, translated by William Duncan, were printed from 1885-89.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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William Duncan (1889) | Awil ǥushǥout sheībunt ga Shimoigiat ga Laḵāga halizogut, gunt ginamsh ga gaulū lip da Lthgōlthk gut ga, gunt ligit lip nā ga shimhoudikshit gish nīat althga dum gwātik gut, dum yaǥai gāda da whati shābām gundidōlshit. |
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Turkish
Ottoman Turkish Translators
- Wojciech Bobowski, also known as Ali Ufki - born Protestant, converted to Islam, translated into Ottoman Turkish
History
The Bible was translated into Turkish by Wojciech Bobowski, a Polish convert to Islam, in the 17th century. It was known as the Kitabı Mukaddes ("Holy Book"). For many years it was the only Turkish Bible.
Following Atatürk's orthographic reforms in 1923, the Bible was rewritten in the new Latin alphabet. This project was completed in 1941.
However, as the Turkish authorities were determined to remove as many foreign words from Turkish as possible, the language consequently underwent a dramatic transformation. In just sixty years, the language went through the equivalent of three hundred years of changes, thus many foreign words used in the Bible were no longer used. Because of this the United Bible Society and the Translation Trust joined together to produce a translation suited to the new language. This work would be called the Colloquial Version. The translators included Ali Simsek, Behnan Konutgan and Mahmud Solgun. The translation consultants included the Rev. Dr. Manuel Jinbachian and Dr. Krijn van der Jagt. In 1989 the New Testament was published, one journalist saying the work "flows like music." The complete Bible was dedicated on October 21, 2001.[58]
Translation | John (Yuhanna) 3:16 |
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Old, transliterated translation | Zira Allah dünyayı öyle sevdi ki, biricik Oğlunu verdi; ta ki ona iman eden her adam helâk olmasın, ancak ebedi hayatı olsun. |
Lütuf Yayinlari | Çünkü Allah dünyayı öyle sevdi ki, biricik oloğımış olan Oğlu'nu verdi; öyle ki, O'na ıman eden herkes mahvolmasın, ama sonsuz hayatı olsun. |
Modern Translation (1989) | Çünkü Tanrı dünyayı o kadar çok sevdi ki, biricik Oğlunu verdi. Öyle ki, O'na iman edenlerin hiçbiri mahvolmasın, ama hepsi sonsuz yaşama kavuşsun. |
Thomas Cosmades translation | Çünkü Tanrı dünyayı o denli sevdi ki, biricik Oğlu’nu verdi. Öyle ki, her kim O’na iman ederse mahvolmasın, sonsuz yaşama kavuşsun. |
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Ukrainian
- Panteleimon Kulish - into Ukrainian
- Ivan Nechui-Levytsky - into Ukrainian
- Ivan Ohiienko (Ohijenko, Ogienko) - into Ukrainian
- Ivan Puluj (also spelled Puliui) - into Ukrainian
Uyghur
Fragments of the Biblical texts dating from a very early time were found in Turpan. Probably translated by the Nestorians.
The first modern translating began in the late 1800s, when Johannes Avetaranian, a Turk working with the Swedish Missionary Society translated the New Testament into Uyghur. The gospels were published in 1898 by the British and Foreign Bible Society in Lepzig. Avetaranian had translated the whole New Testament, but couldn't get the British and Foreign Bible Society to print it all at once. He left Xinjiang, thinking it would be temporary, but never returned. In Avetaranian revised his Gospels, and in 1911, along with Acts they were published by the German Orient Mission, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Gustaf Raquette, also with the Swedish Missionary Society, came to Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and worked together with Avetaranian on a revision of the New Testament translation. This revision was published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1914.
Selections from the Old Testament, translated by Avetaranian was published in Bulgaria in 1907. It is a small booklet though, and it is unclear how much/if he translated any more than that.
Genesis in 1917, Job in 1921, and Psalms in 1923 were translated by other members of the Swedish Missionary Society, especially Oscar Andersson. The British and Foreign Bible Society also printed a revision of the New Testament, by Lars Erik Hogberg and G. Sauerwein in Cairo, in 1939.
George Hunter, of the China Inland Mission in Urumqi, translated Mark, published in 1920 by the Shanghai branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and Acts, published by them in 1922. 1 Samuel (a tentative edition) was published in Urumqi in 1917.
After the Swedes had been exiled from Xinjiang, Gustaf Ahlbert, Oskar Hermannson, Dr. Nur Luke (a Uyghur), Moulvi Munshi, and Moulvi Fazil, completed the translation of the Uyghur Bible in India. This, and a revision of the New Testament, was published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1950, in Cairo.[59]
Modern Uyghur translations of the Bible are in progress.
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Vietnamese
- 1926 Vietnamese Translation (VT), (Cadman)
- 1995 Republication of the 1926 VT
- 2008 New Vietnamese Bible
Although, the Chu Quoc Ngu had been written in the 17th century, it took more than 250 years (1872) for Vietnamese Bibles to be translated for common teaching use in Vietnam. In 1963, Catholic officials published Vietnamese Bibles for the Vietnamese people's use.
A group of pastors are working to translate the Bible to Vietnamese using the English New International Version (NIV).[citation needed]
External links
- History of Vietnamese Bible
- New Vietnamese Bible
- UBS-Vietnamese Partnership – has downloads for a mobile phone version of the Vietnamese Bible
Wakhi
The translation of the Bible into Wakhi has begun in Moscow.
The first publication of a biblical text into Wakhi, was an excerpt from the Gospel of Luke (2:1-20) in a book on the birth of Jesus in the 80 languages of the peoples of the CIS, (IBT, 2000. p. 68-69)
In 2001 the Institute for Bible Translation published 1,500 copies of Selections from Luke.[citation needed]
Translation | Lord's Prayer, from Luke 11:2-4 |
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Roman alphabet | Yiso yavər x̆atəy: «Sayišt i dəo carəv, x̆anəv: „Ey bzыrgwor Tat ki də osmonət cəy! Ti bəzыrg nung bər olam ыmыt! Ləcər dəwroni Ti podšoyi ɣ̆at-ət, zəmin-ət zəmon də hыkmi taw ыmыt! Spo rыsq-ət rыzi sakər nəsib car! Cə spo gənoən šəxs! Sak bə kuy, ki sakər šakiɣ̆, cə kərk! kыx̆ter baxṣ̌əṣ̌ carən. Cə bandi nafs-ət awasən, Cə waswasayi Iblisən saki niga δыr!“» |
Cyrillic alphabet | Йисо йавəр х̌атəй: «Сайишт ҙи дəо царəв, х̌анəв: „Ей бзыргв̌ор Тат ки дə осмонəт цəй! Ти бəзырг нунг бəр олам ымыт! Лəцəр дəв̌рони Ти подшойи г̌ат-əт, зəмин-əт зəмон дə ҳыкми тав̌ ымыт! Спо рысқ-əт рызи сакəр нəсиб цар! Цə спо гəноəн шəхс! Сак бə куй, ки сакəр шакиг̌ цə кəрк! Кых̌тəр бахш̣əш̣ царəн. Цə банди нафс-əт ав̌асəн, Цə в̌асв̌асайи Иблисəн саки нига д̌ыр!“» |
Wampanoag
The Wampanoag (or Massachuset) language was the first North American Indian language into which any Bible translation was made; John Eliot began his Natick version in 1653 and finished it in 1661-63, with a revised edition in 1680-85. It was the first Bible to be printed in North America.
In 1709 Experience Mayhew published his translation, in the Martha's Vineyard dialect, of the Psalms and John's Gospel.
Translation | John 3:16 |
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John Eliot | Newutche GOD wussaúmowomantam muttáok, newaj maguk wunnukquttegheonoh onk howan wunnamptauont matta who awakompanau, qut who ohtau micheme pomantamóonk. |
Experience Mayhew (1709) | Newutćhe God wuttunukuhque wômontamunap muttaohk, ummâkunnát wunnukqutekehônoh, onk nishnoh howan wanômuhtauont, who matta auwohkuhpuno∞, qut who ohto mićhemohtae pomontam∞onk. |
Welsh
- William Morgan - Anglican, translated into Welsh
- William Salesbury - Protestant, translated into Welsh
Xhosa
- Henry Hare Dugmore - Methodist, translated into Xhosa
Yiddish
- Elijah Levita (aka Bahur and Elijah ben Asher) - Jewish, German Yiddish
Yoruba
- Samuel Ajayi Crowther - translated the Bible into Yoruba and concluded it in the mid 1880s known as "Bibeli Mimo". The complete Yoruba Bible was first published in 1884.
Yupik
The New Testament in the Yupik language has been translated and is almost ready for publication. It is largely the work of David and Mitzi Shinen. When ready it will be published both in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts, so that it is accessible to Yupik living on St. Lawrence Island, as well as in Siberia.
There translation of Mark was published previously in 1974, and Philippi in 1989.
Yup'ik
Three Russian Orthodox liturgical readings, St. Mark 1:9-11, St. Matthew 4:23-5:13, St. Mark 16:1-8, were translated by John Orlov, of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1887.
Moravian Missionary John Hinz translated Mark into Yup'ik, this being published in Germany in 1915. The four gospels and selections from the Psalms and New Testament was published as Kanegriarat Ashilret by the American Bible Society in 1929.
The New Testament was then translated into Yup'ik by John Hinz and people from the Alaska Moravian Church. This was published by the American Bible Society in 1956. A particularly interesting change was a switch from using the standard Yup'ik Yesus(Modern Spelling: Yiissus) (used in previous editions and in Jacobson's dictionary) to the anglicized Jesus. Yup'ik orthography and spelling was not yet standardized.
Since then the Old Testament has bee completed and together with the New Testament in modern orthography it is being prepared for printing. The translation team's goal is to have the whole Bible published by 2013.[60]
Translation | John (Johnam) 3:16 |
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(American Bible Society, 1956) | Toiten Agaiutim tlamiut kinikkapigtshamíke kēngan Kitunrane tsikiutika, kina imna itlēnun ukfalra tamaskifkinako taugam nangiyuílingoramik unguvankriskluko. |
(American Bible Society, 1929) | Toiten Agaiyutim tlamiut kinikkapigtsamike kingan kitunrane tsikiutika, kina imna itlenun ukfalra tamaragkaunregluko, taugam nangyuilingogmuk unguwankiskluko. |
Zulu
List of Translators
- John William Colenso - Anglican, Zulu
- Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder - Norwegian, translated in Zulu
In 1837, the first portion's of the Bible in the Zulu language were published, in the "First Book for Readers" portions of Genesis and two Psalms were published.
History
The first book of the Bible to be translated into the Zulu language was Matthew's Gospel, published in 1848 by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). This was translated by George Champion, and revised by Newton Adams.
The completed New Testament was published in 1865, translated by a several missionaries of the ABCFM. And the complete Bible, translated also by many members of the ABCFM, and corrected by Andrew Abraham, and finally edited by S. C. Pixley was published in 1883.[61][62]
It was revised in 1959, and published in London by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
A Modern Zulu New Testament, and as the Psalms was completed in 1986 and published in Cape Town by the Bible Society of South Africa. This was translated by Dean Nils Joëlson, and project co-ordinated by, Mr. D. T. Maseko and Mr. K. Magubane.
Zuñi
In 1906, Andrew VanderWagen translated the Gospel according to Mark. In the 1930s and 1940s, Wycliffe Bible Translators Carroll Whitener translated the Gospel according to John, as well as a few other portions of Scripture, with the help of Rev. George Yff and Rex Natewa.
After extensive study of the Zuñi language, and massive recordings of their folklore, and after creating a writing system that worked for their language, Curtis Cook translated the gospel of Mark (published in 1970) and Acts into the Zuñi language.[63] Cook's chief language helper was Lorenzo Chavez[64]
Translators into multiple languages
- Elias Riggs - American Presbyterian, into modern Armenian and Bulgarian
- Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
- William Carey - Baptist, translated into Bengali and Sanskrit
- Nathan Brown - Baptist, translated into Assamese and Shan
- Giovanni Diodati - Protestant, translated into Italian and French
- Henry Martyn - Protestant, translated into Hindustani and Persian
References
- ^ United Bible Society (2008), Statistical Summary of languages with the Scriptures, retrieved 2008-03-22
- ^ http://biblesociety.org.nz/global-news/scripture-now-in-2479-languages/
- ^ a b c d Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
- ^ Церковь "Новая Жизнь"
- ^ Belarusian Bible
- ^ "Philippines", 2003 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, ©Watch Tower, page 204
- ^ "Announcements", Our Kingdom Ministry, September 2001, page 3
- ^ Foster, Biography of Se-Quo-Yah, p. 120
- ^ Early Bibles of America, by John Wright, pg. 278
- ^ a b Eric North, Eugene Nida, The Book of a Thousand Tongues, United Bible Societies, 1972
- ^ Early Bibles of America: Being a Descriptive Account of Bibles Published in the United States by John Wright
- ^ The Missionary Herald, pg. 241 http://books.google.com/books?id=o5MUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA241&dq=Jonah+Cherokee&as_brr=1&ei=L9vwSc6iIIjAlQTt9fn8CQ
- ^ The book of Haggai translated into Cherokee [WorldCat.org]
- ^ The Centennial History of the American Bible Society By Henry Otis Dwight, pg. 359
- ^ [1]FreewareBible.com Methodology Explained
- ^ The Bible in Klondyke, by Archdeacon McDonald, [BFBS?] Monthly Reporter, 1899, p. 36
- ^ In Our Tongues, By George Anthony King, British and Foreign Bible Society, pg. 156
- ^ In Wake of the War Canoe, pg 262, by Collison, William Henry. 1915
- ^ In Our Tongues, By George Anthony King, British and Foreign Bible Society, pg. 60
- ^ Howard M. Ballou and George R. Carter (1908). "The History of the Hawaiian Mission Press, with a Bibliography of the Earlier Publications". Papers of the Hawaiian Historical Society.
- ^ Scanned versions of the original editions may be found at the HebrewBooks.org website here (Leipzig, 1830) and here (Warsaw, 1863).
- ^ Scanned versions of other nineteenth century Hebrew translations of Ben Sira may be found here (Vienna, 1814) and here (Warsaw, 1842); other short apocryphal books were translated by Samuel Plessner in this volume (1865, also entitled Ketuvim Aharonim).
- ^ An index to the online texts is found here.
- ^ Information on the project may be found here (Hebrew).
- ^ Available online in two versions (with and without vowel points) here
- ^ See here
- ^ Available online in a vowelized version here (PDF) and here (HTML).
- ^ As described by the Society for the Distribution of Hebrew Scriptures here.
- ^ See here.
- ^ http://labradormoravian.blogspot.com/2009/03/official-launch-of-inuktitut-bible-part_12.html
- ^ The Bible and the Anglo-Saxon People, by William Canton, pg. 246
- ^ http://www.biblesociety.org/old/wr_402/402_09.htm
- ^ G. W. Hunter, Examples of Various Turki Dialects, Tihwafu Sinkiang, China: China Inland Mission, 1918
- ^ T H Darlow & Horace Frederick Moule, Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the library of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
- ^ Eric North (ed), revised by Eugene Nida, Book of a Thousand Tongues, pg. 230.
- ^ ibid, pg 224
- ^ Mildred Cable, George Hunter: Apostle of Turkestan
- ^ Template:Ko http://www.bskorea.or.kr/bskorea/history/bib100/bibtrans03.aspx
- ^ Template:Kohttp://www.bskorea.or.kr
- ^ Template:Ko http://www.holybible.or.kr
- ^ Template:Kohttp://www.christianitydaily.com/echurch/view.htm?id=190058&code=mw
- ^ a b Lithuanian Bible
- ^ Bible Society - Translation Work
- ^ http://www.canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/na.cgi?nationalupdates/a29modern
- ^ Bulletin By Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Published by G.P.O., 1910 Item notes: v. 30, pt. 2 Page: 122
- ^ http://www.mongolbible.com
- ^ God Speaks Navajo, by Ethel Walls -- pg. 67
- ^ God Speaks Navajo, by Ethel Walls -- ch. 16
- ^ History of Bible in Norway (in Norwegian)
- ^ Henry Martyn, the Bible, and the Christianity in Asia
- ^ The Bible in Persian
- ^ Reading the Scriptures in Thai
- ^ God Spoke Tibetan, by Alan Maberly, http://www.nwtv.co.uk/pages/arts/books/books/tibet/chap01.htm
- ^ http://www.gsungrab.org/bo/welcome.html
- ^ The Bible in Tongan
- ^ http://books.google.com/books/pdf/Koe_Tohi_Tabu_Katoa.pdf?id=wnlJAAAAMAAJ&output=pdf&sig=1FFXmTiOMB8y_3IA57uGCuXZVWY
- ^ Moulton, James Egan (1841 - 1909) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
- ^ UBS Special Report 27, Romania & Turkey - November 2001 #16
- ^ Book of a Thousand Tongues
- ^ http://13c4.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/update-on-the-old-testament-yupik-old-testament-translation-project/#comments
- ^ Faith and Narrative by Keith E. Yandell, pg. 27
- ^ The Zulu Yesterday and To-day: Twenty-nine Years in South Africa by Gertrude Rachel Hance, pg. 45
- ^ Deseret Morning News | Arizona man helps preserve Zuni language
- ^ NSM KnowledgeBase - #17201 - Recollections of Twenty Years in Zuni, New Mexico - Part XII: Zuni Language