List of languages by year of first Bible translation

The Bible has been translated into many languages. The Jewish Tanakh (similar to the Protestant Old Testament) was originally written in Hebrew, with the exception of some passages of Daniel, Ezra, and Jeremiah which are in Aramaic. The New Testament is widely agreed to have originally been written in Greek, although some scholars hypothesize that certain books (whether completely or partially) may have been written in Aramaic before being translated for widespread dissemination.

Latin

Partly: end of 2nd century

Completely: mid 3rd century for Vetus Latina; around 407 for Jerome's Vulgate

Syriac

Partly:

Completely: earlier versions 2nd century; Peshitta 4th century

Coptic

Partly: First Century

Completely: Second Century (to Akhmimic, Sahidic and Bohairic Dialects)

Gothic

Partly:

Completely: 383 by Ulifas or Ulfilas

Armenian

Partly: by Saint Mesrop (translated from Syriac)

Completely:

Nubian

Partly:

Completely: 6th century

Chinese

Partly: 640 (by Nestorian Christians for Chinese Emperor)

Completely: 1823

Arabic

Partly:

Completely: 8th century

Anglo-saxon

Partly: 7th century

Completely:

Slavonic

Partly: 9th century

Completely:

German

Partly: 748 Gospel of Matthew (Mondsee Fragments)

Completely: 1466 Mentelin Bible (there were several German translations before Martin Luther's translation 1535)

Slovene

Partly:
- Freising Manuscripts (972–1039; contains the translation of Matthew 25:34)
- Primož Trubar, 1555–1577 (the entire New Testament; the first translation – the Gospel of Matthew – was printed in 1555)
Completely: Jurij Dalmatin (finished in 1578, printed in 1583)