What languages have the Bible been translated into?

What languages have the Bible been translated into?

As of September 2020 the full Bible has been translated into 704 languages, the New Testament has been translated into an additional 1,551 languages and Bible portions or stories into 1,160 other languages. Thus at least some portions of the Bible have been translated into 3,415 languages.

What Bible is used in Africa?

The Old Testament or Hebrew Bible is much loved in Africa. It is however encountered almost exclusively in translation, either through translation into local indigenous languages or translation into foreign, non-local languages.

Who translated Bible from English to Swahili?

Bishop Edward Steere
A little later Bishop Edward Steere in Zanzibar translated into Swahili and published the New Testament and in 1891 the entire Bible.

When was the Bible translated into African languages?

The first Scripture translations into Bantu languages were produced in the 17th century, but the first New Testament appeared only in 1840 and the first complete Bible in 1857, both the latter being renderings into Tswana (Tlhaping) by Robert Moffat.

Is Africa mentioned in the Old Testament?

Africa and Africans were mentioned more than 1 417 times in the entire Bible. Of this, Egypt (Mitsrayim) was mentioned more than 740 times in the Old Testament (Adamo 2005:26-36). In the Pentateuch, references to the words Egypt and Egyptians occur more than 288 times.

What is the closest English translation of the Bible?

The New Revised Standard Version
The New Revised Standard Version is the version most commonly preferred by biblical scholars. In the United States, 55% of survey respondents who read the Bible reported using the King James Version in 2014, followed by 19% for the New International Version, with other versions used by fewer than 10%.

Who translated the Bible into Setswana?

Robert Moffat
The pioneer translator of the Bible into Setswana was Robert Moffat who started translating the Bible soon after his arrival in Kuruman in 1817. Setswana was the first South African language to receive a complete Bible. As each section was translated by Moffat, it was printed on a missionary press at Kuruman.

What was the first language that the Bible was translated into in Africa?

Zulu language
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 (missionary) and revised by Newton Adams.

When was the first translation of the Bible into African languages?

The earliest is a manuscript of Old Testament selections from the liturgy of the Ethiopic Church. As with the Coptic scriptures, such texts were in use by the fourth century CE. The first scriptural translations into other African languages were sponsored by the British and Foreign Bible Society in the 1820s.

How many languages are there in the Bible?

According to Ethnologue, there are 7,097 known languages in the world. The complete Bible has been translated into approximately 700 languages, while the New Testament has been translated into well over 1,500 languages. Smaller portions of the New Testament have been translated into over 1,000 languages.

Are there any translations of the Old Testament?

The Old Testament was translated from Hebrew to Greek. The entire bible was translated into Latin by Jerome. It was translated from English into Kiswahili by Dr. Krapf. It has been translated into local languages by the Bible society of Kenya. Give six reasons why Christians read the Bible.

When was the first translation of the Bible into Swahili?

Swahili (Kenya, Tanzania) 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.