{"id":336786,"date":"2021-10-04T16:07:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T13:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=336786"},"modified":"2021-10-04T16:07:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T13:07:33","slug":"efforts-to-translate-the-bible-into-the-languages-of-the-world-accelerated-during-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/efforts-to-translate-the-bible-into-the-languages-of-the-world-accelerated-during-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Efforts to translate the Bible into the languages of the world accelerated during the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Efforts to translate the Bible into all the languages of the world accelerated during the pandemic. The Bible has been fully translated into 717 languages. The number represents a tenth of the world&#8217;s languages, but it is an increase of 13 languages compared to the previous year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One new translation was launched every week during the pandemic, transmitted Wycliffe Bible Translators.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are so many people rejoicing because for the first time in history they&#8217;ve been able to hear what God is saying to them in their own language,&#8221; declared James Poole, Executive Director of the interdenominational organization.\u00a0He said Christian communities have grown this year.<\/p>\n<p>At the launch of the Tafi, Logba, and Nyagbo versions of the New Testament, one recipient said: &#8220;Without the word, it seemed as though God was so far away. Now we can say Jesus is no longer a foreigner, he is no longer a stranger, He is one of us and he speaks our language&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Wycliffe hopes that in the next 10-15 years 95 per cent of the world&#8217;s population will have the Bible, that 99.95 per cent will have a New Testament and everyone will have access to at least some portion of Scripture.<\/p>\n<h3>Relevant statistics<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>7,135 languages have been recognised by the International Organization for Standardization;<\/li>\n<li>243 sign languages are not yet recognized;<\/li>\n<li>1,582 languages have a complete version of the New Testament (31 more than last year);<\/li>\n<li>other 1,196 languages have only portions of the Bible;<\/li>\n<li>1,5 billion people (one in five) do not have a full version of the Bible translated into their native language;<\/li>\n<li>145 million people have no access to any part of the Bible translated into their native language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Foto credit: Arhiva Basilica.ro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts to translate the Bible into all the languages of the world accelerated during the pandemic. The Bible has been fully translated into 717 languages. The number represents a tenth of the world&#8217;s languages, but it is an increase of 13 languages compared to the previous year. 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