What is Bible translation? And why it’s important
What is Bible translation? And why it’s important Bible translation involves rendering the Bible into languages other than what it was originally written in with the goal of making the Bible not only readable but understandable to everyone in their own language. But there are thousands of languages! In fact, according to Wycliffe Bible Translators —a mission agency focused on training local people to translate the Bible into the language that speaks to them best—there are over 7,000 languages spoken (or signed) around the world. Wycliffe says the entire Bible has been translated into 704 languages, the New Testament into an additional 1,551 languages, and portions of the Bible or individual stories into 1,160 other languages. 1 This means some portion of the Bible has been translated into 3,415 languages. But approximately 3,945 languages still need Scripture—which means the people who speak these languages are not able to read God’s Word in their native tongue. 2 Because the Bible