1. Bible Translation

3. status of Bible translation Complete Bible: 451 New Testament: 1185 Some scripture: 851 Around 2,393 language communities still have no translation 300 million people

4. Total Number of Languages with Some Scripture Bible Translation: Looking Back Bible into some major world languages Bible into some minority languages Authorized Version kjv abc Bible into some European languages

5. Translation needsAfrica Asia Indo-Pacific

6. Why Bible translation?

7. Because the message of the Bible is that God wants to communicate about himself and his nature to us

8. Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. Hebrew 1:1-2

10. Because the message of the Bible is that God reaches out to his people on a heart level

11. And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done! Acts 2:11

12. “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” John 1v14

13. “God’s Word became a human being and sat down among us.” John 1v14 Kouya New Testament

15. Because the message of the Bible is that God cares about the poor, marginalised and forgotten people of the earth

17. God......communicates...reaches out...cares for the poor, marginalised and forgotten

18. Impact of Scripture “When I read the Bible in the national language, it is as if someone prepared food, put it on a table and said “here is food, you may eat it if you like”... …when I read it in my own language, it is as though someone is spoon-feeding me. The word of God goes right into my heart, and I understand it straight away” Man in Asia

20. Vision 2025 By 2025, together with partners worldwide, we aim to see a Bible translation programme begun in every language that needs one.

21. Bible Translation: Looking Forward

22. Vision 2025 By 2025, together with partners worldwide, we aim to see a Bible translation programme begun in every language that needs one.

23. Partner organisations

24. Bible translation is about… Partnership

25. Partnership between… God and his people

26. Partnership between… God and his people The language community and outsiders

27. The Language Community and Outsiders

28. What happens in Bible translation? Local Community Wycliffe Other Partners

29. Partnership between… God and his people The language community and outsiders A team of people with diverse skills and backgrounds

30. ExegetesMother- tongue Translators Translation Advisors Community Leaders Counsellors Project Managers Language Assessors IT SupportChurch Leaders Member Care Coordinators LinguistsLiteracy Workers School Teachers Software Developers Scripture Use Promoters Finance Staff

31. Language Assessment

32. Linguistics

33. A writing system A good writing system depends on: Good analysis of the sounds of the language

34. A writing system The Rotokas language in Papua New Guinea has only 11 letters in its alphabet p t k b d g i u e a o

35. A writing system The Sandawe language of Tanzania has 59 distinct sounds that need to be written

36. A writing system A good writing system depends on: Good analysis of the sounds of the language Acceptance by the whole speech community

37. Literacy work

38. Translation

39. Translation Checking

40. Scripture Use Promotion

41. Finance

42. Member Care

43. IT and computing

44. School teachers

45. Project Management

46. Kama vile mwili ulivyo mmoja lakini una viungo vingi, na viungo vyote ingawa ni vingi vinafanya mwili mmoja, ndivyo ilivyo na Kristo. Kwa maana tumebatizwa na Roho mmoja katika mwili mmoja, kama ni Wayahudi au Wagiriki, kama ni watumwa au watu huru; nasi tumepewa tunywe, huyo Roho mmoja.

47. The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.

48. Bible translation is about… Partnership

49. Bible translation is about… People of diverse languages and cultures, with different backgrounds and skills… …all united in Christ, serving together to see God’s message of love translated into Languages and Lives www.wycliffe.org.uk