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| NTM@work Magazine, Colombia |
"A few years ago, as we prepared to do a magazine issue about NTM missionaries translating the Bible, I searched for verses we could use. And searched. And searched.
The New Testament says a lot about sharing the gospel, teaching and discipling. It talks about prayer, giving and encouraging. It speaks of sending and serving.
Not once are we told to translate the Bible.
Does this mean we're not supposed to translate the Bible? Certainly not.
In Jesus’ time, Greek was a common language, and the Old Testament had been translated from Hebrew into Greek. While it’s likely that Jesus read the Scriptures in the original Hebrew, some of the Scripture quotations in the New Testament come from the Greek translation. So the men who wrote the Gospels, inspired by God, had no problem with translation.
More importantly, Bible translation fits with God's character..."
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