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Imagine you are in the Sunday morning service and someone gets up to do the Scripture reading. You know that Scripture is God's Word and is important -- you want to listen carefully and seek to apply what you hear ...
(click on the files in order below, then look at the commentary)
Reading 1.mp3Reading 2.mp3Reading 3.mp3Commentary
Commentary
How did you react to the various readings? You probably didn't understand the first (unless you know French). The second, Hawaii Pidgin, was likely basically understandable, although strange and foreign. The final reading was in contemporary English. For some people, God's Word is only available in a language they don't understand or one that, although somewhat understandable, is not their native language. The goal of Wycliffe Bible Translators is to see the communities of the world transformed by the Word of God in the language that speaks best to them.
Second Scripture quotation is taken from Da Jesus Book, Hawaii Pidgin New Testament. copyright © 2010 by Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. Used under the Creative Commons License.
Third Scripture quotation is taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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