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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

“The translation principle explicitly rejects the idea, enshrined in Christendom, that Christianity has a definitive cultural expression, that non-Christian peoples must embrace another culture as a condition for salvation.” —Jehu Hanciles

Translating Poetry Is Hard

Friday, April 7, 2023

In the translation world, it is well-known that certain genres of text are more difficult to translate than others. Some of the easier text genres for translation are narrative (telling about an event) and descriptive (giving details about someone or something). A far more difficult text genre...

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

"Satan may build a hedge about us and fence us in and hinder our movements, but he cannot roof us in and prevent our looking up."—Hudson Taylor

Friday, March 24, 2023

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Translation That Stays True (Why Form Matters)

Friday, March 17, 2023

Translators are not authors, free to write whatever they want in the way they want. They must translate the existing text with integrity.

With form and meaning in constant tension, what helps translators stay faithful to the form of the original text? These four points correspond to the...

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

"Being genuinely at home among a people and in a culture is a necessary condition for the authenticity of the Gospel wherever it is preached. Failing this, the profession of the Christian faith remains only a veneer, sooner or later to wear out." —Laurenti Magesa

Mayangna Team Update

Friday, February 24, 2023

In 2022, the Mayangna translation team faced many difficulties, changes, and blessings. After an invasion of Mayangna lands in 2021, several Mayangna who were influential in protecting the land were arrested and accused of planning the attack on their own people. Please pray for the rapid...

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

"The mission of God is the commitment of God to make Himself known to His creation ultimately for the purpose of redeeming and restoring all creation to its right relationship with God." —Christopher Wright

All-Nations Live with the Ahsatdah Team

Friday, February 3, 2023

Tuesday, February 28, 7:00 pm ET
Join us on February 28 for a 1-hour update with the Ahsatdah team in South America. Learn from the whole family about life in a remote jungle village.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

"If clear understanding is one of the main goals of translation, then enjoying and receiving the messages of the New Testament in their fullness requires having access to the Old." —Peter Yuh Kimen

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“Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17

“Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witness of these things.” Luke 24:47, 48

“Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations.” Matthew 28:19

“In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:3

“That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the Gospel.” Ephesians 3:6

“That they all may be one; as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us; that the world may believe that You sent Me.” John 17:21

“Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’?” Mark 11:17

“Ask of me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance.” Psalm 2:8

“Behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes.” Revelation 7:9

“Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified.” 2 Thessalonians 3:1

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105

“As cold water to a weary soul, so is good news from a far country.” Proverbs 25:25

“More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” Psalm 19:10

“All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You.” Psalm 22:27

“Truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.” Numbers 14:21

“Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples. For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.” Psalm 96:3, 4

“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.” Habakkuk 2:14

“That all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.” 1 Kings 8:60

“For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; in every place incense shall be offered to My name, and a pure offering; for My name shall be great among the nations.” Malachi 1:11

“All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your name.” Psalm 86:9

“For as the earth brings forth its bud, as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.” Isaiah 61:11

"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" Psalm 46:10

"This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." 1 Timothy 2:3, 4

"You are worthy. . .; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God." Revelation 5:9, 10

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