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#TranslationTuesday
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

There are no closed doors to the gospel—provided that, once you get inside, you don't care if you ever come out.
—Brother Andrew

#TranslationTuesday
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

The genius of language is precisely its capacity to express thoughts which the people have not heard before.
—Eugene Nida

#TranslationTuesday
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

“All languages and dialects are bearers of identity.” John Edwards: Sociolinguistics, a very short introduction

#TranslationTuesday
Tuesday, January 2, 2024

"It was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue." —William Tyndale

#TranslationTuesday
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

"Our confidence in missions and our joy in salvation flow from a knowledge that God’s mission of mercy finds its origin in his desire for his glory, not in our ability or desirability." –Andy Johnson

#TranslationTuesday
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

"Is it not better to have one good idea and to live for that and succeed in it, than to scatter one’s life away on many things and leave a mark on nothing!” -John G. Paton, South Seas missionary

#TranslationTuesday
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

"We need to make Christ known in every people group, in every nation, in every family of the earth; and the most fundamental way of distinguishing those groups is by a common language, culture, and heritage that they share." ~Chad Vegas

#TranslationTuesday
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

“So often when I read the Bible in Hausa or English, there are words I don’t understand. But now that I’m reading it in my own language, it just goes straight in!” —African believer

#TranslationTuesday
Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Most often, it is in the context of teaching, preaching, and fellowship with others that people are persuaded to change their beliefs and behavior. For Bible translation to achieve its ultimate goal, it needs to be carried out as a part of a larger communication strategy of the church. —Harriet...

#TranslationTuesday
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

"Without translation there would be no Christianity or Christians. Translation is the church’s birthmark as well as its missionary benchmark: the church would be unrecognizable or unsustainable without it." ~ Lamin Sanneh

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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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