List of Bible translators

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This a list of Bible translators by language.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

Contents 1 Fox-Aleut 2 Algonquin 3 Amharic 4 Aniwan 5 Arabic 6 Arapaho 7 Armenian 8 Assamese 9 Auca/Waodani 10 Batak 11 Bengali 12 Belarusian 13 Bisaya-Inunhan 14 Bulgarian 15 Burmese 16 Cakchiquel 17 Catalan 18 Cherokee 19 Chinese 20 Chope 21 Croatian 22 Dakota 23 Danish 24 Dutch 25 English 25.1 Old English 26 Esperanto 27 Finnish 28 French 29 German 29.1 Old German 30 Gilbertese 31 Gothic 32 Greek 32.1 Modern Greek 33 Gullah 34 Hawaiian 35 Hebrew (New Testament) 36 Hungarian 37 Icelandic 38 Italian 39 Kamba 40 Korean 41 Latin 42 Lisu 43 Malay 44 Malayalam 45 Māori 46 Marathi 47 A-Miao 48 Mixtec 49 Nama 50 Nyika (Rabai) 51 Oromo 52 Oshindonga 53 Otjiherero 54 Paniya 55 Persian 56 Polish 57 Portuguese 58 Provençal 59 Romanian 60 Russian 61 Sanskrit 62 Sechwana 63 Serbian 64 Seri 65 Shan 66 Slavic 67 Slovak 68 Slovene 69 Somali 70 Sorbian 70.1 Lower Sorbian 71 Spanish 72 Swedish 73 Tamil 74 Tatar 75 Thai 76 Turkish 76.1 Ottoman Turkish 77 Ukrainian 78 Welsh 79 Xhosa 80 Yiddish 81 Yoruba 82 Zulu 83 Translators into multiple languages 84 References 85 See also

[edit] Fox-Aleut

• Ivan Evseyevich Popov-Veniaminov (Saint Innocent of Alaska) - Russian Orthodox, into Fox-Aleut

[edit] Algonquin

• John Eliot - into Algonquin

[edit] Amharic

• Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
• Abu Rumi - Ethiopian Orthodox Church

[edit] Aniwan

• John Gibson Paton - American Protestant, into Aniwan

[edit] Arabic

Main article: List of Bible translations#Arabic

• Butrus al-Bustani
• Francis Britius
• Cornelius Van Allen Van Dyck
• Saadia Gaon - Jewish, translated into Old Arabic
• Samuel Gobat, Anglican
• Sergius Risi
• Eli Smith, American
• Nasif al Yaziji

[edit] Arapaho

• John Roberts and Michael White Hawk translated the Gospel of Luke into the Arapaho language for the American Bible Society in 1903.

[edit] Armenian

• Elias Riggs - American Presbyterian, into modern Armenian and Bulgarian

[edit] Assamese

• Nathan Brown - Baptist, translated into Assamese and Shan

[edit] Auca/Waodani

• Rachel Saint - American, into Auca/Waodani

[edit] Batak

• Ludwig I. Nommensen - Rhenish Mission Society, into Batak of Sumatra

[edit] Bengali

• William Carey - Baptist, translated into Bengali and Sanskrit

[edit] Belarusian

• Francysk Skaryna, 1517
• Luka Dzekul-Malej^[1], 1926, 1931
• Anton Lutskevich, 1931
• Vasiliy Sergeevich Semukha^[2], 2003
• George Rapetsky, Canadian, 2003

[edit] Bisaya-Inunhan

• Eldon Leano Talamisan, 1999 (New Testament), Philippines

[edit] Bulgarian

• Elias Riggs - American Presbyterian, into modern Armenian and Bulgarian

[edit] Burmese

• Adoniram Judson - Baptist, translated into Burmese

[edit] Cakchiquel

• William Cameron Townsend - Evangelical, translated into Cakchiquel

[edit] Catalan

Main article: List of Bible translations#Catalan

• J.M. Prat Colom, 19th century
• Joan Roís de Corella, 15th century psalter
• Bonifaci Ferrer, 1478
• Jaume de Montjuich, 13th century
• Pau and Samuel Sais, 2000

[edit] Cherokee

Main article: List of Bible translations#Cherokee

• At-see (also known as John Arch), 1824
• Elias Boudinot
• David Brown, 1825
• Amory N. Chamberlain
• Stephen Forman
• Evan and John B. Jones
• Jack and Anna Kilpatrick
• George Lowrey
• M.A. Pearson
• Charles C. Torrey
• Samuel Worcester

[edit] Chinese

• Gabrielle Allegra - Roman Catholic, translated into Chinese
• Solanus Lee, Antonius Lee, Bernardinus Lee and Ludovicus Liu - Roman Catholics - translated into Chinese
• Robert Morrison and William Milne - Protestants, translated into Wenli Chinese

[edit] Chope

• Dinis Sengulane - Anglican, translated into Chope

[edit] Croatian

• Matija Petar Katančić - Roman Catholic, translated into Croatian

[edit] Dakota

• Thomas S. Williamson, Gideon H. Pond and Stephen R. Riggs - Protestants, translated into Dakota

[edit] Danish

• Christen Pedersen - into Danish
• Hans Povlsen Resen Lutheran, into Danish

[edit] Dutch

Main article: List of Bible translations#Dutch

• Albert Koster
• Jan Utenhove

[edit] English

Main article: English translations of the Bible

• Henry T. Anderson - American, "The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek"
• William Ballantine - translator of The Riverside New Testament (d. 1937)
• Heinz Cassirer - Messianic Jew, NT into English
• Richard Challoner - Catholic, into English
• Myles Coverdale - Anglican, Great Bible
• John Nelson Darby - Plymouth Brethren, Darby Bible
• Ferrar Fenton - Anglican, Ferrar Fenton Bible
• Everett Fox - Jewish, translated into English and German
• Edgar J. Goodspeed - American, NT of An American Translation and worked on Revised Standard Version
• B. E. Junkins - A Fresh Parenthetical Version of the New Testament
• Jay P. Green Sr. - American, multiple translations into English, including Green's Literal Translation
• William Henry Green - American, American Standard Version
• Yisrayl Hawkins "corrected" English version of Bible, The Book of Yahweh
• Adolf Ernst Knoch - American, the Concordant Literal Version
• George Lamsa - Church of the East, Lamsa Bible
• Neil R. Lightfoot - World Bible Translation Center, International Children's Version, New Century Version
• James MacKnight - Scottish, "The New Translation of the Apostolical Epistles"
• Richard Mant - "The Book of Psalms in an English Metrical Version"
• Max Margolis - Jew, into English
• Hugo McCord - American, Churches of Christ, The Everlasting Gospel
• Bruce Metzger - American, United Church of Christ, New Revised Standard Version (also the Revised Standard Version, 2nd Edition)
• Helen Barrett Montgomery - American, Baptist, Centenary New Testament
• Donald Nash - Christian Church, "A Literal and Consistent New Testament, 1997, rev. 1998
• Olaf M. Norlie - Lutheran, English Simplified New Testament
• Matthew Parker - Anglican, Bishop's Bible
• Eugene H. Peterson - Evangelical, produced on The Message
• John Rogers - Protestant, Matthew Bible
• Joseph Bryant Rotherham - British, Church of Christ, The Emphasized Bible
• Hugh Schonfield - Jewish, "The Original New Testament: A Radical Translation and Reinterpretation"
• Mary Sidney - Anglican, translated into English
• Joseph Smith, Jr. - Mormon, Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible
• Julia E. Smith - Protestant, Julia E. Smith Parker Translation
• David H. Stern - the complete Jewish Bible
• Richard Taverner - Anglican, Taverner's Bible
• Charles Thomson - Protestant, Thomson's Translation
• William Tyndale - Tyndale's Bible
• Kenneth Wuest - Evangelical, Wuest Expanded Translation
• John Wycliffe - Wyclif's Bible
• Robert Young - Protestant, Young's Literal Translation

[edit] Old English

Main article: Old English Bible translations

• Bede - translated into Old English
• Caedmon - translated into Old English

[edit] Esperanto

• L. L. Zamenhof - Jewish, translated into Esperanto

[edit] Finnish

• Mikael Agricola - Lutheran, translated into Finnish

[edit] French

Main article: List of Bible translations#French

• Giovanni Diodati - Protestant, translated into Italian and French
• François de Larben
• Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples - Roman Catholic, translated into French
• Antoine Lemaistre and Louis Isaac Lemaistre - Roman Catholics, translated into French
• Nicholas de Leuze
• Pierre Robert Olivétan - Protestant, translated into French
• Jean Frederic Ostervald - Protestant, translated into French
• Louis-Isaac Le Maître de Sacy - Jansenist, translated into French
• Louis Segond - Calvinist, translated into French

[edit] German

Main article: German Bible translations

• Johann Augusti
• Martin Buber, Jewish
• Johann Dietenberger, Catholic
• Martin Luther, Lutheran reformer, Luther Bible
• Moses Mendelssohn, Jewish
• Franz Rosenzweig, Jewish
• Karl-Heinz Vanheiden
• Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette

[edit] Old German

• Williram - Roman Catholic, translated into Old German

[edit] Gilbertese

• Hiram Bingham II - Congregationalist, translated into Gilbertese

[edit] Gothic

• Ulfilas - Arian, translated into Gothic

[edit] Greek

• Maximus de Gallipoli - translated into Greek

[edit] Modern Greek

• Alexandros Pallis - translated into Modern Greek

[edit] Gullah

• Pat and Claude Sharpe - Evangelical, translated into Gullah

[edit] Hawaiian

• Lorrin Andrews - ABCFM missionary into Hawai'ian
• Sheldon Dibble - American, translated into Hawaiian

[edit] Hebrew (New Testament)

• Franz Delitzsch - Lutheran, translated New Testament into Hebrew
• Yitzhak Salkinsohn - Presbyterian, translated the New Testament into Hebrew

[edit] Hungarian

• Szenci Molnár Albert - Reformed, into Hungarian
• György Káldi - Roman Catholic, translated into Hungarian
• Gáspár Károlyi - Protestant, translated into Hungarian
• János Sylvester - Protestant, translated into Hungarian

[edit] Icelandic

• Oddur Gottskálksson - Protestant, translated into Icelandic
• Guðbrandur Þorláksson - Lutheran, translated into Icelandic

[edit] Italian

• Antonio Brucioli - Protestant, translated into Italian
• Giovanni Diodati - Protestant, translated into Italian and French
• Samuel David Luzzatto - Jew, into Italian
• Santi Marmochini - Roman Catholic, translated into Italian
• Antonio Martini - Roman Catholic, translated into Italian

[edit] Kamba

• Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba

[edit] Korean

• Henry G. Appenzeller - Methodist Episcopal, into Korean

[edit] Latin

• Jerome - Church Father, translated into Latin, the Vulgata
• John Immanuel Tremellius - Italian Jew converted to Christianity, into Latin

[edit] Lisu

• J. O. Fraser - China Inland Mission, into Lisu

[edit] Malay

• Albert Cornelius Ruyl - Protestant, translated into Malay

[edit] Malayalam

• Hermann Gundert - Basle Mission, into Malayalam
• Bro.Dr.Mathews Vergis - Inter Denominational Christian Fellowship, into Modern Malayalam

[edit] Māori

• Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso Church Mission Society, into Maori

[edit] Marathi

• Bapuji Appaji - into Marathi
• B. N. Athavale
• William Carey
• Ratnakar Hari Kelkar - NT translation from Greek to Marathi 2005 and Greek-Marathi wordbook Nava Karar
• Pandita Ramabai - Evangelical, translated into Marathi

[edit] A-Miao

• Sam Pollard - into A-Miao, also known as Flowery Miao

[edit] Mixtec

• Kenneth L. Pike - Evangelical, translated into Mixtec

[edit] Nama

• Johann Heinrich Schmelen - Nama of Namibia

[edit] Nyika (Rabai)

• Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba

[edit] Oromo

• Aster Ganno - Protestant, into Oromo
• Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
• Onesimos Nesib - Lutheran, translated into Oromo

[edit] Oshindonga

• Martti Rautanen - Finnish Missionary Society, into Oshindonga of Namibia

[edit] Otjiherero

• Gottlieb Viehe - German, into Otjiherero of Namibia

[edit] Paniya

• Bro.Dr.Mathews Vergis and Team - Word to World Foundation,Inter Denominational Christian Fellowship,Gospel of St.Luke into Paniya

[edit] Persian

• Henry Martyn

[edit] Polish

• Jan Laski - into Polish
• Jan Sieklucki - Calvinist, translated into Polish
• Jakub Wujek - Jesuit, translated into Polish

[edit] Portuguese

• Emperor D. Pedro II - translated the book of Nehemiah into Portuguese
• Bernardo de Alcobaça - Roman Catholic, translated into Portuguese
• João Ferreira de Almeida - Protestant, translated into Portuguese
• António Pereira de Figueiredo - Roman Catholic father, translated into Portuguese based on the Vulgata
• Huberto Rohden - Roman Catholic and spiritualist, translated the New Testament into Portuguese
• Gómez de Santofímia - Roman Catholic, translated the Psalms into Portuguese
• Matos Soares - Roman Catholic, translated into Portuguese

[edit] Provençal

• Peter Waldo - Waldensian, translated into Provençal

[edit] Romanian

• Petru Pavel Aron
• Constantin Brâncoveanu- into Romanian
• Dumitru Cornilescu - Protestant, translated into Romanian
• Gala Galaction - Romanian Orthodox, translated into Romanian
• Radu and Şerban Greceanu - translated into Romanian

[edit] Russian

• Epifany Slavinetsky - Russian Orthodox, translated into Russian

[edit] Sanskrit

• William Carey - Baptist, translated into Bengali and Sanskrit

[edit] Sechwana

• Robert Moffat - Congregationalist, translated into Sechwana

[edit] Serbian

• Lujo Bakotić - translated into Serbian
• Aleksandar Birviš - translated into Serbian
• Đuro Daničić - Serbian Orthodox, translated into Serbian
• Vuk Stefanović Karadžić - Serbian Orthodox, translated into Serbian
• Dimitrije Stefanović - translated into Serbian
• Atanasije Stojković - translated into Serbian

[edit] Seri

• Edward W. Moser - American Evangelical, into Seri of Mexico

[edit] Shan

• Nathan Brown - Baptist, translated into Assamese and Shan

[edit] Slavic

• Cyril and Methodius - translated into Slavic

[edit] Slovak

• Jozef Roháček - Protestant, translated into Slovak

[edit] Slovene

• Jurij Dalmatin - Protestant, translated into Slovene
• Primož Trubar - Lutheran, translated into Slovene

[edit] Somali

• H. Warren Modricker, Dorothy Modricker - 1976 (New Testament)
• Dorothy Modricker, Adan Jimale Farah - 1979 (complete Bible)

[edit] Sorbian

• Michel Hornik (Michael Hornig) - into Sorbian

[edit] Lower Sorbian

• Jan Bjedrich Fryco (Johann Friedrich Fritze) - into Lower Sorbian

[edit] Spanish

• Francisco de Enzinas - Protestant, translated into Spanish
• Juan Pérez de Pineda - Protestant, translated into Spanish
• Casiodoro de Reina - Lutheran, translated into Spanish
• Scío de San Miguel - Roman Catholic, translated into Spanish
• Abraham Usque - Jewish, translated into Spanish
• Cipriano Valera - Protestant, revised Reina's translation

[edit] Swedish

• Helge Åkessons - Lutheran, translated into Swedish
• Olavus Petri - Protestant, into Swedish
• Gustav Vasa - Protestant, translated into Swedish, Gustav Vasa Bible

[edit] Tamil

• Johann Philipp Fabricius - German, revised Tamil

[edit] Tatar

• Nikolai Ivanovitch Ilminski - Russian Orthodox, into Tatar

[edit] Thai

• Philip Pope (missionary) - Independent Baptist, into Thai from the KJV

[edit] Turkish

[edit] Ottoman Turkish

• Wojciech Bobowski, also known as Ali Ufki - born Protestant, converted to Islam, translated into Ottoman Turkish

[edit] Ukrainian

• Panteleimon Kulish - into Ukrainian
• Ivan Nechui-Levytsky - into Ukrainian
• Ivan Ohiienko (Ohijenko, Ogienko) - into Ukrainian
• Ivan Puluj (also spelled Puliui) - into Ukrainian

[edit] Welsh

• William Morgan - Anglican, translated into Welsh
• William Salesbury - Protestant, translated into Welsh

[edit] Xhosa

• Henry Hare Dugmore - Methodist, translated into Xhosa

[edit] Yiddish

• Elijah Levita (aka Bahur and Elijah ben Asher) - Jewish, German Yiddish

[edit] Yoruba

• Samuel Ajayi Crowther - translated into Yoruba and concluded it in the mid 1880 known as " Bibeli Mimo"

[edit] Zulu

• John William Colenso - Anglican, Zulu
• Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder - Norwegian, translated in Zulu

[edit] Translators into multiple languages

• Elias Riggs - American Presbyterian, into modern Armenian and Bulgarian
• Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
• William Carey - Baptist, translated into Bengali and Sanskrit
• Nathan Brown - Baptist, translated into Assamese and Shan
• Giovanni Diodati - Protestant, translated into Italian and French
• Henry Martyn - Protestant, translated into Hindustani and Persian

[edit] References

1. ^ Церковь "Новая Жизнь"
2. ^ Belarusian Bible

[edit] See also

• Bible translations by language
• Category:Translators of the King James version of the bible