In 2014 Nanci and I attended the first illumiNations. In those days it was estimated that at the current rate of Bible translation, it would be 2150 before every people group would have at least a portion of God’s Word in their language. At this year’s gathering, they announced that the new projected date of introducing God’s Word to the last Bibleless people group is now 2033!

The Seed Company is one of the best Bible translation organizations, and the one most heavily supported by EPM. 

My friend Tim Challies recently placed a ten minute video on his blog, documenting what happened earlier in 2010: the receiving of the completed translated New Testament by the Kimyal Tribe in Papua, Indonesia.

The ESV was much more thoroughly debated and uses a little better underlying New Testament Greek text.

To make one English version THE version by which to compare all other versions is an error in thinking.

And among those that translate word for word, the ESV is more literary and readable; the NASB is not quite as good English, but still accurate as a word for word translation. A person reading a passage looking for key terms that repeat, then a NASB would be better. If you are trying to understand the passage as a whole, then the ESV is better.

Eternal Perspective Ministries, through the work of one of our ministry partners, is privileged to have the opportunity to help translate the Gospel into two languages.

Last year, EPM introduced readers of Eternal Perspectives to our plans to fund the translation of the gospel into two languages, the El and Que languages, through the work of one of our ministry partners.

The Seed Company’s ministry exists to train nationals in translating the Scriptures into their own languages.