Any language is capable of transmitting the message of the gospel, and as these same truths are expressed and take root in a new culture, they will reveal something new about Jesus as the message is ’embodied’ in that culture.
The needs of this language community here in the U.S. show that translation is key to much more than just Scripture. Within these minority language groups of the world, translation work also impacts health, education and other social issues. Wycliffe understands that critical community development often starts in a surprising place: with Bible translation and the language development that is foundational to it.
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Not many of us stop to think about how we got the Word in our own language: English.
John Wycliffe, a Catholic priest, had a vision for the English peasants. The English language, considered a minority or ‘throw-away’ language in his day (the Church used Latin), Wycliffe believed that it was an injustice for this ‘marginalized group’ NOT to have access to Scripture so that they did not need an intermediary to interpret it for them.
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Children of Korowai, Papua, Indonesia
“As you meditate on the significance of the birth of Jesus, remember those for whom Jesus remains a foreigner because they’ve never heard the good news in the language they understand best.”
(from Wycliffe Bible Translator USA)