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3.3 Bible Translation

Christian Religious Education · Grade 7 · 6 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Versions of the Bible used in Kenya today
  • Original languages of the Bible: Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek
  • Translation from original languages to local languages
  • Reasons for translating the Bible into local languages
  • Social and economic effects of Bible translation
  • Whether Bible translation is still necessary today, and appreciation of the work in Kenya

What you will be able to do

  • identify versions of the Bible used today
  • discuss reasons for translating the Bible into local languages
  • describe the translation of the Bible from the original languages to local languages
  • examine the social and economic effects of translating the Bible into local languages
  • appreciate the work of Bible translation in Kenya

Key questions

“Why is it important to translate the Bible into different languages?”

Lessons

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  1. Bible versions used in Kenya today
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Name versions learners actually meet: Good News Bible, other English, Kiswahili, and mother-tongue Bibles.
  2. Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    The Bible was first written in Hebrew (most of the OT), some Aramaic, and Greek (NT). English and Kiswahili come later.
  3. From original languages to local languages
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    A simplified path: Hebrew and Greek, Septuagint, Latin, English, Kiswahili, then Kenyan mother tongues through BSK and BTL.
  4. Why translate into local languages?
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Buzz and brainstorm: understand, worship, tell the good news, dignity of language, literacy, and scripture for all peoples.
  5. Social and economic effects of translation
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Five effects: literacy, written languages, work in publishing, identity, and wider reading - plus an interview or a prepared resource-person script.
  6. Is translation still necessary?
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    A class debate, appreciation of Kenyan translation work, and a review of versions, languages, path, reasons and five effects.