God speaks through His Word to those who listen with their heart.
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Why Bible Translation is Important
The Right Message The people of the world are searching for truth, love, forgiveness, purpose, peace. They are searching for life that can only be found in Jesus.
God speaks through His Word to communicate His character, His promises, and His invitation to love and know and serve Him.
But how can people know Him when they can’t clearly understand the words they hear or read—or worse, when they have no Scripture available to them at all?
In the Right Words
More than 2,200 language communities still do not have true access to even one verse of Scripture. They need to experience God’s Word in their heart language.
It’s true that some minority language groups are bilingual, and they can read the Bible in their second or even third language, but it’s hard to connect with the message when it’s not in their mother tongue. It’s like trying to eat soup with a fork, or trying to read by moonlight. It might be possible, but not very effective, and certainly not very inviting.
Bible translation in the heart language invites people to truly encounter God’s truth.
Some communities have never heard about Jesus at all. They have absolutely no access to God’s Word.
For them, Bible translation can mean the difference between eternity with God and eternity without Him.
The Right Ministry
Bible translation is foundational to every part of Christian ministry. It leads to evangelism, discipleship and church planting. It leads to transformed lives as people learn to become passionate followers of Jesus Christ.
Wycliffe Bible Translators
The work of Bible translation flows out of the identity of the participants as followers of Jesus. The belief they share provides them with the motivation for their ministry.
Wycliffe's vision is "God's Word, accessible to all people in the language of their heart", and their Mission is to see a Bible translation program in progress in every language still needing one by 2025.
Each person who participates in Bible translation has been created by God, gifted by God and called by God. While they are a diverse community, they are driven by a single passion: The glory of God through the translation of the Word for every person on earth in the language they understand best.
Wings As Eagles proudly support Tim & Sharon Lithgow in the work they are doing for Bible translation in Papua New Guinea. Tim is an ex-Army Blackhawk helicopter pilot colleague of Ray, who gave up a promising career in the Australian Army to follow God's call to PNG.
Find out how you can support God's work in bringing His Word to the unreached by visiting Wycliffe Bible Translators at www.wycliffe.org.
Wings As Eagles
Posted 01May09
Updated 19May11