![]() In some cases, archaic words had different, even offensive, meanings in a modern context. Word definitions and usages change over time, so the language of the 1909 Reina-Valera edition needed some tweaking. By the time the new Spanish edition was complete, each updated verse had been compared with the King James Version and four other Spanish versions as well as the Hebrew and Greek manuscripts. Work began a half-decade ago comparing King James and 1909 Reina-Valera passages, then updating terminology, then drafting a complete Genesis. ![]() I just cried then, like I'm crying now - it was very tender."įor Enrique Resek, manager of the church's Spanish Office for Translation Services, the miracles were many - ranging from the tools, technology and priesthood guidance benefiting the translation process to the fact that an LDS Spanish Bible wasn't even a consideration 30 years ago. "I literally sat and took them in my arms and just held them. "I can't talk," said Elder Jensen, choking back tears and picking up a copy to show how he cradled them. "The whole process was a unity of revelation," he said, adding "we just know the Lord was in the details, the spirit of the Lord guided us, prompting people thousands of miles apart."Īnd when he held the finished Bible for the first time? Translations and revisions were scrutinized by priesthood leaders and their wives - some 200 total in 10 different countries - to compare differences in regional language usage and to arrive at a Spanish text acceptable to all. While using the 1960 edition would have been more economical and efficient, Elder Jensen said the older text was a "blessing in disguise" as it resonated more with its English counterpart, the King James Version. The process and result is what he calls "a marvelous work."Ĭopyright issues with the 1960 Reina-Valera edition of the Spanish-language Bible resulted in the church using the public-domain 1909 Reina-Valera version as its source. Mickelson of the Quorums of the Seventy to co-chair the church's Spanish Bible project, Elder Jensen found a labor of love. So when he was called in 2004 with Elder Lynn A. Missionary and leadership assignments have taken him across Latin America. His college education included certification to teach Spanish. Before his 1992 call as an LDS general authority, he was director of the church's Scripture Coordination. Jensen of the Presidency of the Seventy has an understandably deep love for the scriptures, the Hispanic people and the Spanish language. ![]() "Una obra maravillosa" - A marvelous workĮlder Jay E. ![]() The Deseret News interviewed four involved in various aspects of the new Spanish edition. The state is home to more than 120 Spanish-language LDS wards and branches.Īvailable beginning Monday, the new LDS Spanish-language edition of the Bible is the result of efforts from a host of translators, LDS general authorities, Area Seventies, professional linguists and church members, all under the direction of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve. Spanish speakers make up a major percentage of the church's worldwide membership and are an increasing portion of its numbers in Utah, where 70,000 Hispanic Mormons lived at the beginning of the year. "Santa Biblia: Reina Valera 2009" represents the first time the church has published an edition of the Bible in a language other than English, but it is also a natural progression in a pedigree of LDS editions of the scriptures - the English King James Version in 1979, the English-language LDS "triple combination" (Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price) in 1981 and the subsequent printing of triple combinations in some three-dozen other languages. Those are the Spanish words - English translations are in the subheads below - some Mormons are using to describe the groundbreaking new Spanish-language edition of the Holy Bible prepared by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "Una obra maravillosa … un milagro … inspirado … unificar y facilitar." ![]()
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