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Figuring Out a Bible Translation Calcular a cabo una traducción de la Biblia

People sometimes wonder why there are various "Versions" or "Translations" of the Bible. After all, all of the many English language Bible Versions are translated from the exact same source text , which was in Greek (NT) and Ancient Hebrew (OT). Algunas veces las personas se preguntan por qué hay varias "versiones" o "traducciones" de la Biblia. Después de todo, de todos los muchos idiomas Inglés versiones de la Biblia se tradujo a partir de la misma fuente de texto, que es en griego (NT) y antiguo hebreo (OT ). Shouldn't really smart people be able to figure out how to translate something exactly right? En caso de que las personas inteligentes no ser capaz de evaluar cómo traducir algo exactamente? Especially something as important as the Bible, where many thousands of people have been involved? Sobre todo algo tan importante como la Biblia, donde muchos miles de personas han participado?

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Well, the problem turns out to be a little harder than that. Bueno, el problema resulta ser un poco más difícil que eso. First of all, many of the source artifacts that we have are incomplete. En primer lugar, la fuente de muchos de los artefactos que tenemos son incompletos. At some point in history, weather or vandalism or war or just plain age has caused some parts of documents to have disappeared. En algún momento de la historia, la meteorología o la guerra o actos de vandalismo o simplemente de edad ha causado algunas partes de los documentos que han desaparecido. Next, even though there are several thousand existing (partial) source documents, once in a while, in one of those source documents (which are actually scribe-copied copies of earlier documents), a single character sometimes somehow gets mis-copied by some scribe along the way. A continuación, aunque hay varios miles existentes (parciales) de los documentos fuente, de vez en cuando, en uno de esos documentos fuente (que en realidad son copiados escribano de copias de documentos anteriores), un único carácter de alguna manera a veces se mal copiada por algunos Escribano en el camino. After all, by the time that scribe made our source document around a thousand years ago (about as old as most existing documents actually are), that document is a scribe-copy of an earlier scribe-copy of an earlier scribe-copy, etc. All of those scribes were as careful as humans are capable of, and most of them truly believed that they would be banished to Hell if they made even a single copying error! Después de todo, en el momento en que el escribano hizo nuestro documento fuente alrededor de un millar de años atrás (tan antiguos como la mayoría de los documentos existentes son en realidad), que el documento es un escribano-copia de una anterior escribano-copia de una copia anterior de escribano, etc . Todos estos escribas eran lo más cuidadoso de los seres humanos son capaces, y la mayoría de ellos realmente creía que iban a ser desterrado al Infierno si lo hizo ni siquiera una sola copia error! But the Bible contains around 800,000 words and around three million characters. Pero la Biblia contiene alrededor de 800000 palabras y alrededor de tres millones de caracteres. Extremely careful comparison between the thousands of different scribe copies that still exist have found some very minor copying errors in some of the existing copies of the earlier original Manuscripts. Extremadamente cuidadosa comparación entre los miles de diferentes escribano ejemplares que aún existen se han encontrado algunas muy leves errores de copia en algunas de las copias existentes de los primeros manuscritos originales. None of them have changed any significant wording or belief. Ninguno de ellos han cambiado de manera significativa expresión o de creencias.

In addition to this, the actual way the Bible used to be written was quite different from the way we read it today. Además de esto, el camino real de la Biblia solía ser escrita es muy diferente de la forma en que nos diga que el día de hoy. To give you the "flavor" of the problems, we are presenting Genesis 1 IN ENGLISH here in some historical formats, working our way backward in time as we go. Para darle el "sabor" de los problemas, que presentamos Génesis 1 EN INGLÉS aquí, en algunos formatos históricos, nuestra forma de trabajo atrás en el tiempo a medida que avanzamos. Of course, the original source documents were not in English. Por supuesto, la fuente original de los documentos no estaban en Inglés. Many (over 5,000) are in Greek. Muchas (más de 5.000) son en griego. Others (over 10,000) are Latin copies of the Vulgate Bible (of about 400 AD). Otros (más de 10.000) están Latina copias de la Biblia Vulgata (de alrededor de 400 dC). A lesser number are in a variety of other languages. Un número menor se encuentran en una variedad de otros idiomas.

The Greek documents are particularly important, partly because that was the original language of the New Testament Manuscripts, so there was minimal chance of errors from language translation back then. El griego documentos son particularmente importantes, en parte debido a que es el idioma original del Nuevo Testamento-originales, de modo que había mínima posibilidad de errores de la traducción de la lengua en esa época. Our thoughts below are based on thinking about those Greek language source documents. Nuestros pensamientos a continuación se basan en el pensamiento acerca de los documentos de origen griego.


Before about 1560 AD and the Genevan New Testament, Bible scripture was not divided into verses. Genesis 1 would then appear (in English) basically like the following: Antes de alrededor de 1560 AD y el ginebrino Nuevo Testamento, la Biblia no es la escritura dividido en versículos. Génesis 1 aparecería entonces (en Inglés), básicamente, como la siguiente:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. En el principio creó Dios los cielos y la tierra. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Y la tierra estaba sin forma y vacío, y las tinieblas estaban sobre la faz de la profundidad. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Y el Espíritu de Dios se movía sobre la faz de las aguas. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Y Dios dijo: Hágase la luz: y fue la luz. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. Y vio Dios la luz, que era buena: y separó Dios la luz de las tinieblas. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. Y llamó Dios a la luz Día, ya las tinieblas llamó Noche él. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Y fue la tarde y la mañana el primer día. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Y dijo Dios: «¡Que haya un firmamento en medio de las aguas, y separe las aguas de las aguas. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. E hizo Dios la expansión, y separó las aguas que estaban debajo de la expansión, de las aguas que estaban sobre la expansión: y fue así. And God called the firmament Heaven. Y llamó Dios a la expansión Cielos. And the evening and the morning were the second day. Y fue la tarde y la mañana el segundo día. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. Y dijo Dios: «¡Que las aguas debajo del cielo se juntarán hasta un lugar, y dejar que aparezca la tierra seca: y fue así. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. Y llamó Dios a lo seco Tierra, y la reunión de las aguas llamó Mares él: y vio Dios que era bueno. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. Y dijo Dios: «¡Que la tierra hierba verde, hierba de la producción de semillas, y los frutos de árboles dando frutos después de su especie, cuya semilla esté en él, sobre la tierra: y fue así. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Y trajo la tierra hierba verde, hierba y rendimiento de semillas después de su tipo, y el árbol dando fruto, cuya semilla está en sí mismo, según su género: y vio Dios que era bueno. And the evening and the morning were the third day. Y fue la tarde y la mañana del tercer día. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. Y dijo Dios: Que haya luces en el firmamento de los cielos para separar el día de la noche, y sean por señales, y para las estaciones, y para días y años: Y sean por lumbreras en la expansión de Los cielos para alumbrar sobre la tierra: y fue así. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. Y Dios hizo dos grandes luces, la mayor luz para gobernar el día, y la lumbrera menor para la noche: hizo también las estrellas. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good. Y las puso Dios en la expansión de los cielos para alumbrar sobre la tierra, y para señorear en el día y durante la noche, y para separar la luz de las tinieblas: y vio Dios que [era] bueno. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día cuarto. And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. Y dijo Dios: «¡Que las aguas produce abundantemente en movimiento la criatura que tiene la vida, las aves de corral y que pueden volar por encima de la tierra, en la abierta expansión de los cielos. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Y Dios creó grandes ballenas, y todo ser viviente que moveth, las aguas que trajo abundantemente, después de su tipo, y cada ave alada según su especie: y vio Dios que era bueno. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. Y Dios los bendijo, diciendo: Fructificad y multiplicaos, y llenad las aguas en los mares, las aves de corral y dejar que se multiplican en la tierra. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día quinto. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. Y dijo Dios: «¡Que la tierra seres vivientes según su género criatura, el ganado, y la cosa rampante, y la bestia de la tierra según su especie: y fue así. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. E hizo Dios animales de la tierra según su género, y ganado después de su tipo, y todo lo que arrastra sobre la tierra según su especie: y vio Dios que era bueno. And God said, Let us make man in our image, afterour likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Y dijo Dios: Hagamos al hombre a nuestra imagen, semejanza afterour: y dejar que ellos tienen dominio sobre los peces del mar, y sobre las aves del cielo, y durante el ganado, y en toda la tierra, y se arrastran a lo largo de cada Cosa que arrastra sobre la tierra. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Y creó Dios al hombre a imagen suya, a imagen de Dios lo creó él; hombres y mujeres que crearon ellos. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Y Dios los bendijo, y les dijo: Dios, Fructificad y multiplicaos, y reponer la tierra, y someter a ella: y tener dominio sobre los peces del mar, y sobre las aves del cielo, y sobre todo ser viviente que Moveth sobre la tierra. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. Y dijo Dios: He aquí, que le he dado cada hierba con semilla, que está sobre la faz de toda la tierra, y todo árbol, en el que es el fruto de un árbol rendimiento de semillas; os serán para la carne. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. Y para toda bestia de la tierra, ya todas las aves del cielo, y todo lo que arrastra sobre la tierra, en el que hay vida, toda planta verde les será para la carne: y fue así. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold,[it was] very good. Y vio Dios todo lo que había hecho, y he aquí [era] muy buena. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día sexto.


That is pretty easy to read and understand, although not quite as much so as our modern Bibles with verses separated and numbered. Esto es bastante fácil de leer y entender, aunque no está como mucho el fin de nuestra moderna Biblias con versos separados y numerados.


Earlier than that, the Greek texts were written without spaces or breaks between words, and no punctuation. As an example, the same Genesis 1 would look very different from the above: Antes de lo que, el griego se escribieron los textos sin espacios ni pausas entre las palabras, y sin puntuacion. Como ejemplo, el mismo Génesis 1 sería muy diferente de la anterior:
InthebeginningGodcreatedtheheavenandtheearthAndtheearthwaswithoutformand voidanddarknesswasuponthefaceofthedeepAndtheSpiritofGodmoveduponthefaceof thewatersAndGodsaidLettherebelightandtherewaslightAndGodsawthelightthatit wasgoodandGoddividedthelightfromthedarknessAndGodcalledthelightDayandthe darknesshecalledNightAndtheeveningandthemorningwerethefirstdayAndGodsaid Lettherebeafirmamentinthemidstofthewatersandletitdividethewatersfromthe watersAndGodmadethefirmamentanddividedthewaterswhichwereunderthefirmament fromthewaterswhichwereabovethefirmamentanditwassoAndGodcalledthefirmament HeavenAndtheeveningandthemorningweretheseconddayAndGodsaidLetthewaters undertheheavenbegatheredtogetheruntooneplaceandletthedrylandappearandit wassoAndGodcalledthedrylandEarthandthegatheringtogetherofthewaterscalled heSeasandGodsawthatitwasgoodAndGodsaidLettheearthbringforthgrasstheherb yieldingseedandthefruittreeyieldingfruitafterhiskindwhoseseedisinitself upontheearthanditwassoAndtheearthbroughtforthgrassandherbyieldingseed afterhiskindandthetreeyieldingfruitwhoseseedwasinitselfafterhiskindand GodsawthatitwasgoodAndtheeveningandthemorningwerethethirddayAndGodsaid Lettherebelightsinthefirmamentoftheheaventodividethedayfromthenightand letthembeforsignsandforseasonsandfordaysandyearsAndletthembeforlightsin thefirmamentoftheheaventogivelightupontheearthanditwassoAndGodmadetwo greatlightsthegreaterlighttorulethedayandthelesserlighttorulethenighthe madethestarsalsoAndGodsettheminthefirmamentoftheheaventogivelightuponthe earthAndtoruleoverthedayandoverthenightandtodividethelightfromthedarkness andGodsawthatitwasgoodAndtheeveningandthemorningwerethefourthdayAndGod saidLetthewatersbringforthabundantlythemovingcreaturethathathlifeandfowl thatmayflyabovetheearthintheopenfirmamentofheavenAndGodcreatedgreatwhales andeverylivingcreaturethatmovethwhichthewatersbroughtforthabundantlyafter theirkindandeverywingedfowlafterhiskindandGodsawthatitwasgoodAndGod blessedthemsayingBefruitfulandmultiplyandfillthewatersintheseasandlet fowlmultiplyintheearthAndtheeveningandthemorningwerethefifthdayAndGodsaid Lettheearthbringforththelivingcreatureafterhiskindcattleandcreepingthing andbeastoftheearthafterhiskindanditwassoAndGodmadethebeastoftheearth afterhiskindandcattleaftertheirkindandeverythingthatcreepethuponthe earthafterhiskindandGodsawthatitwasgoodAndGodsaidLetusmakemaninour imageafterourlikenessandletthemhavedominionoverthefishoftheseaandover thefowloftheairandoverthecattleandoveralltheearthandovereverycreeping thingthatcreepethupontheearthSoGodcreatedmaninhisownimageintheimageof GodcreatedhehimmaleandfemalecreatedhethemAndGodblessedthemandGodsaid untothemBefruitfulandmultiplyandreplenishtheearthandsubdueitandhave dominionoverthefishoftheseaandoverthefowloftheairandovereveryliving thingthatmovethupontheearthAndGodsaidBeholdIhavegivenyoueveryherb bearingseedwhichisuponthefaceofalltheearthandeverytreeinthewhichis thefruitofatreeyieldingseedtoyouitshallbeformeatAndtoeverybeastofthe earthandtoeveryfowloftheairandtoeverythingthatcreepethupontheearth whereinthereislifeIhavegiveneverygreenherbformeatanditwassoAndGodsaw everythingthathehadmadeandbeholditwasverygoodAndtheeveningandthe morningwerethesixthday InthebeginningGodcreatedtheheavenandtheearthAndtheearthwaswithoutformand voidanddarknesswasuponthefaceofthedeepAndtheSpiritofGodmoveduponthefaceof thewatersAndGodsaidLettherebelightandtherewaslightAndGodsawthelightthatit wasgoodandGoddividedthelightfromthedarknessAndGodcalledthelightDayandthe darknesshecalledNightAndtheeveningandthemorningwerethefirstdayAndGodsaid Lettherebeafirmamentinthemidstofthewatersandletitdividethewatersfromthe watersAndGodmadethefirmamentanddividedthewaterswhichwereunderthefirmament fromthewaterswhichwereabovethefirmamentanditwassoAndGodcalledthefirmament HeavenAndtheeveningandthemorningweretheseconddayAndGodsaidLetthewaters undertheheavenbegatheredtogetheruntooneplaceandletthedrylandappearandit wassoAndGodcalledthedrylandEarthandthegatheringtogetherofthewaterscalled heSeasandGodsawthatitwasgoodAndGodsaidLettheearthbringforthgrasstheherb yieldingseedandthefruittreeyieldingfruitafterhiskindwhoseseedisinitself upontheearthanditwassoAndtheearthbroughtforthgrassandherbyieldingseed afterhiskindandthetreeyieldingfruitwhoseseedwasinitselfafterhiskindand GodsawthatitwasgoodAndtheeveningandthemorningwerethethirddayAndGodsaid Lettherebelightsinthefirmamentoftheheaventodividethedayfromthenightand letthembeforsignsandforseasonsandfordaysandyearsAndletthembeforlightsin thefirmamentoftheheaventogivelightupontheearthanditwassoAndGodmadetwo greatlightsthegreaterlighttorulethedayandthelesserlighttorulethenighthe madethestarsalsoAndGodsettheminthefirmamentoftheheaventogivelightuponthe earthAndtoruleoverthedayandoverthenightandtodividethelightfromthedarkness andGodsawthatitwasgoodAndtheeveningandthemorningwerethefourthdayAndGod saidLetthewatersbringforthabundantlythemovingcreaturethathathlifeandfowl thatmayflyabovetheearthintheopenfirmamentofheavenAndGodcreatedgreatwhales andeverylivingcreaturethatmovethwhichthewatersbroughtforthabundantlyafter theirkindandeverywingedfowlafterhiskindandGodsawthatitwasgoodAndGod blessedthemsayingBefruitfulandmultiplyandfillthewatersintheseasandlet fowlmultiplyintheearthAndtheeveningandthemorningwerethefifthdayAndGodsaid Lettheearthbringforththelivingcreatureafterhiskindcattleandcreepingthing andbeastoftheearthafterhiskindanditwassoAndGodmadethebeastoftheearth afterhiskindandcattleaftertheirkindandeverythingthatcreepethuponthe earthafterhiskindandGodsawthatitwasgoodAndGodsaidLetusmakemaninour imageafterourlikenessandletthemhavedominionoverthefishoftheseaandover thefowloftheairandoverthecattleandoveralltheearthandovereverycreeping thingthatcreepethupontheearthSoGodcreatedmaninhisownimageintheimageof GodcreatedhehimmaleandfemalecreatedhethemAndGodblessedthemandGodsaid untothemBefruitfulandmultiplyandreplenishtheearthandsubdueitandhave dominionoverthefishoftheseaandoverthefowloftheairandovereveryliving thingthatmovethupontheearthAndGodsaidBeholdIhavegivenyoueveryherb bearingseedwhichisuponthefaceofalltheearthandeverytreeinthewhichis thefruitofatreeyieldingseedtoyouitshallbeformeatAndtoeverybeastofthe earthandtoeveryfowloftheairandtoeverythingthatcreepethupontheearth whereinthereislifeIhavegiveneverygreenherbformeatanditwassoAndGodsaw everythingthathehadmadeandbeholditwasverygoodAndtheeveningandthe morningwerethesixthday


OK. That's still somewhat easy to figure out. Eso es todavía un tanto fácil de averiguar. But, earlier yet, the Greek manuscripts were written without differences of upper and lower cases, so our example text would appear as the following: Pero, antes aún, el griego se escribieron los manuscritos sin diferencias de mayúsculas y minúsculas, por lo que nuestro ejemplo de texto que aparecen como los siguientes:
inthebeginninggodcreatedtheheavenandtheearthandtheearthwaswithout formandvoidanddarknesswasuponthefaceofthedeepandthespiritofgodmoved uponthefaceofthewatersandgodsaidlettherebelightandtherewaslightand godsawthelightthatitwasgoodandgoddividedthelightfromthedarknessand godcalledthelightdayandthedarknesshecallednightandtheeveningandthe morningwerethefirstdayandgodsaidlettherebeafirmamentinthemidstofthe watersandletitdividethewatersfromthewatersandgodmadethefirmamentand dividedthewaterswhichwereunderthefirmamentfromthewaterswhichwere abovethefirmamentanditwassoandgodcalledthefirmamentheavenandthe eveningandthemorningweretheseconddayandgodsaidletthewatersunderthe heavenbegatheredtogetheruntooneplaceandletthedrylandappearanditwas soandgodcalledthedrylandearthandthegatheringtogetherofthewaters calledheseasandgodsawthatitwasgoodandgodsaidlettheearthbringforth grasstheherbyieldingseedandthefruittreeyieldingfruitafterhiskind whoseseedisinitselfupontheearthanditwassoandtheearthbroughtforth grassandherbyieldingseedafterhiskindandthetreeyieldingfruitwhose seedwasinitselfafterhiskindandgodsawthatitwasgoodandtheeveningand themorningwerethethirddayandgodsaidlettherebelightsinthefirmament oftheheaventodividethedayfromthenightandletthembeforsignsandfor seasonsandfordaysandyearsandletthembeforlightsinthefirmamentofthe heaventogivelightupontheearthanditwassoandgodmadetwogreatlights thegreaterlighttorulethedayandthelesserlighttorulethenighthemade thestarsalsoandgodsettheminthefirmamentoftheheaventogivelightupon theearthandtoruleoverthedayandoverthenightandtodividethelightfrom thedarknessandgodsawthatitwasgoodandtheeveningandthemorningwerethe fourthdayandgodsaidletthewatersbringforthabundantlythemovingcreature thathathlifeandfowlthatmayflyabovetheearthintheopenfirmamentofheaven andgodcreatedgreatwhalesandeverylivingcreaturethatmovethwhichthe watersbroughtforthabundantlyaftertheirkindandeverywingedfowlafter hiskindandgodsawthatitwasgoodandgodblessedthemsayingbefruitfuland multiplyandfillthewatersintheseasandletfowlmultiplyintheearthand theeveningandthemorningwerethefifthdayandgodsaidlettheearthbring forththelivingcreatureafterhiskindcattleandcreepingthingandbeast oftheearthafterhiskindanditwassoandgodmadethebeastoftheearthafter hiskindandcattleaftertheirkindandeverythingthatcreepethuponthe earthafterhiskindandgodsawthatitwasgoodandgodsaidletusmakemanin ourimageafterourlikenessandletthemhavedominionoverthefishofthe seaandoverthefowloftheairandoverthecattleandoveralltheearthandover everycreepingthingthatcreepethupontheearthsogodcreatedmaninhisown imageintheimageofgodcreatedhehimmaleandfemalecreatedhethemandgod blessedthemandgodsaiduntothembefruitfulandmultiplyandreplenishthe earthandsubdueitandhavedominionoverthefishoftheseaandoverthefowl oftheairandovereverylivingthingthatmovethupontheearthandgodsaid beholdihavegivenyoueveryherbbearingseedwhichisuponthefaceofallthe earthandeverytreeinthewhichisthefruitofatreeyieldingseedtoyouit shallbeformeatandtoeverybeastoftheearthandtoeveryfowloftheairandto everythingthatcreepethupontheearthwhereinthereislifeihavegivenevery greenherbformeatanditwassoandgodsaweverythingthathehadmadeandbehold itwasverygoodandtheeveningandthemorningwerethesixthday Inthebeginninggodcreatedtheheavenandtheearthandtheearthwaswithout formandvoidanddarknesswasuponthefaceofthedeepandthespiritofgodmoved uponthefaceofthewatersandgodsaidlettherebelightandtherewaslightand godsawthelightthatitwasgoodandgoddividedthelightfromthedarknessand godcalledthelightdayandthedarknesshecallednightandtheeveningandthe morningwerethefirstdayandgodsaidlettherebeafirmamentinthemidstofthe watersandletitdividethewatersfromthewatersandgodmadethefirmamentand dividedthewaterswhichwereunderthefirmamentfromthewaterswhichwere abovethefirmamentanditwassoandgodcalledthefirmamentheavenandthe eveningandthemorningweretheseconddayandgodsaidletthewatersunderthe heavenbegatheredtogetheruntooneplaceandletthedrylandappearanditwas soandgodcalledthedrylandearthandthegatheringtogetherofthewaters calledheseasandgodsawthatitwasgoodandgodsaidlettheearthbringforth grasstheherbyieldingseedandthefruittreeyieldingfruitafterhiskind whoseseedisinitselfupontheearthanditwassoandtheearthbroughtforth grassandherbyieldingseedafterhiskindandthetreeyieldingfruitwhose seedwasinitselfafterhiskindandgodsawthatitwasgoodandtheeveningand themorningwerethethirddayandgodsaidlettherebelightsinthefirmament oftheheaventodividethedayfromthenightandletthembeforsignsandfor seasonsandfordaysandyearsandletthembeforlightsinthefirmamentofthe heaventogivelightupontheearthanditwassoandgodmadetwogreatlights thegreaterlighttorulethedayandthelesserlighttorulethenighthemade thestarsalsoandgodsettheminthefirmamentoftheheaventogivelightupon theearthandtoruleoverthedayandoverthenightandtodividethelightfrom thedarknessandgodsawthatitwasgoodandtheeveningandthemorningwerethe fourthdayandgodsaidletthewatersbringforthabundantlythemovingcreature thathathlifeandfowlthatmayflyabovetheearthintheopenfirmamentofheaven andgodcreatedgreatwhalesandeverylivingcreaturethatmovethwhichthe watersbroughtforthabundantlyaftertheirkindandeverywingedfowlafter hiskindandgodsawthatitwasgoodandgodblessedthemsayingbefruitfuland multiplyandfillthewatersintheseasandletfowlmultiplyintheearthand theeveningandthemorningwerethefifthdayandgodsaidlettheearthbring forththelivingcreatureafterhiskindcattleandcreepingthingandbeast oftheearthafterhiskindanditwassoandgodmadethebeastoftheearthafter hiskindandcattleaftertheirkindandeverythingthatcreepethuponthe earthafterhiskindandgodsawthatitwasgoodandgodsaidletusmakemanin ourimageafterourlikenessandletthemhavedominionoverthefishofthe seaandoverthefowloftheairandoverthecattleandoveralltheearthandover everycreepingthingthatcreepethupontheearthsogodcreatedmaninhisown imageintheimageofgodcreatedhehimmaleandfemalecreatedhethemandgod blessedthemandgodsaiduntothembefruitfulandmultiplyandreplenishthe earthandsubdueitandhavedominionoverthefishoftheseaandoverthefowl oftheairandovereverylivingthingthatmovethupontheearthandgodsaid beholdihavegivenyoueveryherbbearingseedwhichisuponthefaceofallthe earthandeverytreeinthewhichisthefruitofatreeyieldingseedtoyouit shallbeformeatandtoeverybeastoftheearthandtoeveryfowloftheairandto everythingthatcreepethupontheearthwhereinthereislifeihavegivenevery greenherbformeatanditwassoandgodsaweverythingthathehadmadeandbehold itwasverygoodandtheeveningandthemorningwerethesixthday

When we get back to about the Ninth Century AD, this Greek text was written in a scriptio continua called MINUSCULE WRITING or Cursives. Cuando llegamos de nuevo a alrededor de la Novena Century AD, este texto griego fue escrito en una llamada scriptio continua MINUSCULE escrito o Cursives. This had the text not only unspaced but written in a handwritten script where all the letters were connected. Esto tuvo el texto, pero no sólo unspaced escrito a mano en un guión de las letras donde todos estaban conectados. The appearance of our example text would now look more like: La aparición de nuestro ejemplo de texto que ahora mismo aspecto que:
inthebeginninggodcreatedtheheavenandtheearthandthe earthwaswithoutformandvoidanddarknesswasuponthefac eofthedeepandthespiritofgodmoveduponthefaceofthewa tersandgodsaidlettherebelightandtherewaslightandgo dsawthelightthatitwasgoodandgoddividedthelightfrom thedarknessandgodcalledthelightdayandthedarknesshe callednightandtheeveningandthemorningwerethefirstd ayandgodsaidlettherebeafirmamentinthemidstofthewat ersandletitdividethewatersfromthewatersandgodmadet hefirmamentanddividedthewaterswhichwereunderthefir mamentfromthewaterswhichwereabovethefirmamentandit wassoandgodcalledthefirmamentheavenandtheeveningan dthemorningweretheseconddayandgodsaidletthewatersu ndertheheavenbegatheredtogetheruntooneplaceandlett hedrylandappearanditwassoandgodcalledthedrylandear thandthegatheringtogetherofthewaterscalledheseasan dgodsawthatitwasgoodandgodsaidlettheearthbringfort hgrasstheherbyieldingseedandthefruittreeyieldingfr uitafterhiskindwhoseseedisinitselfupontheearthandi twassoandtheearthbroughtforthgrassandherbyieldings eedafterhiskindandthetreeyieldingfruitwhoseseedwas initselfafterhiskindandgodsawthatitwasgoodandtheev eningandthemorningwerethethirddayandgodsaidletther ebelightsinthefirmamentoftheheaventodividethedayfr omthenightandletthembeforsignsandforseasonsandford aysandyearsandletthembeforlightsinthefirmamentofth eheaventogivelightupontheearthanditwassoandgodmade twogreatlightsthegreaterlighttorulethedayandtheles serlighttorulethenighthemadethestarsalsoandgodsett heminthefirmamentoftheheaventogivelightupontheeart handtoruleoverthedayandoverthenightandtodividethel ightfromthedarknessandgodsawthatitwasgoodandtheeve ningandthemorningwerethefourthdayandgodsaidletthew atersbringforthabundantlythemovingcreaturethathath lifeandfowlthatmayflyabovetheearthintheopenfirmame ntofheavenandgodcreatedgreatwhalesandeverylivingcr eaturethatmovethwhichthewatersbroughtforthabundant lyaftertheirkindandeverywingedfowlafterhiskindandg odsawthatitwasgoodandgodblessedthemsayingbefruitfu landmultiplyandfillthewatersintheseasandletfowlmul tiplyintheearthandtheeveningandthemorningwerethefi fthdayandgodsaidlettheearthbringforththelivingcrea tureafterhiskindcattleandcreepingthingandbeastofth eearthafterhiskindanditwassoandgodmadethebeastofth eearthafterhiskindandcattleaftertheirkindandeveryt hingthatcreepethupontheearthafterhiskindandgodsawt hatitwasgoodandgodsaidletusmakemaninourimageaftero urlikenessandletthemhavedominionoverthefishofthese aandoverthefowloftheairandoverthecattleandoverallt heearthandovereverycreepingthingthatcreepethuponth eearthsogodcreatedmaninhisownimageintheimageofgodc reatedhehimmaleandfemalecreatedhethemandgodblessed themandgodsaiduntothembefruitfulandmultiplyandrepl enishtheearthandsubdueitandhavedominionoverthefish oftheseaandoverthefowloftheairandovereverylivingth ingthatmovethupontheearthandgodsaidbeholdihavegive nyoueveryherbbearingseedwhichisuponthefaceofallthe earthandeverytreeinthewhichisthefruitofatreeyieldi ngseedtoyouitshallbeformeatandtoeverybeastoftheear thandtoeveryfowloftheairandtoeverythingthatcreepet hupontheearthwhereinthereislifeihavegiveneverygree nherbformeatanditwassoandgodsaweverythingthathehad madeandbeholditwasverygoodandtheeveningandthemorni ngwerethesixthday Inthebeginninggodcreatedtheheavenandtheearthandthe earthwaswithoutformandvoidanddarknesswasuponthefac eofthedeepandthespiritofgodmoveduponthefaceofthewa tersandgodsaidlettherebelightandtherewaslightandgo dsawthelightthatitwasgoodandgoddividedthelightfrom thedarknessandgodcalledthelightdayandthedarknesshe callednightandtheeveningandthemorningwerethefirstd ayandgodsaidlettherebeafirmamentinthemidstofthewat ersandletitdividethewatersfromthewatersandgodmadet hefirmamentanddividedthewaterswhichwereunderthefir mamentfromthewaterswhichwereabovethefirmamentandit wassoandgodcalledthefirmamentheavenandtheeveningan dthemorningweretheseconddayandgodsaidletthewatersu ndertheheavenbegatheredtogetheruntooneplaceandlett hedrylandappearanditwassoandgodcalledthedrylandear thandthegatheringtogetherofthewaterscalledheseasan dgodsawthatitwasgoodandgodsaidlettheearthbringfort hgrasstheherbyieldingseedandthefruittreeyieldingfr uitafterhiskindwhoseseedisinitselfupontheearthandi twassoandtheearthbroughtforthgrassandherbyieldings eedafterhiskindandthetreeyieldingfruitwhoseseedwas initselfafterhiskindandgodsawthatitwasgoodandtheev eningandthemorningwerethethirddayandgodsaidletther ebelightsinthefirmamentoftheheaventodividethedayfr omthenightandletthembeforsignsandforseasonsandford aysandyearsandletthembeforlightsinthefirmamentofth eheaventogivelightupontheearthanditwassoandgodmade twogreatlightsthegreaterlighttorulethedayandtheles serlighttorulethenighthemadethestarsalsoandgodsett heminthefirmamentoftheheaventogivelightupontheeart handtoruleoverthedayandoverthenightandtodividethel ightfromthedarknessandgodsawthatitwasgoodandtheeve ningandthemorningwerethefourthdayandgodsaidletthew atersbringforthabundantlythemovingcreaturethathath lifeandfowlthatmayflyabovetheearthintheopenfirmame ntofheavenandgodcreatedgreatwhalesandeverylivingcr eaturethatmovethwhichthewatersbroughtforthabundant lyaftertheirkindandeverywingedfowlafterhiskindandg odsawthatitwasgoodandgodblessedthemsayingbefruitfu landmultiplyandfillthewatersintheseasandletfowlmul tiplyintheearthandtheeveningandthemorningwerethefi fthdayandgodsaidlettheearthbringforththelivingcrea tureafterhiskindcattleandcreepingthingandbeastofth eearthafterhiskindanditwassoandgodmadethebeastofth eearthafterhiskindandcattleaftertheirkindandeveryt hingthatcreepethupontheearthafterhiskindandgodsawt hatitwasgoodandgodsaidletusmakemaninourimageaftero urlikenessandletthemhavedominionoverthefishofthese aandoverthefowloftheairandoverthecattleandoverallt heearthandovereverycreepingthingthatcreepethuponth Eearthsogodcreatedmaninhisownimageintheimageofgodc reatedhehimmaleandfemalecreatedhethemandgodblessed themandgodsaiduntothembefruitfulandmultiplyandrepl enishtheearthandsubdueitandhavedominionoverthefish oftheseaandoverthefowloftheairandovereverylivingth ingthatmovethupontheearthandgodsaidbeholdihavegive nyoueveryherbbearingseedwhichisuponthefaceofallthe earthandeverytreeinthewhichisthefruitofatreeyieldi ngseedtoyouitshallbeformeatandtoeverybeastoftheear thandtoeveryfowloftheairandtoeverythingthatcreepet hupontheearthwhereinthereislifeihavegiveneverygree nherbformeatanditwassoandgodsaweverythingthathehad madeandbeholditwasverygoodandtheeveningandthemorni ngwerethesixthday


This text might have been presented in either Greek or Latin in that era. Este texto se podría haber presentado ya sea en latín o en griego que era. We might as well look at what this sort of situation would have looked like in Greek, except we don't have available a computer font that can represent connected Greek script: También podríamos analizar lo que este tipo de situaciones se han examinado como en griego, excepto que no tenemos disponible un equipo de fuentes que pueden representar conectado griego script:
inthebeginninggodcreatedtheheavenandtheearthandtheearthwaswith outformandvoidanddarknesswasuponthefaceofthedeepandthespiritof godmoveduponthefaceofthewatersandgodsaidlettherebelightandther ewaslightandgodsawthelightthatitwasgoodandgoddividedthelightfr omthedarknessandgodcalledthelightdayandthedarknesshecallednigh tandtheeveningandthemorningwerethefirstdayandgodsaidlettherebe afirmamentinthemidstofthewatersandletitdividethewatersfromthew atersandgodmadethefirmamentanddividedthewaterswhichwereunderth efirmamentfromthewaterswhichwereabovethefirmamentanditwassoand godcalledthefirmamentheavenandtheeveningandthemorningwerethese conddayandgodsaidletthewatersundertheheavenbegatheredtogetheru ntooneplaceandletthedrylandappearanditwassoandgodcalledthedryl andearthandthegatheringtogetherofthewaterscalledheseasandgodsa wthatitwasgoodandgodsaidlettheearthbringforthgrasstheherbyield ingseedandthefruittreeyieldingfruitafterhiskindwhoseseedisinit selfupontheearthanditwassoandtheearthbroughtforthgrassandherby ieldingseedafterhiskindandthetreeyieldingfruitwhoseseedwasinit selfafterhiskindandgodsawthatitwasgoodandtheeveningandthemorni ngwerethethirddayandgodsaidlettherebelightsinthefirmamentofthe heaventodividethedayfromthenightandletthembeforsignsandforseas onsandfordaysandyearsandletthembeforlightsinthefirmamentoftheh eaventogivelightupontheearthanditwassoandgodmadetwogreatlights thegreaterlighttorulethedayandthelesserlighttorulethenighthema dethestarsalsoandgodsettheminthefirmamentoftheheaventogiveligh tupontheearthandtoruleoverthedayandoverthenightandtodividethel ightfromthedarknessandgodsawthatitwasgoodandtheeveningandthemo rningwerethefourthdayandgodsaidletthewatersbringforthabundantl ythemovingcreaturethathathlifeandfowlthatmayflyabovetheearthin theopenfirmamentofheavenandgodcreatedgreatwhalesandeveryliving creaturethatmovethwhichthewatersbroughtforthabundantlyafterthe irkindandeverywingedfowlafterhiskindandgodsawthatitwasgoodandg odblessedthemsayingbefruitfulandmultiplyandfillthewatersinthes easandletfowlmultiplyintheearthandtheeveningandthemorningweret hefifthdayandgodsaidlettheearthbringforththelivingcreatureafte rhiskindcattleandcreepingthingandbeastoftheearthafterhiskindan ditwassoandgodmadethebeastoftheearthafterhiskindandcattleafter theirkindandeverythingthatcreepethupontheearthafterhiskindandg odsawthatitwasgoodandgodsaidletusmakemaninourimageafterourlike nessandletthemhavedominionoverthefishoftheseaandoverthefowloft heairandoverthecattleandoveralltheearthandovereverycreepingthi ngthatcreepethupontheearthsogodcreatedmaninhisownimageintheima geofgodcreatedhehimmaleandfemalecreatedhethemandgodblessedthem andgodsaiduntothembefruitfulandmultiplyandreplenishtheearthand subdueitandhavedominionoverthefishoftheseaandoverthefowlofthea irandovereverylivingthingthatmovethupontheearthandgodsaidbehol dihavegivenyoueveryherbbearingseedwhichisuponthefaceofalltheea rthandeverytreeinthewhichisthefruitofatreeyieldingseedtoyouits hallbeformeatandtoeverybeastoftheearthandtoeveryfowloftheairan dtoeverythingthatcreepethupontheearthwhereinthereislifeihavegi veneverygreenherbformeatanditwassoandgodsaweverythingthathehad madeandbeholditwasverygoodandtheeveningandthemorningwerethesix thday Inthebeginninggodcreatedtheheavenandtheearthandtheearthwaswith outformandvoidanddarknesswasuponthefaceofthedeepandthespiritof godmoveduponthefaceofthewatersandgodsaidlettherebelightandther ewaslightandgodsawthelightthatitwasgoodandgoddividedthelightfr omthedarknessandgodcalledthelightdayandthedarknesshecallednigh tandtheeveningandthemorningwerethefirstdayandgodsaidlettherebe afirmamentinthemidstofthewatersandletitdividethewatersfromthew atersandgodmadethefirmamentanddividedthewaterswhichwereunderth efirmamentfromthewaterswhichwereabovethefirmamentanditwassoand godcalledthefirmamentheavenandtheeveningandthemorningwerethese conddayandgodsaidletthewatersundertheheavenbegatheredtogetheru ntooneplaceandletthedrylandappearanditwassoandgodcalledthedryl andearthandthegatheringtogetherofthewaterscalledheseasandgodsa wthatitwasgoodandgodsaidlettheearthbringforthgrasstheherbyield ingseedandthefruittreeyieldingfruitafterhiskindwhoseseedisinit selfupontheearthanditwassoandtheearthbroughtforthgrassandherby ieldingseedafterhiskindandthetreeyieldingfruitwhoseseedwasinit selfafterhiskindandgodsawthatitwasgoodandtheeveningandthemorni ngwerethethirddayandgodsaidlettherebelightsinthefirmamentofthe heaventodividethedayfromthenightandletthembeforsignsandforseas onsandfordaysandyearsandletthembeforlightsinthefirmamentoftheh eaventogivelightupontheearthanditwassoandgodmadetwogreatlights thegreaterlighttorulethedayandthelesserlighttorulethenighthema dethestarsalsoandgodsettheminthefirmamentoftheheaventogiveligh tupontheearthandtoruleoverthedayandoverthenightandtodividethel ightfromthedarknessandgodsawthatitwasgoodandtheeveningandthemo rningwerethefourthdayandgodsaidletthewatersbringforthabundantl ythemovingcreaturethathathlifeandfowlthatmayflyabovetheearthin theopenfirmamentofheavenandgodcreatedgreatwhalesandeveryliving creaturethatmovethwhichthewatersbroughtforthabundantlyafterthe irkindandeverywingedfowlafterhiskindandgodsawthatitwasgoodandg odblessedthemsayingbefruitfulandmultiplyandfillthewatersinthes easandletfowlmultiplyintheearthandtheeveningandthemorningweret hefifthdayandgodsaidlettheearthbringforththelivingcreatureafte rhiskindcattleandcreepingthingandbeastoftheearthafterhiskindan ditwassoandgodmadethebeastoftheearthafterhiskindandcattleafter theirkindandeverythingthatcreepethupontheearthafterhiskindandg odsawthatitwasgoodandgodsaidletusmakemaninourimageafterourlike nessandletthemhavedominionoverthefishoftheseaandoverthefowloft heairandoverthecattleandoveralltheearthandovereverycreepingthi ngthatcreepethupontheearthsogodcreatedmaninhisownimageintheima geofgodcreatedhehimmaleandfemalecreatedhethemandgodblessedthem andgodsaiduntothembefruitfulandmultiplyandreplenishtheearthand subdueitandhavedominionoverthefishoftheseaandoverthefowlofthea irandovereverylivingthingthatmovethupontheearthandgodsaidbehol dihavegivenyoueveryherbbearingseedwhichisuponthefaceofalltheea rthandeverytreeinthewhichisthefruitofatreeyieldingseedtoyouits hallbeformeatandtoeverybeastoftheearthandtoeveryfowloftheairan dtoeverythingthatcreepethupontheearthwhereinthereislifeihavegi veneverygreenherbformeatanditwassoandgodsaweverythingthathehad Madeandbeholditwasverygoodandtheeveningandthemorningwerethesix thday


Prior to around 900 AD, essentially all texts in most languages were apparently written with only the consonants presented, without ever recording any of the vowels! Antes de alrededor de 900 dC, en esencia todos los textos en la mayoría de los idiomas aparentemente escrito con sólo las consonantes presenta, sin grabación alguna de las vocales! So consider this same text, first in English and then in Greek!: Así que examinar este mismo texto, primero en Inglés y luego en griego!:

Please note that this first one is actually in English! Could you have studied it or even read it back then? Tenga en cuenta que este primero de ellos es, en realidad, en Inglés! ¿Podría usted lo han estudiado, o incluso leer de nuevo entonces? Since you know much of the wording, you can pick out some familiar words. Ya que usted conoce mucho de la redacción, puede seleccionar algunas palabras conocidas. But could you fully understand everything presented here? Pero ¿podría comprender plenamente todo lo que aquí se presenta? Pick some random spot in the middle of this text and see if you can figure out the wording. Pick algunos aleatorias en el centro de este texto y ver si puede averiguar la redacción. Find the part where God Created mankind! Encuentra la parte donde Dios Creado humanidad! (It is about ten lines up from the end). (Se trata de diez líneas hasta el final). THAT is the only form of Bible texts that was available to anyone prior to around 900 AD, and it was generally only available to Churches and virtually never to individuals, unless they were permitted to copy it themselves. Que es la única forma de textos de la Biblia que estaba a disposición de cualquier persona antes de alrededor de 900 dC, y en general se dispone sólo de Iglesias y casi nunca a las personas, si no se les permite la copia ellos mismos.

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The same in Greek: Lo mismo en griego:

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This is only Genesis 1, a tiny portion of the Bible. Esto es sólo el Génesis 1, una pequeña porción de la Biblia. Imagine that you were a Monk responsible for precisely copying about 300 times this much text (the whole Bible), in that connected (English) script format above, by hand, one character at a time, are you SURE that your entire copy would be absolutely free of even a single copyist error? Imagine que usted era un monje encargado de la copia, precisamente, alrededor de 300 veces este texto mucho (toda la Biblia), en el que conectado (Inglés) script formato más arriba, a mano, un caracter a la vez, se le SEGUROS de que todo su copia sería Absolutamente libre de ni un solo error de copia?

It truly is a remarkable achievement by the many hundreds of Scribes who had to copy the entire Bible that they made astoundingly few copying errors! Es sin duda un logro de los muchos cientos de escribas que tuvieron que copiar toda la Biblia que hicieron sorprendentemente pocos errores de copia! (We know that there were a few, and we now know where they were, because thousands of existing copies of those Scribe written Manuscripts have been carefully compared to see if and when they had any tiny differences. (Sabemos que hubo algunos, y ahora sabemos donde fueron, porque miles de las copias de los escritos Scribe manuscritos han sido cuidadosamente comparados para ver si y cuando había alguna diferencia minúscula.

An Experiment Un Experimento

If you're part of a Bible Study Group or some other Christian Small Group, why not try hand copying just this Genesis 1 (not the Greek text, but the script style continuous English text without the vowels) as carefully as you can. Si eres parte de un Grupo de Estudio de la Biblia o algún otro pequeño grupo cristiano, ¿por qué no intentar copiar sólo parte de este Génesis 1 (no el texto griego, pero el estilo de escritura continua Inglés texto sin las vocales) como cuidadosamente como pueda. Then give YOUR copy to a different member of the group to copy. Luego SU dar copia a otro miembro del grupo a copiar. Then THAT copy would be given to a third person, and so on through the Group. Luego de que se dará copia a una tercera persona, y así sucesivamente a través del Grupo. Once everyone has copied their given source text as precisely as possible, you would finally get back a final copy. Una vez que todos han copiado su texto de origen dado con la mayor precisión posible, lo haría finalmente volver una última copia. As long as all of you had done a perfect job of being able to read each others handwriting and of copying, that final copy should read EXACTLY like the original. Mientras que todos ustedes han hecho un trabajo perfecto de ser capaz de leer cada uno de los demás y de la copia de escritura, copia final que debe ser EXACTAMENTE como la original. But it will probably have at least a few minor variations. Pero es posible que tenga por lo menos algunas pequeñas variaciones. Even though each of you copyists are familiar with the Genesis story, and even though each of you was extremely careful, small errors are bound to appear. Aunque cada uno de ustedes copistas están familiarizados con la historia de Génesis, y aunque cada uno de ustedes es sumamente cuidadoso, los pequeños errores están obligados a comparecer. Such an experiment definitely increases one's respect for the multitude of anonymous Scribes that copied the Bible over the many centuries. Este tipo de experimento definitivamente aumenta el respeto de la multitud de anónimos escribas que copiar la Biblia más de los muchos siglos.

The situation with the Bible and its extensive size seems like it would have caused massive copyist errors over the centuries because of the scale of the task and the format that is being copied. La situación con la Biblia y sus amplias dimensiones, parece que habría causado enormes errores de copista largo de los siglos a causa de la magnitud de la tarea y el formato que se está copiando. It is truly a sign of how incredibly careful the copyists all were that there were as few (minor) errors as are found in a few of the manuscripts. Es realmente una señal de cómo increíblemente cuidadosa todos los copistas fueron que hubo el menor número de errores (menor de edad) que se encuentran en algunos de los manuscritos. Fortunately for us, there are so many source manuscripts that exist that the few variations that have been found have been checked in all the source documents and scholars are now extremely certain of the accuracy of modern translations. Afortunadamente para nosotros, hay tantos fuente manuscritos que existen de que las pocas variaciones que se han encontrado han sido verificados en la fuente de todos los documentos y los estudiosos están ahora muy seguro de la exactitud de las traducciones modernas.

As an additional element to think about, many early Old Testament source manuscripts are written in Hebrew. Como un elemento adicional que pensar, muchos de los primeros manuscritos fuente Antiguo Testamento están escritos en hebreo. Before about 900 AD, Hebrew was also written without any vowels. Antes de alrededor del año 900 DC, fue también escrito en hebreo sin vocales. Can you imagine the possibilities of what might happen if copyists were even slightly careless? ¿Alguien se puede imaginar las posibilidades de lo que puede ocurrir si copistas eran incluso un poco descuidado? By the way, this is closely related to YHWH, the Name of God, becoming Yahowah or Jehovah (or Yahweh), when the vowels from Adonai (another ancient Name for God) were inserted into YHWH many centuries later. Por cierto, esto está estrechamente relacionado con YHWH, el nombre de Dios, convirtiéndose en Yahowah o Jehová (o Yahvé), cuando las vocales de Adonai (otro antiguo nombre de Dios) se inserta en YHWH muchos siglos después.

This discussion has been presented so you might better appreciate the amazing efforts put forth by the many copyists of the Bible Manuscripts over the centuries, and also in the task that Bible translators face in making sure they have the absolutely most accurate translation that can be made. Esta discusión se ha presentado por lo que es posible apreciar mejor los asombrosos esfuerzos realizados por los copistas muchos manuscritos de la Biblia a través de los siglos, y también en la tarea que enfrentan los traductores Biblia en asegurarse de que tienen la mayoría absoluta precisa de traducción que se puede hacer . It's not quite as easy as translating Buenos Dias into Hello ! No es tan fácil como en la traducción de Buenos Dias Hola! (even though that phrase could equally mean goodbye!) (A pesar de que la frase podría significar igualmente adiós!)

Finally, we have here really only been considering here the difficulties of perfect copying (for the Scribes) and in confirming the perfect accuracy (for the Bible scholars). Por último, hemos venido aquí sólo consideramos aquí las dificultades de la copia perfecta (por los escribas) y en la confirmación de la exactitud perfecta (para la estudiosos de la Biblia). There is yet another level of complication in the translators' job. Hay todavía otro nivel de complicación en los traductores' de puestos de trabajo. Many ancient words had several different meanings, often very different from each other. Muchas antiguas palabras tuvo varios significados diferentes, a menudo muy diferentes unos de otros. We created a separate little presentation to give you a taste of that aspect of the problem, at Literal Translation . Hemos creado una pequeña presentación para obtener una muestra de ese aspecto del problema, en la traducción literal.


Also, see: Asimismo, véase:
Romanized Bible Text Romanizada Biblia texto
Transliteration of Hebrew Transliteración del hebreo
Literal Translation Traducción literal
Septuagint and early Manuscripts Setenta y principios de los manuscritos
A Thorough Presentation of Jewish Genesis 1 text which shows the Hebrew characters. Una minuciosa Presentación de judíos Génesis 1 que muestra el texto hebreo caracteres.

This subject presentation in the original English language Este tema presentación en el idioma original Inglés


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