{"id":9004,"date":"2026-04-15T12:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/answers\/davai-eshchyo-pro-bezopasnost-na-raznykh-iazykakh-anhlyiskyi-oryhynaly-y-ukrayns\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T00:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:20:33","slug":"naskolko-tochno-sokhranen-tekst-byblyy-pry-perevode-on-raznye-iazyky","status":"publish","type":"answers","link":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/answers\/naskolko-tochno-sokhranen-tekst-byblyy-pry-perevode-on-raznye-iazyky\/","title":{"rendered":"How accurately has the text of the Bible been preserved in translations into different languages?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>\u201cCan the Bible be trusted if it has been translated into hundreds of languages?\u201d \u2014 a question worth asking seriously.<\/b> And the answer given by textual criticism is convincing: <i>no ancient text in the world has been preserved with such a number of manuscript witnesses and such accuracy of transmission<\/i>.<\/p>\n<h2>Original languages and manuscript foundation<\/h2>\n<p>The Old Testament was written primarily in Hebrew (with some portions in Aramaic). The New Testament was written in Greek. A translator does not translate from a translation \u2014 he turns to <b>the original languages<\/b>. A key argument in favor of accuracy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>the New Testament<\/b> \u2014 more than 5,800 Greek manuscripts, plus thousands of early church translations (Latin, Syriac, Coptic). For comparison: Homer has 650 manuscripts of the Iliad.<\/li>\n<li><b>The Dead Sea Scrolls<\/b> (discovered in 1947) confirmed that the Masoretic Text of the Old Testament used today is identical to manuscripts from 200 BC \u2014 accuracy of transmission over more than a millennium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Textual variants are not contradictions<\/h2>\n<p>Among manuscripts there are so-called \u201ctextual variants\u201d \u2014 differences in spelling, word order, and so on. Scholars conclude that none of the significant variants affects doctrinal matters. <b>The meaning has not been damaged<\/b> \u2014 this is the conclusion even of non-Christian textual scholars.<\/p>\n<h2>Translation is not distortion, but ministry<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.\u201d <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Peter+1:25&amp;version=UKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Pet 1:25<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A quality translation (UKR, ESV, NASB, NJB, etc.) is not a chain of \u201cbroken telephone.\u201d It is <b>direct work with the original languages<\/b> by teams of philologists who respect every word. Compare modern translations with one another \u2014 and you will find that on key theological issues they agree.<\/p>\n<h2>Practical meaning<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Your Bible is the result of thousands of hours of work on the original texts, not a \u201ctranslation of a translation.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Where there are questions about a particular text, consult several translations and turn to the original languages.<\/li>\n<li>Trust in the text of Scripture is well grounded \u2014 both textually and spiritually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>God, who desired that His Word reach humanity, also provided for the preservation of the text. The manuscript tradition of the Bible is one of the strongest testimonies supporting this confidence.<\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"faq_question":"\u041d\u0430\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0441\u043e\u0445\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0451\u043d \u0442\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0442 \u0411\u0438\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0438 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0438?","bible_refs":"Matthew 5:18, Isaiah 40:8, Luke 1:3-4, 2 Peter 1:21","answer_lang":"ru","source_question":"\u0414\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0439 \u0435\u0449\u0451 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043e\u043f\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0430\u0445 (\u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439, \u043e\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044b \u0438 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439) \u0442\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0432 \u0432 \u0431\u0438\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0438"},"answer_topic":[145],"class_list":["post-9004","answers","type-answers","status-publish","hentry","answer_topic-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answers\/9004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/answers"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"answer_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answer_topic?post=9004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}