{"id":9131,"date":"2026-04-25T07:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/answers\/molod-hne-znaie-anh-movu-nashcho-pyshesh-take-the-bible-is-god-s-voice-speaking\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T23:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:15:29","slug":"iakyi-ukrainskyi-pereklad-tsytaty-ellen-uait-pro-bibliiu-iak-holos-boha","status":"publish","type":"answers","link":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/answers\/iakyi-ukrainskyi-pereklad-tsytaty-ellen-uait-pro-bibliiu-iak-holos-boha\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Ukrainian translation of Ellen White\u2019s quote about the Bible as the voice of God?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>\u201cThe Bible is the voice of God speaking to us just as surely as though we heard it with our own ears\u201d \u2014 this thought by Ellen White (My Life Today, p. 283) reveals the essence of what Holy Scripture is for the believer.<\/b> Not an archive of antiquity and not a collection of moral instructions \u2014 <i>a living encounter with God, who speaks<\/i>.<\/p>\n<h2>What this quote means<\/h2>\n<p>White is not speaking metaphorically. When a person opens the Bible with an open heart \u2014 they are not merely reading a text composed thousands of years ago. They hear the voice of the One who speaks <i>now<\/i>, to <i>them<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The Apostle Paul explains the theological foundation of this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAll Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.\u201d <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+Timothy+3:16&amp;version=UKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Tim. 3:16<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGiven by inspiration of God\u201d (Greek: \u03b8\u03b5\u03cc\u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u2014 \u201cGod-breathed\u201d) means that God breathed Himself into the text. Therefore, the Word is living and active (Heb. 4:12).<\/p>\n<h2>Why it is important to have a translation in understandable language<\/h2>\n<p>If the Bible is the voice of God, then the task of translators and teachers is that this voice should sound <i>clearly<\/i>. God Himself speaks the languages of the peoples \u2014 that is why Scripture exists in hundreds of translations:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLet the word of Christ dwell in you richly&#8230; teaching and admonishing one another&#8230; in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.\u201d <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Colossians+3:16&amp;version=UKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Col. 3:16<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If a young person reads a spiritual quote in a foreign language they do not understand, the voice of God is, as it were, \u201cencrypted.\u201d A translation into the native language removes this barrier: a person hears God instead of fearing a strange phrase.<\/p>\n<h2>How to listen to this voice in practice<\/h2>\n<p>White emphasized: Scripture is not only for theologians. Every person can hear God through it if they:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read regularly \u2014 not only in crisis or on holidays.<\/li>\n<li>Read prayerfully\u2014asking the Holy Spirit to reveal the meaning.<\/li>\n<li>Reflect\u2014do not rush on after a merely formal reading.<\/li>\n<li>Apply\u2014look for how what you have heard relates to the specific day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBut he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it&#8230; this one will be blessed in what he does.\u201d <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=James+1:25&amp;version=UKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James 1:25<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>\u201cThe voice of God\u201d is not about mystical experiences. It sounds through the pages of Scripture every day. 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