Regarding the Bible: Do you think maybe something very significant is lost in the translation?

Question

I do.

Answer 1

I don't think that the goat herders that wrote it had anything significant to say in the first place. I see it as just a piece of mythology.

Answer 2

Yes, quite a few things were lost in the translation of the scriptures that eventually became the Bible. When we realize that there were no living people who had authority from God when most of the translations occured, important spiritual components can be easily lost.

How? One example would be that no one on the earth knew what all of those spiritual components were, or even worse, agents of God's enemies could subtly corrupt copies of what was written or even influence people in power, holy or not, to willfully edit sections or even delete whole books from this collection of scriptures. Even when the Emperor Constantine had the council at Nicea, what he thought would bring some unification of the differing christian teachers in fact became a heated debate lasting over multiple days. And all the world knows he was not a prophet of God, bur rather a politican. So, he and others hammered out a compromise, part of it known now as the Nicean creed.

But of that counsel, not one of them was a living apostle. The remnants of the ancient church was almost swept away, save what remained of different scriptures. Sadly, there were numerous prophecies in the Old and New Testament that after the Lord's First Coming that there would be a great falling away from the truth. Amos 8:11 is one such prophesy and 2 Thessalonians 2:3 is another.

The only sure way to correct the errors that crept into the Bible and also into christianity itself is that a restoration of the gospel would need to be done. Such a restoration by the ministering of angels needs to be done before the Lord's Second Coming. Some scriptures that come to mind that talk about this topic include:

Isaiah 11:11
Daniel 2:44
Malachi 3:1
Acts 3:21
Ephesians 1:10
Revelations 14:6

Now if a church can accomplish that, then you can easily clarify most of the "contradictions" one can find in the Bible. This would be because a restored Church would possess Divine Authority from God and would be made manifest in the form of LIVING prophets and apostles. Such living prophets and apostles would have the God given authority to restore any scriptures that were lost or even willfully destroyed by evil men. Such an instance is described in Jeremiah 36: 22-32.

So the grand question is: Is there a church on the earth that is restored, that contains Divinely Appointed servants who are known as prophets and apostles, and have brought forth scripture restored from ancient days? The answer may surprise some, and most likely frustrate a few.

Sincerely,
Alvin R.

Answer 3

You have to remember the bible has been translated many many times, with many many things removed by men. God never wrote anything in the bible, he supposedly told people what to write. If you have ever seen a man not put his own spin on the writings he does, then you will have the answer you seek.

The bible was put together in about the year 456 ad. This is some 400 years after christ lived. And some 1000 years supposedly after the old testiment. You know as well as i did, that in the time it was put down, and the time it was put in a bible format, alot was destroyed or changed. Just like King James had phrases changed, and parts taken out.

So the answer is yes, much of the bible has been lost in translation.

Answer 4

Nope. Unless you are using the versions after 1881. Two guys named Wescott and Hort used some "so called" newly discovered manuscripts and created their own Greek text. Hundreds of verses are left out and thousands of words are left out. NIV, NASB, and so on....all translated from the Wescott Hort contains drastic differences from the King James version. The King James version was translated from a 1530 Greek Text that used older and more accurate manuscripts. I hope this helps.

Answer 5

God is perfect, loving, all powerful, and all knowing.
Therefore, He would not allow something "very significant" to be lost in translation because it might mean souls would be lost.
Also, we do have the Dead Sea Scrolls, so you can go to the original texts and translate them yourself (if you can read Hebrew).

Answer 6

Much is often lost in interpretation. The translations are close enough that nothing significant is lost to those who read and seriously study and consider it's content.

Answer 7

Anybody who has read the original, and I read the OT in Hebrew, knows that the English translations are basically worthless crap that could only be meaningful if god infused people with the real meaning and told them to ignore the words. One example is the story of adam and eve. In English, it is a kid's story. In Hebrew, it is far, far more meaningful. English readers know only the kid's story, and eat it up anyway.

Answer 8

I agree, something is lost, but whatever translation you read, the message is there. To love God with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength and loving your neighbor as yourself. Judge not, lest you be judged, etc.

Answer 9

General truths are short changed due to translation. I think churches should teach beginning GREEK, HEBREW, AND ARAMAIC so that every one could understand what is being said.

Answer 10

Yes, yes, yes.

My search for what the real message was actually led me to Islam.
(Maybe you weren´t looking for an answer like this, but I thought I´d give you my little opinion, and hope no-one gets offended when they read this). :-)

Take care, and all the best to you.