WAT DA COVA ABOUT | DA BIBLE—HOW WEN SURVIVE
Peope Wen Try Stop Da Bible But No Could
DA DANGER: Plenny govament guys an church leadas wen do all kine stuff dat da Bible wen tell wuz no good. An cuz dey neva like peopo find out, dey wen try stop peopo from gettin da Bible, from makin some moa, an even translatin um. We go try check out two exampos of dis.
Moa den 150 years befo Christ: Seleucid King Antiochus Epiphanes, wen try force da Jews fo join da Greek religion. An cuz dat, he wen tell fo all da Hebrew Scripchas, fo destroy um. One guy who study history, Heinrich Graetz, wen tell dat da king’s guys wen tear up an burn wateva dey wen find of da Scripchas, an whoeva wen try read um an study um, dey wen kill um.
800 years ago: Catholic church leadas wuz all huhu wit da regula membas of da church cuz dey wuz teachin wat da Bible tell instead of wat da Catholic church wen teach. An anybody dat had one part of da Bible except Songs in da Latin language, dey wen view um az dey wuz traitors. Da church leadas wen tell dea guys fo go all out fo find parts of da Bible in guys’ hales, an if dey wen find one part of da Bible ova dea, dey wuz supposed to go destroy da hale.
If da plans had work, no would get da Bible’s message today.
William Tyndale’s English translation of da Bible wen make um even tho dey wen kill him in 1536, an dey wuz bannin an burnin Bibles.
HOW DA BIBLE WEN MAKE UM: King Antiochus had go all out fo get rid of da Scripchas inside Israel. But moa den half da Jews wuz awready livin outside Israel. Dey wen keep copies of da Scripchas, da same Scripchas da Christian guys wen use layta on.—Jesus Guys Wat Dey Wen Do 15:21.
About 800 years ago, da time dey wen call da Middle Ages, da guys who wen love da Bible neva stop translatin an copyin da Bible even tho da govament guys an church leadas wuz makin um supa hard fo dem. Even befo had such ting az printin, moa den 500 years ago, awready had da Bible translated an copied in at least 33 languages. An all dat, dey wen do um by hand. Afta all dat, dey wen translate an make da bible moa fas den eva.
CUZ OF DAT: Even tho church leadas an powaful govament guys wen try wipe out da Bible, dey no could do um. Today you can read da Bible anywea in da world. An iz da mos translated book eva. No odda book wen affeck so much peopo an places az da Bible.
