St. Jerome first translated the Bible and it was into Latin.
It's Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg who firstly translated the Holy Bible from Hebrew & Greek in to Tamil, in 18th century.He was the missionary of Portuguese Protestant Church.For this first translation of Bible, firstly Toddle Printing Machine came into Asia.Afterwards, Fabricius corrected & reset all the verses whatever translated by B.Ziegenbalg. Even after, so many scholars of Bible and Tamil actvists translated the Bible into Tamil through out the world such as Sri Lanka, Palayamkottai, etc.But, Eventually, when the variety of the translations of Tamil bible touched nine, they felt it won't be healthy to be seperated, so gathered as a summit and had number of discussions and controversies over translations. Finally, they agreed a common (still may not standard with the originals) version of the Bible, which is printed by Bible Society of India, commonly known as "Parisuttha Vedhaahamam."Soon after, Roman Catholic Church also, with its scholars, released its authorized pure Tamil version of the Bible called "Thiruviviliyam."Even though, Now a days, so many denominations are getting translated and printed their own versions of Tamil Bible according to their contexts, however, which is still healthy to common man to realize the Word of God more precisely.As encouraging the various translations of the Tamil Bible, Bible Society itself is also printing other translation forms. On the present day, we can find so many good bible translation works in Christian world such as "Inai vasana vedhaahamam, Parisuttha Bible".Jehovah's Witnesses have their New World Translation in the Tamil language.Biblica has released its NIV Tamil version recently.
The Tamil Bible now used by the Church of South India is the result of many translators, beginning with the Dutch Predicant, Baldeuus in 1660, who translated portions of the Scripture into Tamil. Then followed 2 full translations by Phillip Fabricus and C.T. Rhenius about 1770; and finally Arumuga Navalar, (1822-1879) assisted in the translation of the King James Version of the English Bible into Tamil, which is now used in the churches.
Tamil
Saint Jerome first translated the Bible from the original languages into Latin.
St. Jerome first translated the Bible and it was into Latin.
It's Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg who firstly translated the Holy Bible from Hebrew & Greek in to Tamil, in 18th century.He was the missionary of Portuguese Protestant Church.For this first translation of Bible, firstly Toddle Printing Machine came into Asia.Afterwards, Fabricius corrected & reset all the verses whatever translated by B.Ziegenbalg. Even after, so many scholars of Bible and Tamil actvists translated the Bible into Tamil through out the world such as Sri Lanka, Palayamkottai, etc.But, Eventually, when the variety of the translations of Tamil bible touched nine, they felt it won't be healthy to be seperated, so gathered as a summit and had number of discussions and controversies over translations. Finally, they agreed a common (still may not standard with the originals) version of the Bible, which is printed by Bible Society of India, commonly known as "Parisuttha Vedhaahamam."Soon after, Roman Catholic Church also, with its scholars, released its authorized pure Tamil version of the Bible called "Thiruviviliyam."Even though, Now a days, so many denominations are getting translated and printed their own versions of Tamil Bible according to their contexts, however, which is still healthy to common man to realize the Word of God more precisely.As encouraging the various translations of the Tamil Bible, Bible Society itself is also printing other translation forms. On the present day, we can find so many good bible translation works in Christian world such as "Inai vasana vedhaahamam, Parisuttha Bible".Jehovah's Witnesses have their New World Translation in the Tamil language.Biblica has released its NIV Tamil version recently.
The Tamil Bible now used by the Church of South India is the result of many translators, beginning with the Dutch Predicant, Baldeuus in 1660, who translated portions of the Scripture into Tamil. Then followed 2 full translations by Phillip Fabricus and C.T. Rhenius about 1770; and finally Arumuga Navalar, (1822-1879) assisted in the translation of the King James Version of the English Bible into Tamil, which is now used in the churches.
The first book to be translated into Maori was the Bible, specifically the Gospel of Matthew, which was translated by Samuel Marsden in 1815.
yes it was translated in tamil by the name of "rasavathi"
Tamil
The bible was translated into into the samoan language in 1830. Was called the " TUSI PAIA ".
Saint Jerome first translated the Bible from the original languages into Latin.
Portions of the Bible were translated in the seventh century - please see relevant answers.
william carey
The works of Shakespeare in Tamil were translated by Tamil poet and scholar Maraimalai Adigal in the early 20th century. His translations are considered to be some of the most significant contributions to Shakespearean literature in the Tamil language.
Thambiran Vanakkam (1578) which a 16 page translated from portuguese