A NEW AMERICAN BIBLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11854, 4 January 1902, Page 1 (Supplement)

A NEW AMERICAN BIBLE.

A CHICAGO VERSION WHICH WILL SEEM TO ALL A DESECRATION. Fok ten years twenty persons in Chicago, { who wisely veil themselves under the name of "The, Translators," have been preparing a version of the New Testament in " modern - English." .*■■,, . In the 24th chapter of St.; Matthew's gospel the familiar words " the abomination of desolation" become in the hands of the Chicago translators " the desecrating horror*." • Notihng'..describes more fitly this wretched attempt to substitute American-English for /the pure and simple , words, the musical phrases; of our familiar English Bible. We quote'some specimens :—,- ' CHICAGO VERSION. . AUTHORISED VERSION; St. Matthew, Chapter v., verses 14 and 15 It is you who Ye are the light of X- the Light of the the world, i A city .world. It is im- that is set on an hill possible for a town cannot be hid. that stands on-, a- Neither do men light hill to escape no- a candle and put it lice. Nor do people under a bushel, but on light. : a lamp and a candlestick; and it {cover' it over, { but giveth light unto' all they put it on the that are in the house, lamp-stand, where it gives light to every- '. - one in the house. v St. Matthew, chapter vi., verses 9 to 13. , ■ You, therefore, are After this manner to pray in this there pray ye; ;way^rOur; ; heavenly ; Our Father which art Father, -hi- heaven, Halloaed be thy name. J,; ' v , ,':'"-: May thy 'Name ; Thy kingdom conle. be held holy,' Thy will be done in thy Kingdom earth as, it is in come.,/ ':!.'.. heaven. . - Thy will be'done 'on "earth, as in / Give us this day our Heaven. , daily bread. : Give us to-day . And forgive us our V our bread for/ debts, as-we forgive ; the day be- our debtors. fore us ; ' And/lead us not ■Q And forgive us into temptation, but !? our debts deliver us from evil; ; .as ,we, too, For thine is the kinghave forgiven . dom, and the power, our debtors, and the glory, for And do not take ever,. Amen, us into temptation, but rescue us from ' evil. ■ . ■ '• '■ ■ St.: Matthew, chapter xiii., verses 4 to 9. There '* was Behold, a sower once," he said, "a went . forth to sow. man who went out And when he sowed to sow; and 'as he some seeds fell by the was sowing, some wayside, and • the seed fell along the fowls came and depath; - and the birds voured them up. . . came and ate it up. But other fell into .. Some, how- good ground, "■' and ever, fell on good " brought forth ; fruit, soil, . and gave a some an hundredfold, crop varying from some sixtyfold, some one " hundred ;to to thirty-fold. ' sixty or thirty Who hath ears to times as great. Let ' hear, let him hear, all who have ears listen / St. John, chapter xviii., verses 33 and 34. After that, Pilate Then Pilate entered went into the Go- into the judgment hall vernment House again and called again, and calling Jesus, and said unto Jesus asked him:, him, Art thou the King of the Jews?. " Are you the Jesus answeredhim, King of the Jews?" Sayest thou this "Is that a sug- thing of thyself, or gestion of your did others tell it thee, your own?" Jesus of me? replied, or have - other people said that, to you about me?" Acts, chapter., x., verses 27 and 28. Talking with him And as he talked as he wept, Peter with him he went in, entered the house, and found many that where ;he found a were come together. > large gathering of Arid ,he said unto people, to whom he them, Ye know how said : , that it is an unlawful , "You ai'e aware, thing ; for a man that without my telling is a Jew, to keep com- . you, that it is for- pany. .or come unto bidden for a - Jew , one of another nation, to be on intimate, ; lor {; even visiting- ■ terms with a • | foreigner.'':.' . ■ ■' '*;'•'■■■ . i. Acts, chapter- xix., verse' 13. 'An 'attempt was Then certain of the made by some it- vagabond Jews, exorinerant Jews who cists, took upon them were exorcists to to call over them use the name of which had evil spirits Jesus,: the Master, the name of the Lord over ; those who Jesus, saying, We adhad wicked spirits jure you by Jesus in them. { whom Paul preacheth. _ . Hebrews, chapter xiii., verse 9. Love {for , the Let brotherly, love Brethren;{ must continue. . never be allowed to Be not forgetful to di-j { . out. Do not entertain strangers ; forget ;to be lios- for thereby some have piteble; {. for entertained angels' unthrough being hos-- awares. s ~{:;' i pitable. people /- -. | have sometimes entertained angels as - - guests, ./:,;: without , . {;:'. {{ J knowing it. : : ; ■ , ■: ] * Revelation, chapter xvii., verse 9. {{Here is an op- {{": And '■-. here is the portunity i: for the; mind which hath wis-' v intelligent! reader dom. to {show discern- , : / / ' ment, , ... j * ■«-—■ - j

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