Display of the Book of Mormon translated into different languages
As of 2021[update], the Book of Mormon has been translated into over 115 languages,[1] mostly but not exclusively by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and there are active projects to translate it into a number of other languages. Portions of the book, as opposed to complete translations, have also been conducted for another 20 languages. These tables show all the versions of the Book of Mormon that have been translated. Unless otherwise indicated, the translation was financed and the resulting text published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is by far the largest church in the Latter Day Saint movement. Not all translations are currently in print. As of 2021, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to publish at least portions of the Book of Mormon in 115 languages.[2] The Community of Christ, the second largest church in the Latter Day Saint movement, has also published its own translations of the work in various languages, though becoming increasingly less common to find. The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) has published their own respective editions of the Book of Mormon in Italian, Spanish, and various small languages meant only for Locals, and published in the Respective Nations. The Church of Christ (Temple Lot) publishes the Book of Mormon in Spanish.[citation needed]
The following list provides details on officially translated versions of the Book of Mormon published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as translations in languages not published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
[6] No longer officially printed by any Church affiliation, Deseret enthusiasts and historians have revitalized Deseret editions of the Book of Mormon which can be purchased in print or read online.[7][8][9] Originally published in "part one" which covered a third of the Book of Mormon and a "family edition" which included the complete text.[10]
[3] selections published in 1875 by Daniel Webster Jones and Meliton G. Trejo; Trejo completed the full translation with James Z. Stewart, this was then revised Eduardo Balderas and Antoine R. Ivins; most recent edition 1992.
Mormon Kitabı'ndan Seçmeler (1906 ed.), Mormon Kitabı (2001 ed.)
1906 Armenian script version (now largely defunct); formerly used in present-day Eastern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and the U.S.
2001 Roman script edition used in Turkey
[3] Armenian script version was first Asian language translation, now out of print; selections in Roman script published in 1983; full text in Roman script published in 2001
[3] New translation completed in 2011[16] Although some missionary work had been done prior to the Russian Revolution, missionaries were only allowed back into Russia in the 1990s.
Eastern Armenian is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains (particularly in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh as well as Georgia) and by the Armenian community in Iran. Due to migrations of speakers from Armenia and Iran to the Armenian Diaspora, the dialect is now very prominent in countries and regions where only Western Armenian was used. It was developed in the early 19th century and is based on the dialect of the Ararat district (of Eastern Armenia).
Selections of the Book of Mormon in Hebrew was published in 1981 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, publication was ceased shortly after for reasons not made public by the Church.[60][61]
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Translations not published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Community of Christ once published in several languages, providing the scriptures in several of the languages above, but most are out of print, with seemingly plans to discontinue printing of scriptures.
↑ Though referred to as Quichua–Ecuador on store.churchofjesuschrist.org, on the main churchofjesuschrist.org language portal , the language is identified as Kichwa, with the language code qvi, suggesting that Imbabura Highland Quichua is the specific variety into which the Book of Mormon was translated.
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