Bible translations into Scots
To date, the Bible has not been completely translated into Lowland Scots. In 1513-39 Murdoch Nisbet, associated with a group of Lollards, wrote a Scots translation of the New Testament, working from John Purvey's Wycliffite Bible. However, this work remained unpublished, in manuscript form, and was known only to his family and Bible scholars. It was published by the Scottish Text Society in 1901-5.[1][2]
William Lorimer, a noted Classical Scholar, produced the first New Testament translation into Scots from the original koine Greek, and this work too was published posthumously, in 1983. This translation too, is partly in English, as when Satan speaks it is in Standard English.
The Psalms have also been translated.
The Gospel of Luke has been published in Ulster Scots under the title Guid Wittins Frae Doctèr Luik." It was published in 2009 by Ullans Press, with the copyright held by the Ulster-Scots Language Society.
See also
- Bible translations into Scottish Gaelic
- Miscellaneous English Bible translations and Modern English Bible translations
References
- ^ Vincent, Helen (3 November 2010). "The first Scottish printed Bible". Rare Books @ NLS. Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ G. Tulloch (1989). A history of the Scots Bible.
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