Book packages aim to speed Bible translation worldwide

International (MNN) -- The first Scriptures were translated from Hebrew to Greek before Jesus was born, and there have been Bible translation projects ever since.(Photo courtesy unfoldingWord)Bible translators have brought God’s Word to roughly 4,000 language communities since the first century, yet serious needs remain today.Perry Oakes of unfoldingWord says, “There are thousands of languages that still need Bibles and only a few hundred Bible translation consultants – most of them around my ag