"Before my mother died, I was able to read her Psalm 139 in Yupik," he recalled. Walkie, a native speaker of the Yupik language of Alaska, remembers the moment his mother understood the Bible's message for the first time. It lets them read the scriptures in their heart language. The campaign does more than just get a Bible into the hands of an unreached people group. "'Where your treasure is, there is your heart also,' so when people start giving to Bible translation, even if it's $34 one time, or many people sign up for $35 a month and keep giving that-then their heart goes there," said Green. That's why Illuminations launched the I Want to Know campaign, giving people an opportunity to come alongside by sponsoring the translation of one or more Bible verses. We have to have a better sense of urgency,' So it's a faith goal that we think that by 2033, 95 percent of the world will have the Old and New Testament," Green told CBN News. ***As the number of voices facing big-tech censorship continues to grow, please sign up for CBN Newsletters and download the CBN News app to stay up-to-date with the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.***Ī decade ago, the top ten Bible translation agencies formed the Illuminations Alliance to end what they call, "Bible poverty." Even with support from five major donors, they learned that translating the scriptures into every language could take more than 100 years. "Most people don't realize there's 6,000 unique languages on planet earth today, and of those, 2,000 have adequate scripture, 2,000 somebody's working on and 2,000 nobody's started," said Mart Green, ministry investment officer for Hobby Lobby. One billion people around the world have never heard God's word in the language they understand best. They want the scriptures to be available to every single person on earth by the year 2033. The world's leading Bible translation organizations are teaming up to accomplish a huge goal.
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