The Bible (Japanese Edition)

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The Second Vatican Council decided to promote ecumenism and emphasized respect for the Bible. Consortia between the Catholic and the Protestant churches were organized and translation projects were started in many countries, including Japan. The collaboration committee published the Interconfessional Translation Bible ( 共同訳聖書, kyōdō yaku seisho) of the New Testament in 1978, but it was not widely supported by both congregations. [23] [24] [ clarification needed] The committee then published a revised version in 1987, the New Interconfessional Translation Bible ( 新共同訳聖書, shin kyōdō yaku seisho), which included the Old Testament. [25] [26] It has been widely distributed by various organisations (such as Gideons International). The next edition was planned to be released in 2016. [ needs update]

Arimichi Ebizawa, "Bible in Japan --A History of Japanese Bible Translation,"(In Japanese) Kodansha, 1989, ISBN 4-06-158906-7, Section 1 Norihisa Suzuki, Japanese in the Bible: A History of Translation, (In Japanese) Iwanamishoten, 2006, ISBN 4-00-023664-4, Section 4 Most poignantly, “Sutra and Bible” captures how religion provided a sense of belonging among Japanese immigrants, many of whom had arrived in Hawaii and the continental U.S. in the late 19th century. The museum has gathered images of congregations posing for photos in front of their temples and churches. Following the end of World War II, the Allied Occupation authorities disestablished Shintō as a state religion, and Yasukuni Shrine became a private religious corporation. But the idea of “glorious spirits” and the idea that people become kami after death remained among Japanese people. In the Edo period (1603–1868) the Tokugawa shogunate banned Christianity and required all Japanese people to become Buddhists. Households had to choose a denomination and register with a local temple in what was known as the danka (parishioner household) system. At the same time, however, the role of Buddhist priests was limited; to prevent them from spreading ideas that might represent a threat, they were effectively restricted to performing funeral rites and the like.

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The written Japanese form, 神, is influenced by the Chinese meaning of the character. Common words in both languages using this character, such as 精神 (pronounced seishin in Japanese), meaning “spirit” or “mind,” and 神経 ( shinkei), meaning “nerves,” are related to human mental qualities. Pronounced shen in Chinese, the character 神 carries some divine attributes, but they are of a decidedly low rank and far below those of the highest power in Chinese theology, termed 天 ( tian) or 上帝 ( shangdi) in Chinese. Based on the idea that people became kami after death, a number of shrines were built in the years following the Meiji period. These included Meiji Shrine, dedicated to Emperor Meiji, Nogi Shrine, dedicated to Nogi Maresuke, and Tōgō Shrine, dedicated to Tōgō Heihachirō. Nogi and Tōgō played prominent roles as army and navy commanders respectively in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05. There were also a number of shrines dedicated to the local war dead in prefectures around the country. And photographs of the emperor were sent to schools for teachers and students to bow to while facing the Imperial Palace. This was part of education centered on the emperor, who was considered a living god. Difficulty of Precise Definition

Kenzo Tagawa, "New Tastement as a Text," (In Japanese) Keisoshobou, 1997, ISBN 4-326-10113-X,pp.620-621 It wasn’t just race, but it was a conflation of race and religion that made these people seem un-American, or perhaps even anti-American,” said Duncan Ryūken Williams, director of the USC Shinto Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture. Shushigaku influenced the fundamentalist thinking of Itō Jinsai (1627–1705) and Ogyū Sorai (1666–1728), who advocated a return to the philosophy of Confucius and Mencius. Their thinking in turn gave rise to Kokugaku or “national learning,” which was based on the literal interpretation of ancient Japanese texts. In his Kojikiden (Commentary on the Kojiki), Motoori Norinaga (1730–1801), the central figure of Kokugaku, reconstructed a Japan without its own written language, as depicted in the eighth-century work, and emphasized that even then there was a government and people were subject to the emperor. He noted that their obedience to the emperor had not been cultivated through the teachings of Shushigaku, but came about through their natural feelings. Thus, the possibility for adopting a form of nationalism based on emperor worship opened up for all Japanese people. The Road to State Shintō Arimichi Ebizawa, "Bible in Japan --A History of Japanese Bible Translation,"(In Japanese) Kodansha, 1989, ISBN 4-06-158906-7, Section 4 In 2009, the board of directors of the Japan Bible Society officially decided to undertake the revision of the NIT Bible and, on March 2, 2010, they held a press conference to announce the start of the translation project that would result in the JBSIV, which would be completed in 2017 after eight years of work, and published in 2018. [3] [4]

Seeds of Nationalism and Emperor Worship

Japanese was among the first 8 languages into which the New World Translation was translated. [33] Jehovah's Witnesses first released the Japanese New World Translation as 「クリスチャン･ギリシャ語聖書 新世界訳｣ ( New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures) in 1973. [34] This Bible, however, contains Christian Greek Scriptures only. In 1982, a complete Japanese Bible, the 新世界訳聖書 ( New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures), was released. [35] [36] By the end of the year, tens of thousands of copies had been printed in Japan. [37] Not long after, in 1985, another edition of the Japanese New World translation was released; this release also included the new Reference Bible. [38] Both the Standard and Reference editions were based on the English 1984 edition of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, which was released in the United States in 1985. [39] Manga Metamorphosis begins with Yeshua’s Ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. It then follows the acts of the apostles that led to the growth of the early Church. It ends with Saul’s persecution of the Church, his dramatic conversion, and his resulting journeys that led him to Rome. We offer you the best app for reading the Bible in Japanese, the national language in Japan. And also recognized as a minority language in Angaur, in the state of Palau.

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Mokushiroku (Revuereishon) - Kokoro Akareshi Mononoki(黙示録（レヴェレイション）―心開かれし者の記 (Revelation - Chronicle of an open heart)) This idea of reincarnation was not accepted in Japan when Buddhism was brought to the country. Instead, the Chinese belief that the dead become demons living in hell entered Japan through Taoism and Buddhism and gradually spread. Buddhism became popular by adapting itself into the forms most acceptable to Japanese people. The Convergence of Kami and Buddhas This amazing book is a guide of life, a refuge in trouble, a treasure God gave us for the journey of life. A translation was done by James Curtis Hepburn of the Presbyterian Mission and Samuel Robbins Brown of the Reformed Church of America. It is presumed that Japanese intellectual assistants helped translate Bridgman and Culbertson's Chinese Bible (1861) into Japanese, and Hepburn and Brown adjusted the phrases. The Gospels of Mark, Matthew and John were published in 1872. [12] Hepburn's project was taken over by a Missionary Committee, sponsored by the American Bible Society, British and Foreign Bible Society and the Scottish Bible Society in Tokyo. Their New Testament and Old Testament, called the Meiji Original Version ( 明治元訳聖書 meiji genyaku seisho, "Meiji era Original Translation of Scripture"), was published in 1880 and 1887 respectively. They translated from a Greek text as well as the King James Version. [13] [14] [15] Taisho Revised Version, 1917 [ edit ]

The Holy Bible in Japanese consists of 39 books in the Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings , 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations , Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi ) and 27 books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, Corinthians 1 and 2, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossi ans, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation) In 2018, after eight years of work, the Japan Bible Society published the first revision of the New Interconfessional Translation Bible in 31 years, the Japan Bible Society Interconfessional Version ( Japanese: 聖書協会共同訳聖書, Hepburn: Seisho Kyōkai Kyōdōyaku Seisho). The aim of the revision was to create a Bible with "prestigious and beautiful Japanese that is suitable for reading in worship services" and to correct issues that had arisen due to the use of both dynamic and formal equivalence translation methods. [1] [2] See also [ edit ] Japanese Bible translation began when Catholic missionaries ( Kirishitan) entered Japan in 1549. In 1613, Jesuits published portions of the New Testament in Kyoto, though no copies survive. Gospels for the Sundays of the year and other Bible pericopes were translated, but it is unknown exactly how much else was translated. [6] [7] This translation of the Bible is now lost. [8] [9] Shortly afterwards, Christianity was banned and the missionaries were exiled.History of Japanese Bible Translation". bible.or.jp. Archived from the original on 24 November 2005. In 2019, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, Stephen Lett, released a revised edition of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures with the same name. [40] This translation was based from the English 2013 revision of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. [41] [42] This revised edition in Japanese includes the use of more modern and understandable language, clarified Biblical expression, and appendices, among other changes. [43] [36] Comparison [ edit ] Translation