Whats your preferred translation of Sacred Scriptures?

[po18guy]

There SHOULD always be a critique of substandard translations.

No translation is perfect but some are more imperfect than others.

I am of the opinion that ANY translation of the bible that does not say “A virgin will conceive” in Isaiah 7:14–“Hail Full of Grace” in Luke 1:28 and “in the person of Christ” in 2 Corinthians 2:10–and “Blessed is the man” in Psalms 1 is not FIT to be a Catholic’s preferred bible translation.

I think it IRKS many with modern translation advocacy agendas that I point out these things.

And yes you can buy a Light of the world Edition Bible from 1954 that will pass ALL of these tests with the added benefit of what I think is the most poetical version of the New Latin Psalms in English–with ALSO the added benefit of the first 8 books of the bible being retranslated which removes Moses from coming down from Mt. Sinai with “horns” while also NOT having the deficit of the 1970 NAB’s version of Genesis which says "In the beginning “When” instead of the BETTER “In the beginning God”.

No other Catholic bible does as many things well.

It should not be difficult to demonstrate Catholic doctrine to bible Christians while using the approved Catholic bible. But, sadly, that is indeed the case.

From the introduction of the 1967 Papal Edition of the Confraternity Bible:

“Translations of the Bible are are absolutely without error only in so far as they accurately express the ideas as written by the inspired author in the original language.”

Saint Jerome, in the late 300s, used manuscripts in his production of the Latin Vulgate that were as close to autograph copies as existed at that time. But, not a single manuscript he used was original - all originals being long lost to history. As well, since the Church was one at that time, how could he possibly be accused of any sort of agenda? It seems that each and every modern translation has a clear and detectable agenda, or is just plain off in some regards. Some indeed contain beautiful, flowing prose - but do they accurately represent what God inspired the original author to write?

 

[Jerry-Jet]

More people should check out Confraternity Douay Bibles that have the New Latin Psalms.

Most of them have conservative notes, too.

I think advocates of modern translations don’t want people to know about these bibles.

 

[po18guy]

More people should check out Confraternity Douay Bibles that have the New Latin Psalms.

Most of them have conservative notes, too.

I think advocates of modern translations don’t want people to know about these bibles.

It is an absolutely stark contrast between the notes and book introductions in the Confraternity Bible and the NAB. Almost night and day. The current generation is not well catechized, and many drift from the faith. Yet, I note that nearly everyone has/had a grandparent who was solid in their faith. At least some of this generational difference has to do with how inspiring the inspired scriptures and notes actually were.

It’s a C-O-N spiracy!