Bible Society

Japanese: 聖書協会 - せいしょきょうかい(英語表記)Bible Society
Bible Society

An organization that translates, publishes, and distributes the Bible in cooperation with Christian churches and for the purpose of serving evangelism. The first Bible society was established in England in 1804. The society was founded by the passion of a poor girl named Mary Jones, who fervently searched for the Bible and wanted to read it. Currently, Bible societies have been established in countries around the world, and they translate, publish, and distribute the Bible in their respective countries. There are over 100 societies in Europe, America, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands, and the United Bible Societies (UBS) was formed to cooperate and coordinate with them. Currently, through the activities of these societies, approximately 500 million Bibles are distributed around the world every year, and the number of languages ​​in which the Bible has been translated has reached 1,829 (report at the end of 1985).

In Japan, the British and American Bible Societies had been operating separately since 1875 (Meiji 8), but in 1938 (Showa 13) the Japan Bible Society (JBS) was established and has taken over all of the activities of both societies. To date, it has published the "Written Bible" in 1888 and the "Colloquial Bible" in 1955 (Showa 30), and has translated the "Joint Translation of the Bible" since 1970. Now, more than 10 million Bibles are distributed in Japan every year.

[Junji Kinoshita]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

キリスト教会と協力して伝道に奉仕することを目的として、聖書の翻訳・出版・頒布を行う団体。聖書協会が初めて設立されたのは1804年イギリスにおいてであった。マリー・ジョーンズという貧しい一少女が聖書を読みたいと熱心に捜し求め、その熱意に動かされてこの協会が生まれた。現在は世界各国に設立され、それぞれの国で聖書の翻訳・出版、頒布にあたっている。欧米、アフリカ、アジア、太平洋諸島にわたって100余の協会があり、その協力と連携のために聖書協会世界連盟(UBS)が結成されている。現在これらの協会の活動を通して毎年約5億部の聖書が世界中に頒布され、聖書の訳されている言語数は1829言語に達している(1985年末報告)。

 日本では1875年(明治8)以来、英米の聖書協会が別々に活動していたが、1938年(昭和13)日本聖書協会(JBS)が設立され、両協会の活動のすべてはそれに引き継がれている。これまで1888年には『文語聖書』を、1955年(昭和30)には『口語聖書』を刊行し、1970年以後『共同訳聖書』の訳業がなされている。日本ではいま毎年1000万部以上の聖書が頒布されている。

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