Who first translated the holy bible in Tamil?

Answer 1

The first complete translation of the Holy Bible into Tamil was done by the British missionary Arumuka Navalar in the mid-19th century. His translation played a significant role in making The Bible accessible to Tamil-speaking people in South India and Sri Lanka.

Answer 2

An ambitious translation of the Bible into Konkani has recently been completed by a former Goa University professor, who says this has been the work he is most satisfied with till date.

Dr William R. da Silva is currently in Bremen-Germany, but teaches at the University of Osnabrueck, some 120 kilometres away. His future plans include possibly returning to India or Arabia for further research and publishing.

"Publishing here is easy but costly," says he, of Germany. He recently translated and published the Bible in Konkani, using the Kannada script, which is widely used among Konkani speakers of Karnataka. "The work lasted a good thirty years of freetime away from teaching and research and, boasting apart,that is my best work from many points of view," says he.

Answer 3

The first ever translation of the Bible appeared in the year 1964.

Answer 4

Bartholomeus Ziegenblag is the first tamil Blble translator in 1706 and released in 1715 at Tharangampadi Nagappattinam. But it is not a complete version, only New Testament.

Answer 5

Dr. Johann Ludwig Krapf pioneered the translation of the bible into Swahili language. He was a Germany missionary that spent several years in East Africa where Swahili is a dominant language.

Answer 6

Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg first translated the Holy Bible into the language Tamil.

Answer 7

Rev. John Hands, London Missionary