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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p> <b>Bible translations into Persian Languages</b> have been made since the fourth or fifth century, although few early manuscripts survive. There are both Jewish and Christian translations from the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>. Complete translations of the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> and Greek <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> from original languages were first made in the 19th century by Protestant missionaries. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_Persian">Middle Persian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Middle Persian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_Psalter" title="Pahlavi Psalter">Pahlavi Psalter</a></div> <p>The only physical survival of pre-Islamic Persian Bible translations are two fragments of Psalms found by <a href="/wiki/Albert_von_Le_Coq" title="Albert von Le Coq">Albert von Le Coq</a> found in the Shui pang monastery north of <a href="/wiki/Bulayiq" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulayiq">Bulayiq</a> in 1905.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These earliest translations into Persian are in the <a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Pahlavi script">Pahlavi script</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medieval_translation_into_New_Persian">Medieval translation into New Persian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Medieval translation into New Persian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Persian_Diatessaron" title="Persian Diatessaron">Persian Diatessaron</a></div> <p>Parts of the Gospels were first translated into <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Diatessaron" title="Persian Diatessaron">Persian Diatessaron</a> in the 13th century. Then more sections of the Gospels were translated by the 16th Century Muslim scholar and critic of Christianity <a href="/w/index.php?title=Khatun_Abadi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khatun Abadi (page does not exist)">Khatun Abadi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_translations">Modern translations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Modern translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Persian_Old_Version_(POV)"><span id="Persian_Old_Version_.28POV.29"></span>Persian Old Version (POV)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Persian Old Version (POV)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>More recently, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Colebrooke" title="Henry Thomas Colebrooke">Henry Thomas Colebrooke</a>'s Four Gospels appeared in Calcutta in 1804.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A major figure in this work was <a href="/wiki/Henry_Martyn" title="Henry Martyn">Henry Martyn</a>, a contemporary of <a href="/wiki/William_Carey_(missionary)" title="William Carey (missionary)">William Carey</a>. In 1811 he journeyed into <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persia</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Together with Mīrzā Sayyed ʿAlī Khan, he translated the New Testament, completing it in 1812.<sup id="cite_ref-Iranica_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iranica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There he sent a copy of his translation of the New Testament to <a href="/wiki/Fath-Ali_Shah_Qajar" title="Fath-Ali Shah Qajar">the Shah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was published in 1815.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1845, translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew by William Glen and Mīrzā Moḥammad Jaʿfar was published in Edinburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-Iranica_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iranica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1846, a complete Bible consisting of this Old Testament and Martyn's New Testament was published.<sup id="cite_ref-Iranica_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iranica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This translation was later revised by Robert Bruce to utilise Persian language that was more current.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was published in 1895,<sup id="cite_ref-Iranica_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iranica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although it is also said to have been published in 1896. This is commonly used and known as the <i>Old Persian Version (OPV)</i>, <i>Standard Version</i> or <i>Tarjome-ye Qadim</i> (ترجمه قدیم). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Persian_Living_Bible_(PLB)"><span id="Persian_Living_Bible_.28PLB.29"></span>Persian Living Bible (PLB)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Persian Living Bible (PLB)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is possibly a 1979 translation from the <a href="/wiki/The_Living_Bible" title="The Living Bible">Living Bible</a> by <a href="/wiki/Living_Bibles_International" title="Living Bibles International">Living Bibles International</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary_Translation_(PCB)"><span id="Contemporary_Translation_.28PCB.29"></span>Contemporary Translation (PCB)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Contemporary Translation (PCB)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although it is currently illegal to distribute Christian literature in Persian, <i><a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> Contemporary Translation</i>, also known as <i>Tarjome-ye Tafsiri</i> (<i>Interpretative Translation</i>, ترجمه تفسیری) was published by the <a href="/wiki/International_Bible_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="International Bible Society">International Bible Society</a> in 1995. It is a <a href="/wiki/Dynamic_equivalence" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamic equivalence">thought-for-thought</a> translation.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is another commonly used translation. The version was revised and republished in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Today's_Persian_Version_(TPV)"><span id="Today.27s_Persian_Version_.28TPV.29"></span>Today's Persian Version (TPV)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Today's Persian Version (TPV)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A new <a href="/wiki/Dynamic_equivalence" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamic equivalence">thought-for-thought</a> New Testament translation, Common Language Translation, was first published in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-Iranica_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iranica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also known in Persian as <i>Injil Sharif</i> (<i>Noble Gospel</i>, انجیل شریف) and <i>Mojdeh Baraye Asre Jadid</i> (<i>Good News for A New Age</i>, مژده برای عصر جدید).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is largely based on Henry Martyn's work.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Translation of the Old Testament was not completed until much later. When it was finished, it was published by <a href="/wiki/United_Bible_Societies" title="United Bible Societies">United Bible Societies</a> in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This complete translation is known as <i>Today's Persian Version</i> (TPV) and <i>Today's Farsi</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Millennium_Version_(NMV)"><span id="New_Millennium_Version_.28NMV.29"></span>New Millennium Version (NMV)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: New Millennium Version (NMV)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This version is called "New Millennium Version" (NMV) or "Tarjome-ye Hezâre-ye now" (ترجمه هزارۀ نو). This translation of the Bible in Persian was completed and published in 22nd of Sep 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This translation was made and published by the UK-based Elam Ministries,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This translation is also available on E-sword<sup id="cite_ref-انجیل_عیسی_مسیح_-_هزارۀ_نو_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-انجیل_عیسی_مسیح_-_هزارۀ_نو-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a mobile version has also been made.<sup id="cite_ref-ترجمۀ_هزارۀ_نو/برای_موبایل_نوکیا_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ترجمۀ_هزارۀ_نو/برای_موبایل_نوکیا-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_World_Translation_of_the_Holy_Scriptures">New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A translation of the New Testament in modern Persian was released by <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a> in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pirouz_Sayyar">Pirouz Sayyar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Pirouz Sayyar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A non-missionary version of New Testament (2008), Old Testament (2014) and Deuterocanonical books (2003) is translated by Iranian translator and researcher, <a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="fa:پیروز سیار">Pirouz Sayyar</a> and published in Tehran. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Persian_Dayspring_Version_(PDV)"><span id="Persian_Dayspring_Version_.28PDV.29"></span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://be2b1912-2a0f-4f0c-8f45-8d458e474c35.usrfiles.com/ugd/be2b19_abfc27440dec456fa2fa7c607b56730d.pdf">Persian Dayspring Version (PDV)</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Persian Dayspring Version (PDV)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Dayspring" (سپیده دم) is a translation project of the "New Testament" from the original Greek text into Persian. As of now only the translation of the Gospel of John has been completed and published <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sepeedehdam.com/">online</a>. This version emphasizes Persian words and terms while avoiding foreign words and terms, particularly those from Arabic, as much as possible.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dari_(Afghan_Persian)"><span id="Dari_.28Afghan_Persian.29"></span>Dari (Afghan Persian)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Dari (Afghan Persian)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dari_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dari language">Dari</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">دری</span>, <i>Darī,</i> pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Persian" title="Help:IPA/Persian">[dæˈɾi]</a></span>) refers to the version of <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian language</a> spoken in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, and hence known as Afghan Persian in some western sources.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As defined in the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of Afghanistan">Constitution of Afghanistan</a>, Dari is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan. Spoken by almost half of the population as first language,<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it also serves as the <a href="/wiki/Lingua_franca" title="Lingua franca">lingua franca</a> in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iranian</a> and Afghan dialects of Persian are mutually intelligible to a relatively high degree. Differences are found primarily in the vocabulary and phonology. </p><p>Dari, spoken in Afghanistan, should not be confused with <a href="/wiki/Dari_(Zoroastrian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dari (Zoroastrian)">Dari</a> or <a href="/wiki/Dari_(Zoroastrian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dari (Zoroastrian)">Gabri</a> of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, a language of the Central Iranian sub-group, spoken in some <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoroastrian">Zoroastrian</a> communities.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scripture portions were published in Dari for the first time in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-World_Scriptures.org_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Scriptures.org-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1982 the complete New Testament was published for the first time by the Pakistan Bible Society in <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-World_Scriptures.org_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Scriptures.org-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This translation had been translated by an Afghan convert to Christianity, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zia_Nodrat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zia Nodrat (page does not exist)">Zia Nodrat</a> using Iranian Persian, English and German versions. Its third edition was published by the Cambridge University Press in England in 1989. Zia Nodrat was working on a Dari translation of the Old Testament, when he disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The complete Bible in Dari was published for the first time in 2008 titled "Today's Dari Version" (TDV08).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New revision efforts are underway to modernize this volume. As of September 2022, the NT is available online as TDV22.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tajiki_(Persian_of_Tajikistan)"><span id="Tajiki_.28Persian_of_Tajikistan.29"></span>Tajiki (Persian of Tajikistan)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Tajiki (Persian of Tajikistan)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Versions in the <a href="/wiki/Tajik_language" title="Tajik language">Tajik language</a> have appeared since the breakup of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> into the independent republics of <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021 during the CoVID-19 pandemic <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a> released virtually the Tajik New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. Some translator's from several countries worked 4 years to complete the translation. <sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comparisons_table">Comparisons table</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Comparisons table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center; width:25%;">Translation </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">John</a> 3:16 </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Persian_Diatessaron" title="Persian Diatessaron">Persian Diatessaron</a> 13th Century </td> <td dir="rtl">« همچنین خدا خلق را دوست داشت که پسر یگانه خود جهت خلق فدی کرد بهر آنک هرک بدو ایمان بیاورد هلاک مشود بلی زندگانی جاوید پذیرد </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Tarjumeh-ye <a href="/w/index.php?title=Khatun_Abadi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khatun Abadi (page does not exist)">Khatun Abadi</a> 16th century </td> <td dir="rtl">« و خدا دوست داشته عالم را به حدی که بخشیده پسر یگانه خود را تا هلاک نشود کسی که ایمان آورد به او، بلکه بوده باشد او را حیات ابدی. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Tarjumeh-ye Henry Martyn 1876 </td> <td dir="rtl">« زیرا که خدا آن قدر جهان را دوست داشت که فرزند یگانه خود را ارزانی فرمود که تا هر کس که بر او ایمان آورد هلاک نشود بلکه زندگانی جاوید یابند. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><i>Tarjumeh-ye Ghadeem</i> 1896 </td> <td dir="rtl">زیرا خدا جهان را اینقدر محبت نمود که پسر یگانه خود را داد تا هر‌که بر او ایمان آورد هلاک نگردد بلکه حیات جاودانی یابد. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Today's Persian Version (TPV) </td> <td dir="rtl">زیرا خدا جهانیان را آن‌قدر محبّت نمود كه پسر یگانهٔ خود را داد تا هرکه به او ایمان بیاورد هلاک نگردد، بلكه صاحب حیات جاودان شود. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Tarjumeh-ye Hezare Noh (NMV) </td> <td dir="rtl">«زیرا خدا جهان را آنقدر محبت کرد که پسر یگانة خود را داد تا هر که به او ایمان آوَرَد هلاک نگردد، بلکه حیات جاویدان یابد. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Tarjumeh-ye Hezare Noh (NMV) (Cyrillic transcription) </td> <td>Зеро Худо ҷаҳонро онқадар меҳаббат кард, ки Писари ягонаи Худро дод, то ҳар кӣ ба Ӯ имон оварад, ҳалок накардад, балки ҳаёти ҷовидонӣ ёбад. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Tarjumeh-ye Tafsiri (FCB) </td> <td dir="rtl">« زیرا خدا بقدری مردم جهان را دوست دارد که یگانه فرزند خود را فرستاده است، تا هر که به او ایمان آورد، هلاک نشود بلکه زندگی جاوید بیابد. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Tarjumeh-ye Pirouz Sayar </td> <td dir="rtl">« چه خدا چندان جهان را دوست داشته است که پسر خویش، آن پسر یگانه، را بداده تا ان کس که بر او ایمان آوَرد هلاک نگردد. بلکه حیات جاودان یابد. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tarjumeh-ye <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://be2b1912-2a0f-4f0c-8f45-8d458e474c35.usrfiles.com/ugd/be2b19_abfc27440dec456fa2fa7c607b56730d.pdf">Sepeedeh Dam</a> (PDV) </td> <td>زیرا خداوند جهان را چنان دوست داشت، که پسر یگانه خویش را بداد، تا هر که به او باور آورد نیست نگردد، ونکه زندگانی جاودان یابد. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Today's Dari Version 2008 </td> <td dir="rtl">زیرا خدا به دنیا آنقدر محبت داشت که پسر یگانۀ خود را داد تا هر که به او ایمان بیاورد هلاک نگردد، بلکه صاحب زندگی ابدی شود. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Today's Dari Version 2022 </td> <td dir="rtl">خدا به جهان آنقدر محبت داشت که پسر یگانۀ خود را داد تا هر کی به او ایمان بیاورد هلاک نگردد، بلکه صاحب زندگی ابدی شود. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Institute_for_Bible_Translation" title="Institute for Bible Translation">Institute for Bible Translation</a>, 1997 (<a href="/wiki/Tajiki" class="mw-redirect" title="Tajiki">Tajiki</a>) </td> <td>«Зеро Худо ҷаҳонро чунон дӯст дошт, ки Писари ягонаи Худро дод, то ҳар кӣ ба Ӯ имон оварад, талаф нашавад, балки ҳаёти ҷовидонӣ ёбад. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Institute_for_Bible_Translation" title="Institute for Bible Translation">Institute for Bible Translation</a>, 2010 (<a href="/wiki/Tajiki" class="mw-redirect" title="Tajiki">Tajiki</a>) </td> <td>«Зеро Худо ҷаҳонро чунон дӯст дошт, ки Писари ягонаи Худро дод, то ҳар кӣ ба Ӯ имон оварад, намирад, балки ҳаёти абадӣ дошта бошад. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/New_World_Translation" title="New World Translation">New World Translation</a>, 2021 (<a href="/wiki/Tajiki" class="mw-redirect" title="Tajiki">Tajiki</a>) </td> <td>«Худо ҷаҳонро чунон дӯст дошт, ки Писари ягоназодиa худро дод,л то ҳар кӣ ба ӯ имон дошта бошадb, нобуд нашавад, балки соҳиби ҳаёти ҷовидонӣ гардад. 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Phillips - 2001 - The UBS reported that 1,000 copies of the Tajik Bible were distributed in 1993. 65</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bible.com/en-GB/versions/1477-km92-kitobi-mukaddas-1992">Китоби Муқаддас 1992 (KM92) -</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Jehovah's Witnesses official website. 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American Bible Society.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible_translations_into_Persian&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kalameh.com/Pages/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleId=918">New Millennium Version Bible (Online), Kalameh</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070828084339/http://www.kalameh.com/Pages/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleId=918">Archived</a> 2007-08-28 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://m.bibles.org/pes-TPV/Gen/1/">Today's Persian Version (TPV)(Online)</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wordproject.org/bibles/fa/">Old Persian Version Bible (Online), Wordproject</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131110095944/http://worldwide.familyradio.org/fa/audio_archives/bible/">Old Persian Version Audio Bible (Online), Family Radio</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101076512563">The Old Testament</a> (London, 1856), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hathitrust.org/">HathiTrust</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.aa0006207252">New Testament in Persian</a> Revised by Rev. 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