Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-08-16
ABSTRACT OF
/" EvAHcELIcAL RxsRTYoNs IN Asrz"
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II. now proceed, in the second place,
to give some sccoua' Of the progress msde
both in translating and printing, with vie "
Of the population, which the several trans
ls,ions will benefit.
l. THE TAxuL This translation, as
already mentioned. was completed by zieg.
enbslg, the first Dsnish missionary Al Tran
quebsr, IN the year 1919. af.er the tabor Of
fourteen years. II has passed thro' sever
ii mt " editions. md is considered by the
Brahmins themselves As the classical stand.
ard Of the Tsmul tongue. This is the Ian.
guage Of Corromandel and the Osrnssic, &
Of that part Of Ceylon which lies nearest the
continent. 1t is spoken from Madras to
Cane Comorin. The version into this dia
lee, has enlightened region of paganisn,
whose population is not less than eleven
millions.
9 THs EASTERN MALAY In 1888 a
complete version Of the Mslay Bible. in he
Arabic charscter, was published at Bs,a.
vis.-The Malay is the language Of hardy
race of Mshome, ans inlisbiting the reninsu
la of Msllaccs, and the s-a-csas,s OF the isl.
ands scattered over the Indian Ocean be
tween Hindos,ar and China, denominsted
the Naiaym archipelago. This Archineia-
go includes more territory and larger pop.
ula ion ,hsn the continent Of India.
3 THE cINcALtsR. This 10 the Ian.
g,s.ge of Ceylon. an island containing more
than q million aud half of people. one third
Vt whom are supposed 10 profess ChristIshi
" The whole New Testament and three
books Of he Old were formerly translated
into this lenrusge and published at The ex.
penss of he governms Ia 1911 the Cal.
cutts Auxiliary Bible Socj-,y determined to
carry THROTTLE mission press a. Sersmporc
an edition Of 5000 copies ofthe New Tesla.
mem snd OF that time i, was underti God
in Bengal, hat the Old Testament was in
course of trsnbla,ion on the island.
q. THE RrSoALrE. This was The first
translation undertaken by the Baptist mss
ionaries, Tho'Mn. Thomas made some es-
say at trsnsistioni nlT89, it seems proper
to date its Commencement in 1898, when
Messrs Carey and TiOpas sailed for In.
dia,-In 1900 he whole Bible was nearly
translated; at which time The printing CON-
menced. The New Testament was pub.
Iisbed in The spring Of 1901, and has gone
thro' three editions In august 1909 the
printing Of the whole Bible was completed
sfier labcur of ski cen years.--This trans
ia''pn was ursiFHtu TOT tbc ntnr u VI iht'
portion If The inhabitants Of Bengal, who
understand the Bengslee language. pop
ulation which hiss been estimated at from
seven to eleven millions.
S. THe PERSIAN. -Four distinct yer
sions Of his impo rtsnt language have been
undertsken The first, hy The late Col
Coletrook sarveyor-geDersi in Bengal, was
begun IN 1898. Before The month OF March
1905 the GQspels were finished, a part OF
the whole # which has been printed a, the
College press, and deposited in the Biblio.
ttecs Biblica Of Calcutts. The second was
urdrrsken by the Baptist Missionaries "
1904, but has been discontinued The
third version ~ss begun in October 1907 by
Shbet, who soon fer was Joined by Mlrza,
bol under the superin,endanoe Of the Rev
M. Martyr. Matthew was printed before
Nose'cber 1859, and Luke before Ma,
1910, al VII ch time 800 copies of each had
been deposned in the Blbliohaca. by DC
tober 1911 the translation Of the New Tes
lament was tnishe The fourth version
was undertaken by tie Rev. L. Sebasiian
an Italian prizes Of the Romish church, ma
ny years resident At lhe curt VI Persis