Shinkaiyaku Japanese Bible 2017

As a missionary in Japan, it would be really nice if we had the most commonly used translation in Japan. There are no Japanese translations available, even one preferably the one listed in the Title would be great!

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Dwight Albright

Shinkaiyaku translation of the Bible, 2017 edition.
At least one Japanese language Bible.

unknown

I agree the Shinkaiyaku 2017 would be a great edition to the Logos library. However, actually I think it is a mystery why Logos does not have even one Japanese Bible translation available.

unknown

Yes, let's get at least one Japanese Bible Translation in logos.

Ben Misja (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1331798#Comment_1331798

@BKMitchell We've been in contact with the publisher. I don't know yet what the outcome will be. We may also be able to get another Japanese Bible, perhaps even soon. Thank you for your patience!

Fabian

Hello @Ben Misja (Logos)
Sounds weird to talk to you in English as we both understand German better. Anyway so @BKMitchell understands it too I use English.

See if you can get the files with Rubi Ruby/Furigana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_character. I guess Logos has to bring also a new feature to use them fully. A competitor has this well done. See here: https://www.abiblesoftware.com/abible/index.html or in the App Store there are more images. https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/a-bible-4/id1464114530?l=en-GB&mt=12

In A-Bible you can select in which of the 2 or 3 reading systems you want to input your search. I had once an image how this is done.

The Crosswire has them too with Ruby
Posted 7:23AM on Saturday, August 19, 2017 by
5 Japanese Bible modules which had been waiting for adequate support for Ruby markup have now been released into our main repository

BTW: The original vertically system would be great too to have in Logos.

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Ben Misja (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1331806#Comment_1331806

@Fabian Thanks, that's interesting! We'll look into that!

unknown

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1331798#Comment_1331798

@Ben Misja (Logos) Thank you so much for your reply!

unknown

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1331806#Comment_1331806

@Fabian Thanks but looking at the photos I do not see any rubies which are usually placed above the words in printed Japanese Bibles (or in horizontal texts) not next to them in brackets. Also, you can use German if you like remember there are services like Deepl, Google Translate, and even ChatGPT. Those services will never be 100% accurate but I will be able to get the main point.

Fabian

@BKMitchell Yes, in these fotos not, but in other fotos of this app I have seen them. Sorry I haven't found the newer fotos, only older. Some links on the website aren't working properly now as they was in the past. There was some images behind the "button" on https://www.abiblesoftware.com/abible/featurese.html, but they have gone. Sorry.

unknown

Hello! I'm a missionary to Japan as well. I'm wondering is there any updates on this?

Ben Misja (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1331734#Comment_1331734

@TheChosenOne I am in conversations with the translation organization. I am optimistic and will share news here as soon as they're ready to be shared!

Ben Misja (Logos)

Update: Provided that we can secure rights to the 2017 edition, we will produce both the 2003 edition and the 2017 edition soon, thanks to support from a partner.

As for the 2017 edition, as stated previously, I am optimistic that we're not far away from coming to an agreement with the publisher.

The 2003 New Japanese Translation can be pre-ordered here (https://www.logos.com/product/36473/shinkaiyaku-japanese-bible) and is going into production now. With Bibles, it can be difficult to estimate a delivery date, because we often find that we have to make small updates to Logos in order to support the exact verse map. But I would expect the 2003 edition to be available in the first half of 2025.

I can also announce that we are preparing the Japanese Contemporary Bible, tentatively available some time in 2025.

Dwight Albright

The generally used version is the Shinkaiyaku (新改訳) 2017 edition or the version before 1970.
2017 Version:
Translation: Shin Nihon Seisho Kannkoukai
新日本清松刊行会
160-0004 / Tokyo-to, Shinjuku-ku, Yotsuya2-8
Publication: Inochi no Kotoba Shya
164-0001 / Tokyo-to, Nakano-ku, Nakano 2-1-5

There is another version that is somewhat used—the Common Bible Translation (共同訳).

unknown

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1331739#Comment_1331739

@Ben Misja (Logos) Thank you so much for the response! I am glad to hear that! Thank you for serving the larger body of Christ.

Ben Misja (Logos)

Update: It shouldn't be much longer! We should have this Bible in Logos in the first half of 2025.

Ben Misja (Logos)

The translation is now available for pre-order here! We hope to be able to produce it soon, but every pre-order helps! https://www.logos.com/product/391207/sheng-shu-xin-gai-yi-2017-new-japanese-bible

DMB

Thank you, Ben!

Fabian

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1365133#Comment_1365133

Mit Furigana oder ohne?

A-Bible hat sie mit Furigana https://www.abiblesoftware.com/abible/featurese.html

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LUCAS SOUZA　（ソウザルカス）

I`m a missionary in Japan. I saw about the pre-order SHinkayaku 2017, it's amazing. But I have a question, what's about the time for production? Because I made my pre-order but THERE IS NO TIME ESTIMATE. Its about 6 months, 1 year, 2 years… I would to know if is possible.

Ben Misja (Logos)

Lucas, the Bible is currently in production. In most cases, this would mean that the Bible will be published in a matter of months. We hesitate to commit specific dates because we sometimes come across delaying factors during production. With Bibles, in particular, there is often the complexity of verse maps, which we'll only learn about during production. This is what happened with Shinkaiyaku 2017. Since we don't have this version's exact verse map in our system yet, we need to create it and add support for it into Logos's code. This can sometimes add several months to the schedule.

LUCAS SOUZA　（ソウザルカス）

Thank you for your answer. I`m very excited for this!

Eric Bishop

This is a great resource to have! If possible could you please add the furigana above the kanji? That would be a great help. Thanks.