The 1526 Tyndale New Testament: Original 1526 Spellings

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Note to Braille Readers - Screen readers may encounter occasional difficulties in accurately reading the text of this volume due to original printer errors, such as "tge" instead of "the" or "wkych" instead of "which." However, it is worth noting that reading, via a refreshable Braille display, the same text Christians read in 1526 would likely evoke a sense of great joy. About this Book - William Tyndale’s translation of the New Testament is the first translation of the New Testament into English from Greek, the language in which the New Testament was written. In the 1300s, John Wycliffe translated the Latin Vulgate into middle English, making Tyndale’s translation the first translation from any language into modern English. Because of this, it has influenced every subsequent translation. Because of the printing press, it could be sold cheaply enough that the average laborer could read the Word of God for himself. Indeed, for many, it is the first time they heard God’s Word in a language they understood. While the spellings in this text may appear to us as typos or erroneous, these spellings, along with their variations and inconsistencies, are original to the manuscript and were acceptable in their historical context. God soo loved the worlde / that he gave his ōly sonne for the entent / that none that beleve in hym / shulde Butt shulde have everlastynge lyfe. Tyndale, a priest and scholar who was fluent in both Hebrew and Greek, was unable to obtain permission from church authorities to carry out this translation. As a result, the work was illegal, and Tyndale carried out the work on the run. He was eventually imprisoned for 18 months before being martyred and burned at the stake for his illegal translation.