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Faith & AI · Episode 21 of 43 · 0:57

Can AI translate the Bible?

It can draft a rendering. It can’t give the church a Bible. John 1:1 in Greek, glossed word for word and aligned to the Lumin Translation; a model’s note on one word is a study aid; a machine draft that adds a word gets struck.

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Every verse in the film is quoted from the Lumin Translation as it read when the film was made (edition 2.0). The linked passages show the current text.

  1. 0:00The question Can AI translate the Bible? Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος.
  2. 0:04The short answer It can draft a rendering. It can’t give the church a Bible.
  3. 0:10A translation serves the text. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1
  4. 0:18God-breathed “All Scripture comes from the breath of God…” 2 Timothy 3:16
  5. 0:22A model’s note A study aid, if you check it. λόγος: word, message, reason, account.
  6. 0:28Someone gives the sense. “They read aloud from the book, the law of God, making it clear and explaining its meaning, so that the people grasped what was being read.” Nehemiah 8:8
  7. 0:38A machine draft It added one word. “Do not add to what I command you, and do not take anything away from it…” Deuteronomy 4:2
  8. 0:47The takeaway Keep the verse visible. Don’t preach a draft.

The film condenses one guide. Read “Can AI translate the Bible?” in full for the reasoning, the common cases, and a place to ask your own version.

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