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	\|Gen Taz es en Nefe, benegaz eu de Hanou, ¹⁰grua de Guelaze dose, de both bo grues en Nore, pecare ha en Nefe, ¹¹ro do ny an journa ma gen nara journa, ¹²ha gaue do ny gen pehazo, pecare terera ny gava an pehadurrian war a gen pedne, ¹³ha na raze gen Leua do droage, buz gen guetha ny deurt droge, rag an Geulaze te beaue, ha ul an Nearth, ha worriance, rag nevera-venitho, An delna rebo.<~~ref~~>~~{{cite web \|url=http://moderncornish.net/late-texts/Boson-Thomas-thelordsprayer.html \|title=Thomas Boson, 1710 – The Lord's Prayer (An Pader) \|publisher=~~[~~[Cussel an Tavas Kernuak]~~] ~~\|accessdate=25 October 2011 }}~~</~~ref~~>		\|Gen Taz es en Nefe, benegaz eu de Hanou, ¹⁰grua de Guelaze dose, de both bo grues en Nore, pecare ha en Nefe, ¹¹ro do ny an journa ma gen nara journa, ¹²ha gaue do ny gen pehazo, pecare terera ny gava an pehadurrian war a gen pedne, ¹³ha na raze gen Leua do droage, buz gen guetha ny deurt droge, rag an Geulaze te beaue, ha ul an Nearth, ha worriance, rag nevera-venitho, An delna rebo.<sup>[]</sup>
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	\|Agan Tas ny usy y’n nef, benegys re bo dha hanow. ¹⁰Re dheffa dha wlascor. Re bo gwres dha volunjeth y’n nor kepar hag y’n nef. ¹¹Ro dhynny hedhyw agan bara puptedh oll. ¹²Ha gaf dhyn agan camweyth, kepar del aven nyny dhe’n re na usy ow camwul er agan pyn ny. ¹³Ha na wra agan gorra yn temptacyon, mes delyrf ny dheworth drog. Rag dhyso jy yma an wlascor, ha’n gallus, ha’n gordhyans, bys vyken ha benary. Amen.<~~ref~~>~~{{cite book\|title=Testament Noweth agan Arluth ha Savyour Jesu Cryst\|year=2002\|publisher=Spyrys a Gernow\|location=Ewny Redreth\|isbn=978-0-9535975-4-3\|chapter=~~[~~[Gospel of Matthew{{!}}Matthew]]\|language=[[Cornish language{{!}}Cornish]~~]}}</~~ref~~>		\|Agan Tas ny usy y’n nef, benegys re bo dha hanow. ¹⁰Re dheffa dha wlascor. Re bo gwres dha volunjeth y’n nor kepar hag y’n nef. ¹¹Ro dhynny hedhyw agan bara puptedh oll. ¹²Ha gaf dhyn agan camweyth, kepar del aven nyny dhe’n re na usy ow camwul er agan pyn ny. ¹³Ha na wra agan gorra yn temptacyon, mes delyrf ny dheworth drog. Rag dhyso jy yma an wlascor, ha’n gallus, ha’n gordhyans, bys vyken ha benary. Amen.<sup>[]</sup>
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	\| style="text-align:center;"\|Cornish Bible Project, 2004		\| style="text-align:center;"\|Cornish Bible Project, 2004
	\|Agan Tas ni usi y’n nevow, sanshes re bo dha hanow. ¹⁰Re dheffo dha wlaskor. dha vodh re bo gwrys, yn nor kepar hag y’n nev. ¹¹Ro dhyn ni hedhyw agan bara pub-dydhyek; ¹²ha gav dhyn agan kendonow, kepar dell evyn ni ynwedh dh'agan kendonoryon. ¹³Ha na wra agan dri yn temptyans, mes delirf ni dhiworth drog. Rag dhiso jy yw an wlaskor, ha’n galloes, ha’n gordhyans, bys vykken ha bynary. Amen.<~~ref~~>~~{{cite book\|title=An Testament Nowydh\|year=2004\|publisher=Cornish Language Board\|location=Hayle\|isbn=1-902917-33-2\|chapter=~~[~~[Gospel of Matthew{{!}}Matthew]]\|language=[[Cornish language{{!}}Cornish]~~]}}</~~ref~~>		\|Agan Tas ni usi y’n nevow, sanshes re bo dha hanow. ¹⁰Re dheffo dha wlaskor. dha vodh re bo gwrys, yn nor kepar hag y’n nev. ¹¹Ro dhyn ni hedhyw agan bara pub-dydhyek; ¹²ha gav dhyn agan kendonow, kepar dell evyn ni ynwedh dh'agan kendonoryon. ¹³Ha na wra agan dri yn temptyans, mes delirf ni dhiworth drog. Rag dhiso jy yw an wlaskor, ha’n galloes, ha’n gordhyans, bys vykken ha bynary. Amen.<sup>[]</sup>
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	\| style="text-align:center;"\|Nicholas Williams, 2011		\| style="text-align:center;"\|Nicholas Williams, 2011
	\|Agan Tas ny usy i’n nev, benegys re bo dha hanow. ¹⁰Re dheffo dha wlascor. Re bo gwrës dha volùnjeth, i’n nor kepar hag i’n nev. ¹¹Ro dhyn ny hedhyw agan bara pùb dëdh oll. ¹²Ha gav dhyn agan cabmweyth, kepar dell eson ny ow cava dhe’n re-na usy ow cabmwul wàr agan pydn ny. ¹³Ha na wra agan gorra in temptacyon, saw delyrf ny dhyworth drog. Rag dhyso jy yma an wlascor, ha’n gallos, ha’n gordhyans, bys vycken ha bys venary. Amen.<~~ref~~>~~{{cite book\|title=An Beybel Sans: The Holy Bible in Cornish\|year=2011\|publisher=Evertype\|location=Cathair na Mart\|isbn=978-1-904808-70-1\|chapter=~~[~~[Gospel of Matthew{{!}}Matthew]]\|language=[[Cornish language{{!}}Cornish]~~]}}</~~ref~~>		\|Agan Tas ny usy i’n nev, benegys re bo dha hanow. ¹⁰Re dheffo dha wlascor. Re bo gwrës dha volùnjeth, i’n nor kepar hag i’n nev. ¹¹Ro dhyn ny hedhyw agan bara pùb dëdh oll. ¹²Ha gav dhyn agan cabmweyth, kepar dell eson ny ow cava dhe’n re-na usy ow cabmwul wàr agan pydn ny. ¹³Ha na wra agan gorra in temptacyon, saw delyrf ny dhyworth drog. Rag dhyso jy yma an wlascor, ha’n gallos, ha’n gordhyans, bys vycken ha bys venary. Amen.<sup>[]</sup>
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[[Image:An-beybel-sans.jpg|thumb|200px|The front cover of ''An Beybel Sans: The Holy Bible in Cornish'', 2011]]
Translations of the [[Bible]] into Cornish have existed since the 17th century. The early works involved the translation of individual passages, chapters or [[Books of the Bible|books]] of the Bible. The first full translation of the Bible into the [[Cornish language]] was published in 2011. The New Testament and Psalms went on-line in 2014.

==Early translations==
Two chapters of [[Gospel of Matthew|St Matthew's Gospel]] survive from the hand of William Rowe (aka William Kerew) of [[Sancreed]] (ﬂ. 1650–1690).

There are ten versions of the [[Lord's Prayer]] from the 1600s and 1700s. A translation from [[Latin]] was produced in [[John Davies (Mallwyd)|John Davies]]' ''Llyfr y Resolusion'' in 1632. Another translation was published in [[William Scawen]]'s 1680 ''Antiquities Cornu-Brittanick'', and two versions were produced in John Chamberlayne's 1715 ''Oratio Dominica in diversas linguas versa''. Also from this period, John Keigwin produced two versions, [[John Boson (writer)|John]] and [[Thomas Boson]] one each, and [[William Gwavas]] also produced two. There are eight versions of the [[Apostles' Creed]] from the same period, and seven versions of the [[Ten Commandments]].

Two translations of [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 1 survive from the 1700s, one by John Boson and another by John Keigwin.[] William Kerew produced translations of Genesis 3, Matthew 2:1–20 and Matthew 4. [[Henry Jenner]] suggests that some other translations from the same period, of [[Book of Proverbs|Proverbs]] 30:5–6 and of [[Psalms]] 2:11, 7:11, 35:1 and 2, were also produced by William Kerew.[] There is also an anonymous line-for-line translation of Psalm 100 located as part of the Gwavas MS at the [[British Library]].

==Modern translations==
[[Image:Testament-noweth.jpg|thumb|150px|The front cover of ''Testament Noweth agan Arluth ha Savyour Jesu Cryst'', 2002]]
In the modern period, a translation of [[Gospel of John|John]] 5:1–14 by [[Henry Jenner]] was published in 1918, and in 1936 A. S. D. Smith produced his own translation of [[Gospel of Mark|St Mark's gospel]], a revised edition being published by Talek ([[E.G. Retallack Hooper]]) in 1960.[]

A translation of St Matthew's Gospel by D. R. Evans appeared in 1975, and a version of St John's Gospel was translated by John Page, published in 1984.[] Ray Edwards published his translation of the [[Book of Revelation]] and of a number of [[General epistles|epistles]] in 1986, and [[Gospel of Luke|St Luke's Gospel]] appeared in 1989.[] Furthermore the Cornish version of the order for [[Evening Prayer (Anglican)|Evensong]] contains a translation of [[First Epistle to the Corinthians|I Corinthians]] 13 by [[Robert Morton Nance]].

===The New Testament===
[[File:An-testament-nowydh.jpg|thumb|150px|The front cover of ''An Testament Nowydh'', 2004]]
A translation of the whole New Testament, by [[Nicholas Williams]], was published in 2002 by Spyrys a Gernow; it used [[Unified Cornish Revised]] orthography. A translation group called the Cornish Bible Project produced another translation of the New Testament in 2004, published by [[Kesva an Taves Kernewek]];[] it used [[Common Cornish]] orthography. The New Testament and Psalms were posted on-line on YouVersion (Bible.com) and Bibles.org in July 2014 by the Bible Society.

===The Old Testament===
The Cornish Bible Project is currently working on translating the Old Testament, and reportedly twenty Old Testament books have been published so far.[]
===The complete Bible===
The first complete translation of the Bible into Cornish, ''An Beybel Sans'', was published in 2011 by [[Michael Everson|Evertype]]. It was translated by [[Nicholas Williams]], taking a total of 13 years to complete.[][] Having completed the New Testament, Williams translated the [[Old Testament]] into Cornish from a variety of sources, including [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Greek language|Greek]] texts,[] starting with [[Book of Leviticus|Leviticus]], which he regarded as one of "the boring bits".<ref>{{cite news|title=Bible is a clotted dream after it's translated into Cornish|url=

This Bible contains 10 maps, which label the place names in Cornish.[]

==Translation comparisons==
The following is a comparison of various Cornish translations of the [[Lord's Prayer]] from ''Gospel of Matthew'' chapter 6 verses 9–13, together with the corresponding English translation from the ''[[Authorized King James Version]]'' of 1611, 1769 edition.

{| class="wikitable"
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! style="text-align:center; width:25%;"|Translation
![[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 6:9–13
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| style="text-align:center;"|''[[Authorized King James Version|Authorized Version]]'', 1611/1769
|Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ¹⁰Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. ¹¹Give us this day our daily bread. ¹²And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. ¹³And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
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| style="text-align:center;"|Thomas Boson, 1710
|Gen Taz es en Nefe, benegaz eu de Hanou, ¹⁰grua de Guelaze dose, de both bo grues en Nore, pecare ha en Nefe, ¹¹ro do ny an journa ma gen nara journa, ¹²ha gaue do ny gen pehazo, pecare terera ny gava an pehadurrian war a gen pedne, ¹³ha na raze gen Leua do droage, buz gen guetha ny deurt droge, rag an Geulaze te beaue, ha ul an Nearth, ha worriance, rag nevera-venitho, An delna rebo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moderncornish.net/late-texts/Boson-Thomas-thelordsprayer.html |title=Thomas Boson, 1710 – The Lord's Prayer (An Pader) |publisher=[[Cussel an Tavas Kernuak]] |accessdate=25 October 2011 }}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|Nicholas Williams, 2002
|Agan Tas ny usy y’n nef, benegys re bo dha hanow. ¹⁰Re dheffa dha wlascor. Re bo gwres dha volunjeth y’n nor kepar hag y’n nef. ¹¹Ro dhynny hedhyw agan bara puptedh oll. ¹²Ha gaf dhyn agan camweyth, kepar del aven nyny dhe’n re na usy ow camwul er agan pyn ny. ¹³Ha na wra agan gorra yn temptacyon, mes delyrf ny dheworth drog. Rag dhyso jy yma an wlascor, ha’n gallus, ha’n gordhyans, bys vyken ha benary. Amen.<ref>{{cite book|title=Testament Noweth agan Arluth ha Savyour Jesu Cryst|year=2002|publisher=Spyrys a Gernow|location=Ewny Redreth|isbn=978-0-9535975-4-3|chapter=[[Gospel of Matthew{{!}}Matthew]]|language=[[Cornish language{{!}}Cornish]]}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|Cornish Bible Project, 2004
|Agan Tas ni usi y’n nevow, sanshes re bo dha hanow. ¹⁰Re dheffo dha wlaskor. dha vodh re bo gwrys, yn nor kepar hag y’n nev. ¹¹Ro dhyn ni hedhyw agan bara pub-dydhyek; ¹²ha gav dhyn agan kendonow, kepar dell evyn ni ynwedh dh'agan kendonoryon. ¹³Ha na wra agan dri yn temptyans, mes delirf ni dhiworth drog. Rag dhiso jy yw an wlaskor, ha’n galloes, ha’n gordhyans, bys vykken ha bynary. Amen.<ref>{{cite book|title=An Testament Nowydh|year=2004|publisher=Cornish Language Board|location=Hayle|isbn=1-902917-33-2|chapter=[[Gospel of Matthew{{!}}Matthew]]|language=[[Cornish language{{!}}Cornish]]}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|Nicholas Williams, 2011
|Agan Tas ny usy i’n nev, benegys re bo dha hanow. ¹⁰Re dheffo dha wlascor. Re bo gwrës dha volùnjeth, i’n nor kepar hag i’n nev. ¹¹Ro dhyn ny hedhyw agan bara pùb dëdh oll. ¹²Ha gav dhyn agan cabmweyth, kepar dell eson ny ow cava dhe’n re-na usy ow cabmwul wàr agan pydn ny. ¹³Ha na wra agan gorra in temptacyon, saw delyrf ny dhyworth drog. Rag dhyso jy yma an wlascor, ha’n gallos, ha’n gordhyans, bys vycken ha bys venary. Amen.<ref>{{cite book|title=An Beybel Sans: The Holy Bible in Cornish|year=2011|publisher=Evertype|location=Cathair na Mart|isbn=978-1-904808-70-1|chapter=[[Gospel of Matthew{{!}}Matthew]]|language=[[Cornish language{{!}}Cornish]]}}</ref>
|}

==Bibliography==
*Brown, Wella, J. H. Chesterfield, J. M. Davey, Ray J. Edwards. [[Graham Sandercock]], and R. K. R. Syed, trans. (2004) [http://www.bibelkernewek.com/testamentnowydh.htm ''An Testament Nowydh'']. [[Redruth|Ewny Redreth]]: [[Kesva an Taves Kernewek]]. ISBN 978-0-9535975-4-3
*[[Nicholas Williams|Williams, Nicholas]], trans. (2002) [http://www.evertype.com/books/testament-noweth-ucr.html ''Testament Noweth agan Arluth ha Savyour Jesu Cryst'']. [[Redruth|Ewny Redreth]]: Spyrys a Gernow. ISBN 978-0-9535975-4-3
*[[Nicholas Williams|Williams, Nicholas]], trans. (2011) [http://www.evertype.com/books/beybel.html ''An Beybel Sans: The Holy Bible in Cornish'']. [[Westport, County Mayo|Cathair na Mart]]: [[Michael Everson|Evertype]]. ISBN 978-1-904808-70-1

==References==

[[Cornish language]]

[[Category:Bible translations by language|Cornish]]
[[Category:Cornish-language literature]]
[[Category:History of Cornwall]]
[[Category:Religion in Cornwall]]