Bibelöversättningar till nordsamiska

Authors

• Ole Henrik Magga Sámi allaskuvla - Sámi University of Applied Sciences

Keywords:

Bibelöversättning, Nordsamiska, Biibbal 2019, Bibal 1895, Samiska

Abstract

Bible Translations into North Saami — This article gives an overview of Bible translations into the Saami languages from the 17th century until the present. The first complete translation, which was based mostly on Ume Saami, was printed in Sweden in 1811 but was an imperfect translation. A new translation based on North Saami – though strongly influenced by Norwegian, especially in its sentence constructions – was published in 1895 and has been widely used in the North Saami congregations since. This translation enriched North Saami vocabulary in a positive way. In 2019, a new North Saami translation was published as the result of cooperation between linguists and theologians from Norway, Finland and Sweden. The article evaluates this translation in comparison to the 1895 translation, focusing especially on sentence structures.