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The New Simplified Bible is a free online modern English translation of the Bible. The purpose of this translation is to help the reader understand the various shades of meaning of the English words. To accomplish this (parentheses) are placed around clarifying words that convey additional meaning to the words included in the original text. Limited Scripture references and short commentary are also placed within parentheses.

* HONORS DIVINE NAME: God’s Name, Jehovah, is found throughout the New Simplified Bible including the "New Testament." The four basic Hebrew letters used to represent God’s Name in modern languages are YHWH. They are from the four consonants written 6,828 times in the original "Old Testament" or Hebrew Scriptures. These four letters are called the Tetragrammaton. They have been translated: “the LORD,” “Yahweh,” and “Jehovah.” Some translations have even used the impersonal titles “the Self Existent,” “the Eternal” and "God." A recent translation simply keeps the original Hebrew letters of the Tetragrammaton in the English text. This practice would confuse most readers. Translators must decide which name or title they will use when they translate the Tetragrammation. We do not know the exact spelling or pronunciation, however the name “Jehovah” has been used for centuries. Its equivalent is widely accepted and used in many languages today. The important thing is that we recognize God’s name with respect and out of love. (See NSB Translation Notes for more information)

WHY JEHOVAH? How did Bible researchers get "Jehovah" or "Yahweh" from the consonant letters YHWH? They added the missing vowels as follows: YaHoWaH and transliterated to JeHoVaH. You need to remove the middle vowel "o" in order to transliterate to Yahweh. The translator of the New Simplified Bible respects both names and considered using both, however the name Jehovah is the most commonly accepted name of God in English and it includes the middle vowel!

* NON-TRINITARIAN: The New Simplified Bible is not Trinitarian biased. It does not espouse, adopt, embrace, or promote the Trinity. It accurately features the true monotheistic God of the Holy Scriptures. Many Greek words have multiple meanings in English. Translators use the English words and meanings that best represent their theological beliefs and the beliefs of the Bible translating agencies for whom they work. The New Simplified Bible translates to the complete context of the Holy Scriptures. It honestly reflects the Bible's own statement, "Jehovah is God! There is no one besides Him!" "Jehovah our God is one God!" (Deuteronomy 4:35; 6:4)(See NSB Translation Notes)

LIBERAL COPYRIGHT PERMISSION: The New Simplified Bible may be copied for personal use or distributed free of charge to friends without written permission. Copies of the New Simplified Bible may not be sold for profit without written permission. This Bible may be copied but it may not be modified. The New Simplified Bible may be quoted without express written permission of the publisher. Please give credit to the New Simplified Bible when quoting from it.

Updated: October 12, 2008

New Simplified Bible
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[First Published Online August 2004]

 

The New Simplified Bible (NSB) is self-published by James R Madsen (the translator). It is not influenced by any Christian denomination or sect. An honest attempt has been made to give you the accurate translation from the original language. The NSB is not related to the publishing and preaching work of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and is not affiliated with the Watch Tower Society, however I highly recommend the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses!

 

About the Author:

James R Madsen Self taught after some college. Enjoy walking in the woods and visiting with friends at the Kingdom Hall. As one of Jehovah's Witness I spend several hours per week going door to door to tell others about God's Kingdom. I began the NSB Jehovah Version in 2000 shortly after I purchased my first computor. Filed for copyright in 2003 and published NSB on the Internet in 2004.

 

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Re: New Simplified Bible -9.x

Hello and God Bless. I haven't had a chance to read any of the NSB yet, but I applaude your effort to recognize the one true God without bias. Yes trinitarinism is driven throughout the world but was not "adopted" or "accepted" until the fourth century and sealed by the Council of Nicene. Thank you for doing the right thing instead of just following the masses. I look forward to reading your work of love which conforms to the instructions in Ephesians 4:4, 5, and 6.

APPLAUSE!!!

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Thank you very much.

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THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH I WAS TRYING TO FIND A BIBLE THAT RESPECTED HIS HOLY NAME AND NOT PUT HIS TITLE WHERE HIS NAME SHOULD BE....
AGAIN THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!

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Attempting to present a translation as unbiased at same time as stating "It does not espouse, adopt, embrace, or promote the Trinity" is an utter contradiction in terms. Such a statement exposes a clear bias- Antitrinitarianism. Besides that, saying the Bible does not teach God in 3 persons is as ridiculous as saying the Constitution "does not espouse, adopt, embrace, or promote" freedom. Of course it does; & it would take a true bias against freedom to state otherwise. So also, the hundreds of verses in both Old & New Testaments point towards the idea of God existing in 3 Persons & this link gives many of them- http://zoareanspurse.blogspot.com/2007/10/glory-of-jesus-christ.html

It really is quite pitiful for someone to "look" for a unique translation that suits their beliefs instead of accepting 2000 years of biblical scholarship & changing those beliefs. After all, why do you need a Bible at all if you are going to simply turn Genesis 1:27 on its head by creating (a) God in your own image? Why not just carry on with your forlorn assumptions without a Bible?

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Until the late third century, Trinitarianism was unknown in Christianity. Until the middle of the fourth century, Modalism was the dominant theology. It took until the mid-eighth century for the Church to eradicate Modalism from the beliefs of the laity.

The first Nicence Creed reflects the influence of the Modalists, not the Trinitarians. The Second Nicence Creed --- which is the one that is usually used today --- reflects the influence of the Trinitarians.

Had the Modalists not been outnumbered by the combination of the Christian Gnostics, and the Trinitarians, at the Council of Nicea in 325, the odds are that Trinitarianism would be as unknown in contemporary Christianity.

The Trinitarianism of the creators of the Second Nicence Creed is so vastly different from contemporary Trinitarianism, that I suspect that most contemporary Trinitarians would call them non-Trinitarians.

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UPmomof6,

Your RESPECT for the Heavenly Father’s Name is well founded and I commend you for you such.

Yet you said that the pronunciation of the Heavenly Father’s Name is unknown
and that it is made-up of four consonant letters, but neither of these statements is true.

If you down load the module: - The Wars Of The Jews –
provided at: http://www.e-sword.net/extras.html
then go to BOOK V - CHAPTER 5.
paragraph 7. unto the 11th sentence thereof [you will find] -
"A mitre also of fine linen encompassed his head,
which was tied by a blue ribbon, about which there was another golden crown,
in which was engraven The Sacred Name: It consists of Four Vowels."
(Author: [Flavius] Josephus; a member of the priestly aristocracy of the Yews, from 55A.D.-100A.D.,
during the second Temple period while the Heavenly Father’s Name was still being taught to the Priest)

As four VOWELS they have their own sound and need no other vowels to help make the sound of the Name.

The foreign vowels E, O, and A were added by the Masorete Scribes after the return of the Yews from the Babylonian Exile, after: [Flavius] Josephus reign as a Priest in the second Temple, not to help aid with the pronunciation but to instruct the reader to substitute the Title Adonai instead.

The Iaudish Priest, not wanting to help the Gentile Messianic believers to pronounce the Heavenly Father’s Name, did not tell the English Bible writers that they had misunderstood the TRADITION of HIDING the pronunciation of the Heavenly Father’s Name, and stood silent as to the fact that the vowel pointings were foreign to the Name and there fore did not belong.

Being the English Translators did not know better they thought that the Original letters were consonants because vowel signs were added, and believed the added vowel pointings were necessary to help pronounce the Name.

By the way Tyndale, Coverdale, Bishops, and King Iames Versions spelled It Iehovah. The first letter being an I and not with a J, a vowel that when coupled in front of an A makes a Diphthong yă.
(See: Pronunciation Guide in the Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary. Also see: Tetragrammaton, within the Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary for a reference to the above stuff about the Heavenly Father’s Name)

Note that in the following 4 languages that the Tetragrammaton is spelled with FOUR VOWELS:
The Four (Hebrew) Vowels [not consonants]: יהוה {The Personal Name of Eloahim}
י - Yod - Produces a “ee" sound
ה - Heh - Here it produces an "ah sound”
ו - Vav - Transliterated "Waw" in English. Produces the "oo sound ", as in too
ה - Heh - Here it produces the "ay sound”

Transliterated by Four (Greek) vowels: Ιαβε {dubbed the Tetragrammaton}
Ι - Produces an “ee sound”
α - Produces an “ah sound”
β - Produces the “oo sound”, as in too
ε - Produces the “ay sound”

Transliterated by Four (Latin) vowels: IAUE {Transcription of the Tetragrammaton}
I - Produces a “ee" sound
a - Produces an “ah sound”
u - Produces the "oo sound", as in too
e - Produces the “ ay sound”

Once Again Accurately Transliterated / Transcribed by Four(English)Vowels: Iaue/Iawe or even
Jaue/Jawe/Yaue/Yawe [as all of these letters if not vowels are semi-vowels]
the "J"s in the bible names stand as a cursive "I"
I,E,Y,J(cursive I) - produce the "ee" sound
a - produces an “ah sound”
u/w - Produces the "oo sound", as in too
a/e - Produces the “ ay sound”

In the preceding Four Languages ( with their Appropriate Vowels )
the Tetragrammaton (a Four Vowel-Letter Name of the Hebrew Eloahim)
is to be pronounced as follows ( accented on the last syllable ):
Hebrew / Latin / English / Greek
ee ah - oo - AY

The O in the form Iehovah a.k.a.- Jehovah was not left out of the form Yahweh in particular,
but was left out altogether with the other foreign vowels.

By the way the W in Yahweh is to be pronounced as -oo-.

If you really want to know more about the Truth, read Chapter 9 found here at the following:
http://www.yahweh.org/PDF_index1.html
This Chapter in the book “The Sacred Name of Yahweh” explains every thing thoroughly,
and therefore should be no doubt about how the Heavenly Father’s Sacred Name is pronounced, unless one just wants to stick to TRADITION and not TRUTH.

Shalom,

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Cormac,

Thank you for that information. I just took a look at John 1, and as JW's do away with the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, (they) have certainly done so in this chapter.

I will spread word about this. Thanks again.

With the temperament of a sheepdog, and a heart of love for Truth,

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I have just done an exhaustive research of this Bible. NO where did I find that anyone associated with this "Bible" is in anyway associated with the Watchtower Organization in any way. That being said, I did find that the NSB has it's own worldwide following, websites and such, which freely include Islamic and Moslem followers and that the Simplified groups are filled with both Christian heretical beliefs as well as Islamic beliefs. I do not think it fair, even when we strongly disagree with a Religion/sect, that we should do what we are so accustomed to seeing in the world today of falsely spreading rumors. This is not the Lords way..falsehoods are rejected..plain fact... Jesus did not fall into the trap of the Pharisees, by spreading falsehood about Judaism, nor did Paul...they refuted the false teachings and the false teachers.
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I am not going to defend my review of this "Bible". I did not condenm anyone, nor did I excuse anyone for heretical teachings..and I am quite sure that the Islamics and Moslems that do condone this "version" are not true converts. I am not a convert Either!!! And I am not defending it!!! I have read it...But the JW's use the Wescott and Hort Translation..the NSB does not really state what MSS they used...But in the Preface the Translator/editor/whatever disavows a relationship with the Watchtower people...and that was all i was referring to. I said mothing about "love" or for the sake of "love ..so expose on..I do not fault that..but, I do believe that there should always be truth...MAYBE NOT LOVE ..BUT TRUTH..AFTER ALL JESUS SAID I AM THE TRUTH, not caps because of anger just emphasizing...
btw I said there was heresy in the NSB...
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I ask, how important is this issue with the NSB? Read on.

I suppose I misunderstood you when you said the "groups" who espouse the version are heretical to somehow and rather that I should have read into that you meant the text or actual NSB is?

I am also not seeing wherein you did an "exhaustive" study on this, unless it stands as an exaggeration from you of your study. The post was presented (yours) hours after Cormacs exposition of error. Exhaustive? Are we dealing in truth here or simply emotion? I seriously doubt an "exhaustive" study was done, nor was it really necessary when the point is plain: The NSB is full of bias and error.

Now, an exhaustive study could (and probably should) be done to continue to expose who wrote this edition, why he or she wrote it, what the basis of saids theology is, their background in "the kingdom" and also what is his or her ability in the languages &c. Also, who else does endorse them, and has laid hands on them for such an important task at this, and to ministry, to present to the world a "bible." Yes. It is this important. This is God's Word we are dealing with here, not some hobby, and to that, mens souls are at stake. So it is way more important than coming out prematurely with an "exhaustive" study, and laying claim therein that one does not see JW theology in it (by implication) when a mere crack into it's pages will reveal it as such. Yes, again, this is that important. This text has crept in like a false teacher literally "unawares" into the kingdom. It needs to be exposed. It needs to be researched.

But to come out and post and basically do away with Cormacs blog at a whim was premature. I for one appreciate his stand for truth and exposition of error.

The truth and the point stands; this text, whether from WH or not, is laced and infested with JW theology, denial of the triune Godhead and total denial of the Deity of Christ.

Cormac is correct in his exposing this error and it's JW theology. Let's not call it ugly, nor stand in the gap doubting its JW roots as this is quite apparent. Let's rather rejoice in one standing for the Truth, and for watching a brother do so. I for one am glad he showed it for what it is, I can forewarn others of this who have dl'ed this error, in that they do not pick up on it's false theology.

It is truth that sets us free, not love.

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There are a number of contemporary Christian organizations that do not promote a Trinitarian understanding of the Bible.
 
It is entirely possible, indeed, statistically probable, that the individual who created this translation is neither currently, nor formerly associated with The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.
 
As such, speculation about the translator's theological associations is לשון הרע
 
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Many are aware that certain "christian" groups do not support a Trinitarian theology.

However:

That is a nice sounding post, and although you provide nothing but your opinion, and nothing for even a basis of your opinion, thus, a glance into the text of the NSB doesn't support your hypothesis. I'll continue then to warn others of it's nature and of the theology it propagates concerning the Lord Jesus Christ.

Also, more information can be found here to support my theory that it is indeed watchtower based. (Note the link at the site takes you to watchtower itself, where the TEXT is taken from.)

http://www.biblephone.net/article.php?id=395

This is not just my opinion.

Blessings

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It looks like I was being too subtle.

 

The accusations about the editor of the translation are לשון הרע

That automatically makes those accusations, and their discussion, a violation of the policies of this site.

 

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(John 1:1 [KJV])
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

(John 1:1 [NSB])
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was like God (God-like).




(John 10:30 [KJV])
I and my Father are one.

(John 10:30 [NSB])
»The Father and I are one (united in purpose).«




(John 10:33 [KJV])
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

(John 10:33 [NSB])
The Jews answered him: »We do not stone you for good work but for blasphemy. You are a man and you make yourself like God.« (John 1:1)

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