Lower Sorbian

The oldest Sorbian Bible version, that of the New Testament of 1547, is extant in a manuscript in the Royal Library at Berlin. The translator was Miklawš Jakubica, who employed a now-extinct dialect of

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. In the 18th century :de:Johann Gottlieb Fabricius ( :dsb:Jan Bogumił Fabricius), a German, made a translation of the New Testament which was printed in 1709. In a revised form this version was published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1860. The Old Testament, translated by J. F. Fritz, was printed at

Cottbus Cottbus (; Lower Sorbian: ''Chóśebuz'' ; Polish: Chociebuż) is a university city and the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany. Situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree, Cottbus is also a major railway junction with exte ...

in 1796. An edition of the entire Bible was published by the Prussian Bible Society in 1868.

Upper Sorbian

Michał FrencelInterpretation der Bibel - Page 1236 Jože Krašovec - 1998 "Richtungweisend für die Entwicklung der obersorbischen Schriftsprache war die Übersetzung des NT durch Michal Frencel (1628-1706). Frencel stützte sich nicht nur auf die Luther-Bibel, sondern auch auf den griechischen Urtext und andere ..." Pastor in Postwitz (Sorbian Budestecy)(d. 1706), translated the New Testament into the

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, and his version was published by his son, Abraham Frencel (

Zittau Zittau ( hsb, Žitawa, dsb, Žytawa, pl, Żytawa, cs, Žitava, Upper Lusatian Dialect: ''Sitte''; from Slavic "'' rye''" (Upper Sorbian and Czech: ''žito'', Lower Sorbian: ''žyto'', Polish: ''żyto'')) is the southeasternmost city in the Ge ...

, 1706). A complete edition of the Bible, the work of different scholars, was first published at

Bautzen Bautzen () or Budyšin () is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree river. In 2018 the town's population was 39,087. Until 1868, its German name was ''Budi ...

, 1728. A second revised edition was prepared by Johann Gottfried Kühn and issued in 1742; a third improved edition prepared by Johann Jacob Petschke was published in 1797. Passing over other editions, the ninth edition of the complete Bible (

, 1881) was revised by H. Immisch and others and also contains a history of the Upper Lusatian Wendish Bible translation. G. Lusanski and M. Hornik translated the New Testament from the Vulgate for the Roman Catholic Wends of

Upper Lusatia Upper Lusatia (german: Oberlausitz ; hsb, Hornja Łužica ; dsb, Górna Łužyca; szl, Gōrnŏ Łużyca; pl, Łużyce Górne or ''Milsko''; cz, Horní Lužice) is a historical region in Germany and Poland. Along with Lower Lusatia to the ...

and published it at Bautzen, 1887–92; the Psalms were translated from the Hebrew by J. Laras (Bautzen, 1872).

Upper Sorbian

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