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Line 11: − *Its translation of Matthew 13:46 is "When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it."<ref>http://www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/13</ref> But "price" should obviously be translated as "value", or else he would gain no benefit from the transaction. − − *Its translation of Luke 2:1-5 (the census at the time of the birth of Jesus) by the New American Bible uses the word "enrollment" instead of "census", and uses the word "enrolled" in instead of "registered"; these terms are unfamiliar to most young people who think that enrollment refers to school and do not connect the terms with a census:<ref>http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/luke/luke2.htm</ref> − − ::In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all went to be '''enrolled''', each to his own town. c And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. − − *Its translation of [[Luke 9-16 (Translated)#14:26|Luke 14:26]] urges the incorrect "hate" with respect to other family members, rather than the truer meaning of wrongly putting someone else's interests above God's. Line 32:
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→Outdated or Awkward Translations: starting to get things in canonical order - OT < NT
The New American Bible has a high percentage of outdated or awkward translations in key passages, including the following examples below. Note that many of these are important passages:
The New American Bible has a high percentage of outdated or awkward translations in key passages, including the following examples below. Note that many of these are important passages:
*The translation of Jeremiah 33:15 uses an extremely unfamiliar meaning of the word ("shoot"), which other versions translate as "Branch" as in a branch of descendants (or offshoot):
*The translation of Jeremiah 33:15 uses an extremely unfamiliar meaning of the word ("shoot"), which other versions translate as "Branch" as in a branch of descendants (or offshoot):
::When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he '''repented''' of the evil that he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.
::When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he '''repented''' of the evil that he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.
*Its translation of [[Luke 9-16 (Translated)#14:26|Luke 14:26]] urges the incorrect "hate" with respect to other family members, rather than the truer meaning of wrongly putting someone else's interests above God's.
*Its translation of Matthew 13:46 is "When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it."<ref>http://www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/13</ref> But "price" should obviously be translated as "value", or else he would gain no benefit from the transaction.
*Its translation of Luke 2:1-5 (the census at the time of the birth of Jesus) by the New American Bible uses the word "enrollment" instead of "census", and uses the word "enrolled" in instead of "registered"; these terms are unfamiliar to most young people who think that enrollment refers to school and do not connect the terms with a census:<ref>http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/luke/luke2.htm</ref>
::In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all went to be '''enrolled''', each to his own town. c And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
*The translation of Mark 9:3 (the transfiguration of Jesus) uses the word "fuller", an Old English word dating prior to 1100 which meant someone who cleans or bleaches clothes:
*The translation of Mark 9:3 (the transfiguration of Jesus) uses the word "fuller", an Old English word dating prior to 1100 which meant someone who cleans or bleaches clothes: