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"So... all of the following (substantially different) translations are correct?"
Not forgetting the Polari Bible:
http://www.thesisters.demon.co.uk/bible/
(gotta love this! Especially if you're familiar with Julian & Sandy in the old BBC radio comed series "Round the Horne"*) Genesis 1:
1: 'In the beginning Gloria created the heaven and the earth.'
2: 'And the earth was nanti form, and void; and munge was upon the eke of the deep. And the fairy of Gloria trolled upon the eke of the aquas.'
3: 'And Gloria cackled, Let there be sparkle: and there was sparkle.'
4: 'And Gloria vardad the sparkle, that it was bona: and Gloria medzered the sparkle from the munge.'
5: 'And Gloria screeched the sparkle journo, and the munge she screeched nochy. And the bijou nochy and the morning were the first journo.'
6: 'And Gloria cackled, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the aquas, and let it divide the aquas from the aquas.'
7: 'And Gloria made the firmament, and medzered the aquas which were under the firmament from the aquas which were above the firmament: and it was so.'
8: 'And Gloria screeched the firmament Heaven. And the bijou nochy and the morning were the second journo.'
9: 'And Gloria cackled, Let the aquas under the heaven be gathered together unto una place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.'
10: 'And Gloria screeched the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the aquas screeched she Seas: and Gloria vardad that it was bona.'
And of course it's even been translated into Klingon.
http://www.creationism.org/klingon/index.htm
http://www.crosswire.org/study/parallelstudy.jsp?add=KLV#cv
From the KLV (Klingon Language Version) Genesis 1:
1: 'Daq the tagh joH'a' chal je the tera'
2: '2 DaH the tera' ghaHta' formless je empty. HurghtaHghach ghaHta' Daq the surface vo' the deep. joH'a' qa' ghaHta' hovering Dung the surface vo' the bIQmey.'
3: 'joH'a' ja'ta', “ chaw' pa' taH wov,” je pa' ghaHta' wov.'
4: 'joH'a' leghta' the wov, je leghta' vetlh 'oH ghaHta' QaQ. joH'a' divided the wov vo' the HurghtaHghach.'
5: 'joH'a' ja' the wov “ jaj,” je the HurghtaHghach ghaH ja' “ ram.” pa' ghaHta' evening je pa' ghaHta' po, wa' jaj.'
6: ' joH'a' ja'ta', “ chaw' pa' taH an expanse Daq the middle vo' the bIQmey, je chaw' 'oH divide the bIQmey vo' the bIQmey.”'
7: ' joH'a' chenmoHta' the expanse, je divided the bIQmey nuq were bIng the expanse vo' the bIQmey nuq were Dung the expanse; je 'oH ghaHta' vaj.'
8: ' joH'a' ja' the expanse “sky.” pa' ghaHta' evening je pa' ghaHta' po, a cha'DIch jaj.'
9: 'joH'a' ja'ta', “ chaw' the bIQmey bIng the sky taH boSta' tay' Daq wa' Daq, je chaw' the dry puH nargh;” je 'oH ghaHta' vaj.'
10: 'joH'a' ja' the dry puH “ tera',” je the gathering tay' vo' the bIQmey ghaH ja' “seas.” joH'a' leghta' vetlh 'oH ghaHta' QaQ.'
JordanHooker, Qapla'.
*- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_and_Sandy
