An diofar eadar na mùthaidhean a rinneadh air "Eadar-theangachadh a' Bhìobaill gu Gàidhlig"

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The Bible in Scottish Gaelic (''Am Bìoball gu Gàidhlig'') was first published in 1801.
 
The [[Form of Common Order]] was translated into Scottish Gaelic by John Carswell, Bishop of the Isles, and printed in 1567. This is considered the first printed book in Scottish Gaelic though the language resembles classical Irish.<ref>Felicity Heal Reformation in Britain and Ireland - Page 282 2005 "In Irish the catechism long preceded the printing of the New Testament, while in Scottish Gaelic the Form of Common Order was printed in 1567, the full Bible not until 1801. Manx Gaelic had no Bible until the eighteenth century:"</ref> Dugald Campbell of Knapdale produced a manuscript translation of the Old Testament in 1673, but it was never published.<ref>Adam Fox, Daniel R. Woolf -''The spoken word: oral culture in Britain, 1500-1850'' Page 94 2002 "TRANSLATING THE BIBLE The translation of the Bible into Scottish Gaelic was long delayed. As early as 1567, [[John Carswell]] recognized the need for a printed Gaelic ..."</ref> [[James Kirkwood]] (1650-1709) promoted Gaelic education and attempted to provide a version of [[William Bedell]]'s [[Bible translations into Irish]], edited by his friend [[Robert Kirk]] but this failed.<ref>Tony Claydon, Ian McBride - ''Protestantism and National Identity: Britain and Ireland'' Page 176 2007 "The failure of Kirkwood's scheme, and in particular of the Scottish Gaelic bible, which had been adapted from the original Irish translation by Kirkwood's friend Robert Kirk, has often been attributed to the incompatibility of Irish and ."</ref><ref>William Ferguson - ''The Identity of the Scottish Nation: An Historic Quest'' Page 243 1998 "Here it is salutary to recall the difficulties that [[Robert Kirk]] had experienced when turning the Irish Bible into Scottish Gaelic. Those difficulties were real and by no means imaginary or due to fastidious pedantry on Kirk's part."</ref>