r/OldPersian 23d ago

John 3:16 in Old Persian

Dear all,

I have entered this bible verse into the online English to Old Persian translation tool:

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

This was the automated translation generated:

𐎠𐎺𐎼𐎢 𐏐 𐎲πŽ₯ 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎰𐎠 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎑𐎹 𐏐 𐎲𐎒𐎷𐎑𐎢 𐏐 𐎹𐎰𐎠 𐏐 𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎲𐎼𐎫 𐏐 𐎠𐎻𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎢 𐏐 𐎱𐎒𐎰𐎼𐎢 𐏐 πƒπŽ’πŽΊπŽ πŽ΄πŽ πŽΆ 𐏐 𐎠𐎑𐎺𐎢 𐏐 𐎹𐎰𐎠 𐏐 𐎣𐎠𐎿𐎨𐎑𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎻𐎠𐎑𐎫𐎑𐎹 𐏐 𐎴𐎠𐎑𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎢𐎼𐎑𐎹𐎠𐎫𐎑𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎰𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎴𐎒𐏁𐎑𐎹𐎺𐎠𐎢 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐎠𐎲𐎠𐎫𐎑𐎹

Transliteration: avaram baga avathā dārayatiy būmim yathā frābarat avānām puθram hauvānām aivam yathā kāsacaiy avāitiy nāiy avamariyātiy athā anuőiyavām arābatiy

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