▁the ology ▁and ▁edited ▁the ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁previously ▁translated . ▁The ▁Portuguese ▁In quisition ▁ordered ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁writ ings ▁to ▁be ▁burn ed ▁public ly . ▁In ▁ 1 6 6 3 ▁he ▁began ▁studying ▁Greek ▁and ▁Heb rew , ▁which ▁allowed ▁him ▁to ▁better ▁translate ▁the ▁Bible ▁into ▁Portuguese . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 7 6 , ▁he ▁completed ▁his ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 6 3 3 ▁El ze vir ▁Text us ▁Re cept us . ▁He ▁then ▁fought ▁a ▁long ▁battle ▁to ▁get ▁it ▁published , ▁meeting ▁resistance ▁from ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Re formed ▁Church ▁and ▁the ▁Dutch ▁East ▁India ▁Company , ▁which ▁wished ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁conform ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 6 3 7 ▁translation ▁into ▁Dutch . ▁He ▁sent ▁his ▁text ▁to ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁printed ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 1 . ▁When ▁copies ▁of ▁this ▁printing ▁reached ▁Bat avia , ▁it ▁was ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁l aden ▁with ▁errors , ▁the ▁copies ▁still ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁were ▁destroyed ▁and ▁ ▁orders ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁destroy ▁also ▁the ▁copies ▁that ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁delivered . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁copies ▁that ▁escaped ▁destruction ▁and ▁that ▁was ▁used ▁with ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁hand written ▁corre ctions ▁is ▁preserved ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁Museum . ▁The ▁revision ▁took ▁ten ▁more ▁years ▁before ▁it ▁was ▁ready ▁for ▁publication . ▁The ▁re vised ▁second ▁edition ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 1 6 9 1 , ▁after ▁Al me