ida ' s ▁death . ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁Al me ida ▁began ▁transl ating ▁the ▁Old ▁Testament . ▁When ▁he ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 6 9 1 , ▁he ▁had ▁translated ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁Book ▁of ▁E zek iel ▁ 4 8 : 2 1 . ▁In ▁ 1 6 9 4 , ▁Dutch ▁Past or ▁Jacob us ▁op ▁den ▁Ak ker ▁completed ▁the ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁Testament . ▁It ▁under w ent ▁many ▁changes ▁before ▁finally ▁being ▁published ▁in ▁two ▁volumes , ▁the ▁first ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 8 , ▁the ▁second ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 3 , ▁thus ▁comple ting ▁what ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Tr adu ção ▁de ▁João ▁Fer re ira ▁de ▁Al me ida , ▁the ▁Version ▁of ▁João ▁Fer re ira ▁de ▁Al me ida . ▁Portuguese ▁thus ▁became ▁the ▁th ir teenth ▁modern ▁language ▁into ▁which ▁the ▁Bible ▁was ▁translated ▁after ▁the ▁Protest ant ▁Re formation . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 9 ▁the ▁British ▁and ▁Foreign ▁Bible ▁Society ▁published ▁the ▁Al me ida ▁Version ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁volume . ▁ ▁Later ▁ed itions ▁of ▁the ▁Al me ida ▁Version , ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁and ▁Foreign ▁Bible ▁Society ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 8 , ▁depart ▁from ▁its ▁dependence ▁on ▁the ▁Text us ▁Re cept us ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁and ▁take ▁account ▁to ▁a ▁greater ▁or ▁less er ▁extent ▁of ▁adv ances ▁in ▁text ual ▁criticism , ▁making ▁it ▁conform ▁more ▁closely ▁to ▁what ▁is