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Hi Colleen,
It is good that you are interested in reading Scripture. As St. Jerome
said,
"Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ."
I can't really recommend them per se, but two Protestant translations
that are noted for having those qualities are the Good News Bible and
maybe Today's (Contemporary) English Version. These Bibles are not very accurate and
introduce a lot of (possibly non-Catholic) interpretations in order to
achieve clarity and ease of reading. For that reason, they should only
be used for devotional reading and not for resolving doctrinal questions.
There is no corresponding Catholic Bible, although the Knox translation and New Jerusalem translation might be slightly easier to read than the
(NAB) New American Bible and Douay.
The Knox, in particular, is designed
with eloquence and beauty in mind, but neither of them
are in story-like forms
nor are they written to specifically be easy reads so
be sure to look at
them before purchasing. The Knox is likely out of print.
What you are looking for is called a paraphrase translation.
You might just go into a Christian bookstore and ask someone to help you
find such a translation of the Bible, then you can look for yourself to
see which one you like.
As a wise man once said, when
someone asked, which translation he should buy:
"The one you're going to read."
You can also check a few paraphrase translations online at BibleGateway.com.
In the search box at the top type John 1 or some favorite Scripture passage like this.
When you get the result, click on the image that says Add parallel to duplicate your current translation. Use the pull-down translation box at
the top to choose another translation.
Choose a few other translations like The Message, New Living Translation,
or Contemporary English Version, for example.
Compare them and see which one you think is best.
Eric
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