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Talk:John 1-7 (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 21:20, November 20, 2011
, 21:20, November 20, 2011→Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.: new section
:::No, I don't know whether the Lord chose to act instantaneously, or whether there was a (short) delay. And I think that such a question should be answered ''after'' translating the verse, as we don't want to fit the translation to our explanations or expectations!
:::No, I don't know whether the Lord chose to act instantaneously, or whether there was a (short) delay. And I think that such a question should be answered ''after'' translating the verse, as we don't want to fit the translation to our explanations or expectations!
::[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 11:36, 2 May 2011 (EDT)
::[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 11:36, 2 May 2011 (EDT)
== Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. ==
Read it aloud: That's pure beauty. Look at the parallel structure of Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος and then καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος (which puts God and ''the beginning'' in the same place), while we have a chiasmus in the middle.
The translated verse lacks these artistic qualities:
''In the beginning was the Truth; its Word was with God; its Perfection was God.''
At the very least it should be
''In the beginning was the Truth and its Word was with God and God was its Perfection.''
But both times God just seems to be an aspect of ''the Truth'', just a part of the beginning...
Is there anybody besides the translator who thinks that the sentence above is at least as meaningful and beautiful as the verse:
''In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.''
[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 16:20, 20 November 2011 (EST)