[B-Greek] 1 John 1:5
Iver Larsen
iver_larsen at sil.org
Wed Mar 19 12:12:11 EST 2003
>
> But ... if the reading ESTIN hAUTH is accepted and used, is mine an
> acceptable translation, i.e., "And it is THIS message which we have
> heard from him and are proclaiming to you: "God is light ...""? And not
> only acceptable, but preferred as a way of expressing what this reading
> of the Greek is saying?
Yes, if you want to accept that strange NA reading, then your translation is
one of the two possible ones. It does not fit the context, though, because
then John would be contrasting THIS message with another message.
Those translators who have accepted the NA reading, have probably still
taken hAUTH alone as the subject and in that case, the translation comes out
the same regardless of the relative order of ESTIN and hAUTH: And this is
the message...
Iver Larsen
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