[B-Greek] Psalm 33:22-23 LXX
Albert Pietersma
albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Sat Apr 17 14:45:52 EDT 2004
A couple of notes, perhaps. PONHROS (< PONOS) can mean 'evil' but also
more specifically 'painful'. 'grievous'. In NETS I used 'wretched'.
With 'pay for transgression' PLHMMELEW is perhaps overspecified.
Though the context in line 2 tends to give it that twist, that is not
the case the in line. 'To go wrong' is what I used in NETS since that
more central to the word.
For DOULOS I used 'slave' consistently, since that is its standard
meaning in Hellenistic Greek. One might use 'bond-servant' except for
the fact that it rather antiquated English, whereas DOULOS is not
antiquated Greek.
Al
On Apr 17, 2004, at 12:48 PM, Richard Ghilardi wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> QANATOS hAMARTWLWN PONHROS,
> KAI hOI MISOUNTES TON DIKAION PLHMMELHSOUSIN.
> LUTRWSETAI KURIOS YUCAS DOULWN AUTOU,
> KAI OU MH PLHMMELHSWSIN PANTES hOI ELPIZONTES EP' AUTON.
>
> which I would English as:
>
> "Sinners will die in agony [The sinners' death is evil],
> And those who hate the righteous will pay for their transgressions.
> The Lord will redeem the lives of His servants,
> And none of those who hope in Him shall ever suffer for their
> transgressions."
>
> Is this an acceptable rendering? If not, why not? I would especially
> appreciate hearing from Dr. Pietersma.
>
> Yours in His grace,
>
> Richard Ghilardi -- qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
> New Haven, CT USA
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Albert Pietersma
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Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
University of Toronto
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