[B-Greek] Col 2,5
Eddie Mishoe
edmishoe at yahoo.com
Thu May 6 10:19:33 EDT 2004
Dr. Conrad:
> Eddie, I think you're confusing an understanding of
> how the Greek text
> works with the way one chooses to convert it into a
> target language such as
> English. Yes, NET does give that version for the
> verse and conveys CAIRWN
> KAI BLEPWN as "rejoicing to see"--but then, if you
> look at the translator's
> note #9 in NET referenced for "rejoicing to see," it
> reads, "Grk 'rejoicing
> and seeing'"--I take this to mean that the
> translator well understood the
> Greek but chose to subordinate the second notion to
> the first in the
> English.
What I gather from this translation is that the NET
committee agreed that this construct CAIRWN KAI BLEPWN
in the Greek permits BLEPWN to be subordinate IN
GREEK. In other words, if the Greek does NOT allow it
to function subordinate, why would anyone place it
subordinate in the target language. My questions are
first directed toward the Greek and what it can
legitimately mean. I looked at the NET to see how the
committee understood this phrase IN GREEK, which is
what I am assuming they are trying to capture for
their readers. I realize this is not the forum to
discuss translation issues, but it makes it hard on us
pastors to say to an inquiring one, "Well, the Greek
scholars of the NET committee translated BLEPWN as
subordinate, but in the Greek it can't be subordinate.
Does that help?"
Enough complaining!
=====
Eddie Mishoe
Pastor
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