[B-Greek] Hebrews 2:5-9
Eddie
vangent at xtra.co.nz
Sat May 29 04:55:59 EDT 2004
Greetings,
I have decided to join B Greek in order receive constructive criticism and pick up some finer points to help in my ongoing studies and translation of Hebrews. My first submission to B Greek this year was a little rough, so Carl suggested I re-read the rules for posting material and for Greek transliteration.
The university that I belong to is the invisible school guided by God experientially like every human being and the collective detailed body of knowledge available through various great works, such as online Bible databases, Perseus Tufts, Books by Mounce, Louw and Nida, DB Wallace, Friberg, Liddell Scott Jones, Middle Liddell, Zerwick and Grosvenor, Wigram, The Novum Testamentum Graece, LXX by Brenton and various online versions. In addition, there are also a vast number of variant English translations from which to compare interpretative opinions by parallel reading and comparison with the UBS text.
The reason I am embarking on a new translation is to try and maintain the force of the verb tenses and poetry of the original.
Again, I am thankful for any constructive help and/or to hear from anyone with a similar desire for re-translating Hebrews in particular.
Regards,
Eddie Van Gent
New Zealand
2:5 OU GAR AGGELOIS UPETAXEN THN OIKOUMENHN THN MELLOUSAN, PERI hHS LALOUMEN.
For he has not put the world, the one about to be, concerning which we are speaking, under the control of angels.
2:6 DIEMARTURATO DE POU TIS LEGWN,
Now somewhere one has solemnly affirmed:
TI ESTIN ANQRWPOS hOTI MIMNHiSKHi AUTOU,
What is man that You are mindful of him,
H hUIOS ANQRWPOU hOTI EPISKEPTHi AUTON;
or the son of man that You are looking upon him,
2:7 HLATTWSAS AUTON BRACU TI PAR AGGELOUS
You caused him to be a little lower than angels,
DOXHi KAI TIMHi ESTEFANWSAS AUTON,
with glory and honour you have crowned him,
2:8 PANTA UPETAXAS UPOKATW TWN PODWN AUTOU.
You have subjected all things beneath his feet.
EN TWi GAR UPOTAXAI [AUTWi] TA PANTA OUDEN AFHKEN AUTWi ANUPOTAKTON.
Then as the case stands, in the subjection "all things" left nothing unsubjected to him.
NUN DE hOUPW ORWMEN AUTWi TA PANTA UPOTETAGMENA
Yet now we are not observing all things having been subordinated.
2:9 TON DE BRACU TI PAR AGGELOUS HLATTWMENON BLEPOMEN IHSOUN
But we are looking to Jesus having been caused to be somewhat less than angels
DIA TO PAQHMA TOU QANATOU DOXHi KAI TIMHi ESTEFANWMENON,
for the suffering of death, with glory and honour having been crowned,
hOPWS CARITI QEOU hUPER PANTOS GEUSHTAI QANATOU.
in order that by the grace of God He might experience death in place of all.
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