[B-Greek] Didache 4:10

Hugh Donohoe Jr. justusjcmylord at yahoo.com
Sat Feb 9 12:06:49 EST 2008


Bert,

ELPIZOUSIN is a present participle, dative plural.
TOIS makes the participle like a substantive. 

ex animo

Hugh
Bert de Haan
OUK EPITACEIS DOULWi SOU H PAIDISKHi (TOIS EPI TON
AUTON QEON
ELPIZOUSIN) EN PIKRIAi SOU, MHPOTE OU MH FOBHQHSONTAI
TON EP'
AMFOTEROIS QEON.

You shall not order your slave or maid (the ones who
hope in the same
God) with harshness [in your anger maybe?] lest they
will no longer
fear the God who is over you both.

My question is about the section in parenthesis. I had
to check a
translation before I knew what was meant.  I assume
that TOIS is
dative because it refers back to DOULWi and PAIDISKHi.
 The way it is
translated here TOIS is the subject of ELPIZOUSIN. Is
this a "normal
abnormality" or is the translation wrong?
Thanks.
Bert de Haan.




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