[B-Greek] 2 Tim. 2:6
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 22 15:49:29 EST 2009
It would seem that those translations attempt to fit the sentence into the flow of the surrounding thought when it is actually somewhat discordant. The author previously speaks of what "the laborer" for Christ must do. The verse you raise, however, is not concerned with what is to be expected of this laborer but with what benefit accrues to him.
DEI designates something as being necessary and is without a specified subject -- "It is necessary that ..." The rest of the sentence is an infinitive clause designating what is necessary "the farmer who labors first partake (of, some of) the produce." Here even the KJV is an improvement upon those you have cited.
george
gfsomsel
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From: Emanuel Contac <vaisamar at gmail.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sun, November 22, 2009 12:57:21 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] 2 Tim. 2:6
Dear List,
Is there another way of understanding the syntax of the sentence in 2 Tim. 2:6?
τὸν κοπιῶντα γεωργὸν δεῖ πρῶτον τῶν καρπῶν μεταλαμβάνειν.
Ton kopiwnta gewrgon dei prwton twn karpwn metalambanein.
Strangely enough, the Darby versions and Segond seem to have construed "kopiwnta" not as attribute of "gewrgon" but rather as an infinitive verb. Incidentally, this is also a translation problem, but I hope the members of B-Greek will not object to its being discussed here, from the syntactical point of view.
Geneva (1599) The husbandman must labour before he receiue the fruites.
Darby (1884/1890) The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.
Darby (1885) il faut que le laboureur travaille premièrement, pour qu’il jouisse des fruits.
Elberfelder (1905) Der Ackerbauer muß, um die Früchte zu genießen, zuerst arbeiten.
Segond (1910) Il faut que le laboureur travaille avant de recueillir les fruits.
Emanuel Contac, Romania
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