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Question for KJVOs"like me" can we translate from.....

Discussion in '2005 Archive' started by azguitarist, Mar 2, 2005.

  1. Trotter

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    You were right the first time, mcgyver. Debacle fits nicely.

    In Christ,
    Trotter
     
  2. Trotter

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    Ninieteen pages, and AZ still hasn't got it.

    Can we translate from the bible in English? Yes you could, but you are taking giant steps away from the intent and meaning of the texts by doing so.

    ...and get a equal bible in another language? No you can't for the reason stated above. What was penned in the Greek had to be slightly (sometimes majorly) changed to fit into English. To take this changed translation and put it through the same process wrenches the second work even further from the point of origin.

    If no then why not? This has been discussed for nineteen pages, did you miss it? Any translation of a work needs to come from the original language, be it Greek, Hebrew, of Scandinavian, unless you just want to convey a personal slant by basing the translating from a different source (such as an English bible instead of the original languages).

    If you want a Spanish KJV, use the source texts for the KJV. Oh, they don't exist. Hmm, grab about 10 or twelve Greek manuscript (none ealy)...oh, and the Latin Vulgate, to fill in gaps and places you don't like. And don't forget to find a Catholic priest who goes by the name of Erasmus...

    In Christ,
    Trotter
     
  3. HankD

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    Why not give again the reason the KJV translators wanted to use the Greek and Hebrew rather than revise another English Bible:
    Because they were the languages "wherein God was pleased to speak to his Church by the Prophets and Apostles".

    HankD
     
  4. El_Guero

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    azguitarist [Do you play guitara o bajo sexto?]

    You have had ample time to explain how easy it is to make english [sic] to Spanish "translations" ...

    Having translated since I was 5 years old ... I tend to disagree.

    Can God's Holy Word be translated equally amongst languages? Welllll

    NO ... Certain peoples do not have sheep ... lions ... bears ... much less philistines ...

    Yes ... God's Word can be preserved in spite of linguistic obstacles ... most certainly ...
     
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    Why is it that nobody (as far as I have seen) is able to address this? Is it because it kills your argument against Greek to KJV to Spanish?

    IF you accept the LXX as a valid source for Translation into English, then you have LOST this battle. Let's move on, shall we?

    In HIS service;
    Jim
     
  7. NaasPreacher (C4K)

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    No one would have problem using the KJV or any other version as a transitional aid along side the Greek and Hebrew texts.
     
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