Greek 202
Written Exercise Assignment Five
Translation 2
Ephesians 4:17-32
1.
Evaluate the fidelity of the following translations to the Greek text,
as instructed.
Eph.
4:30
(A)
“And make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed
to a day of redemption.”
(B)
“Don’t cause the Holy Spirit sorrow by the way you live. Remember, he is
the one who marks you to be present on that day when salvation from sin
will be complete.”
(C)
“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, for that Spirit is the seal
with which you were marked for the day of our final liberation.”
(D)
“And do not make God’s Holy Spirit sad; for the spirit is God’s mark of
ownership on you, a guarantee that the Day will come when God will set
you free.”
(E)
“You must stop offending the Holy Spirit of God by whom you have been stamped
for the day of redemption.”
2.
Evaluate the understandability of the following translations by calculating
the Fog Index level of each.
Begin
at Ephesians 5:1. Include the
King James Version, New American Standard
Version, New International Version, and the Good News for modern Man (TEV).
Use the internet URL http://bible.crosswalk.com
to download these translations; then use the grammar checker inside your
word processing software to run the tests.
3. Identify the grammatical function reflected in the following translations.
ajlhqeiva" (4:24):
“in
true righteousness and holiness”
“in
right and holy living inspired by the truth”
“in
the just and devout life called for by the truth”
“
in the righteousness and holiness which come from the truth”
ajkaqarsiva"
(4:19):
“
to work all uncleanness”
“
for the practice of every kind of impurity”
“
to practice every kind of vice”
“
and do all sorts of indecent things”
i&na
(4:29)
“
that it may give grace”
“so
that they will result in spiritual blessings”
4.
Identify the interpretative viewpoint as reflected in the following translations.
tou;" uiJou;" th'" ajpeiqeiva" (5:6)
“the
sons of disobedience”
“the
disobedient”
o&
(5:5)
“Nobody
who is immoral, unclean, or greedy (a greedy person worships an idol) has
a share”
“No
immoral, impure, or greedy person -- such a man is an idolater -- has any”
5.
Translate Ephesians 4:20-24 using the two designated methods of translation.
Form-Oriented Type
Content-Oriented Type
6.
Parse the following Greek words.
lalei'te (4:25)
ajrqhvtw (4:31)
divdote (4:27)
summevtocoi (5:7)
7. Identify the type of translation method used by the following English translations of Ephesians 5:15-16.
(A) “So be careful how you act; these are difficult days. Don’t be fools; be wise: make the most of every opportunity you have for doing good.”
(B)
“Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise, making
the most of your time, because the days are evil.”
(C)
“Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making
the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.”
8.
Arrange the above translations (#7) on a continuum of HFO to UCO.
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