equivalent translation, dynamic equivalent translation, and paraphrase for comparison.
Discussion Board Forum 1 Template:
Comparing English Translations
Instructions:
After completing this week’s assigned reading, select a formal equivalent translation, dynamic equivalent translation, and paraphrase for comparison.
You will compare the English text of your selected passage of Scripture using the template below. There are a few goals:
· to become familiar with the differences in these kinds of English Bibles;
· to gain proficiency in evaluating the significance of differences;
1. Copy and paste the text of your passage into the three boxes for comparison. You can get the text from MyWSB, Logos, Biblearc, or elsewhere on the web.
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2. Use colored fonts, underlining, and/or highlighting to show differences in the translations.
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3. In at least 400 words, respond to the questions below the chart on page 2 after completing your analysis (400 words total, not per question; word count should exclude the text of your translations and the text of the questions).
Scripture has been selected and posted below.
Please answer questions.
Scripture Reference:
· Philippians 2:1-11
Formal Equivalent:
New King James
Dynamic Equivalent:
New Living Translation
Paraphrase:
Message Bible
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If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Christ encourages you, and his love comforts you. God’s Spirit unites you, and you are concerned for others.
2 Now make me completely happy! Live in harmony by showing love for each other. Be united in what you think, as if you were only one person.
3 Don’t be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves.
4 Care about them as much as you care about yourselves 5 and think the same way that Christ Jesus thought:[a]
6 Christ was truly God. But he did not try to remain[b] equal with God. 7 Instead he gave up everything[c] and became a slave, when he became like one of us.
8 Christ was humble. He obeyed God and even died on a cross. 9 Then God gave Christ the highest place and honored his name above all others.
10 So at the name of Jesus everyone will bow down, those in heaven, on earth, and under the earth. 11 And to the glory of God the Father everyone will openly agree, “Jesus Christ is Lord!”
1-4 If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care— then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends. Don’t push your way to the front; don’t sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.
5-8 Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human!Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion.
9-11 Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored him far beyond anyone or anything, ever, so that all created beings in heaven and on earth—even those long ago dead and buried—will bow in worship before this Jesus Christ, and call out in praise that he is the Master of all, to the glorious honor of God the Father.
In a thread of at least 400 words, respond to these questions:
(The answers combined should equal 400 words.)
1. What are the general differences between the translational strategies of the three translations, and where are the specific places in your passage that these differences are most evident?
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2. Although some differences might not impact the meaning or clarity of the passage, others might. What are the significant differences between the three translations? How could these differences impact one’s interpretation of the passage?
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3. For one of the significant differences you noted in the previous question, find the Greek text in an interlinear that is giving rise to the English translations/differences. Write the Greek word(s) in your response below, and then look up the potential meaning of the word(s) in a lexicon. Based on the rest of your selected passage, which of the options for the word(s) listed in the lexicon fits best in this particular context? Why?
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4. If you had to recommend one change to the translation committees of each of the three translations, what would you recommend and why?
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