09-15-2003, 05:32 PM
Quote: Paul "Romans 5:7"
Aug-22-2002 at 07:30 AM (GMT3)
Shlama Akhay,
Romans 5:7 in the GNT contains a critical mistranslation. That this is a mistranslation from an Aramaic source is indisputable.
The reading of the GNT is as follows:
For one would hardly die for a righteous dikaiov man; though perhaps for the good agaqov man someone would dare even to die.
Perplexed? Good! Because this is a horrible mistranslation from the Aramaic!
In Aramaic, the word for "wicked" is [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]09y4r [/font]Rasheya (#20309) - but the word for "blameless/innocent" is [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]0ny4r[/font] ("Reshyana") (#20289) - there's only 1 letter difference, and both of those letters (Ayin [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]9[/font] and Nun [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]n[/font]) look very, very similar.
Look at the two words again with the differing letter highlighted in red:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]0ny4r[/font] "innocent"
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]09y4r [/font]"wicked"
The Aramaic text of the Peshitta reads:
For one would hardly die for a wicked [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]09y4r[/font] man; though perhaps for a good [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]0b[/font][font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]=[/font] man someone would dare even to die.
The point is that Meshikha died for the wicked (the very next verse: Romans 5:8 - "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.").
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