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A TRANSLATORS HANDBOOK ON PAUL'S LETTERS TO THE COLOSSIANS AND TO PHILEMON HELPS FOR TRANSLATORS SERIES TECHNICAL HELPS: Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament . Section Headings for the New Testament Short Bible Reference System New Testament Index Orthography Studies Bible Translations for Popular Use *The Theory and Practice of Translation Bible Index Fauna and Flora of the Bible Short Index to the Bible Manuscript Preparation Marginal Notes for the Old Testament Marginal Notes for the New Testament The Practice of Translating HANDBOOKS: A Translators Handbook on Ruth A Translators Handbook on the Book of Amos A Translators Handbook on the Book of Jonah A Translators Handbook on the Gospel of Mark *A Translators Handbook on the Gospel of Luke A Translators Handbook on the Gospel of John A Translators Handbook on the Acts of the Apostles A Translators Handbook on Paul's Letter to the Romans A Translators Handbook on Paul's Letter to the Galatians A Translators Handbook on Paul's Letter to the Ephesians A Translators Handbook on Paul's Letter to the Philippians A Translators Handbook on Paul's Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon A Translators Handbook on Paul's Letters to the Thessalonians A Translators Handbook on the First Letter from Peter A Translators Handbook on the Letters of John GUIDES: A Translators Guide to Selected Psalms A Translators Guide to the Gospel of Matthew A Translators Guide to the Gospel of Mark HELPS FOR TRANSLATORS A TRANSLATORS HANDBOOK on PAUL'S LETTERS TO THE COLOSSIANS and to PHILEMON by ROBERT G. BRATCHER and EUGENE A. NIDA UNITED BmLE SOCIETIES London, New York, Stuttgart Copyright© 1977 by the United Bible Societies All rights reserved. No part of this book may be translated or reproduced in any form without the written permission of the United Bible Societies Quotations from the Revised Standard Version are used by permission of the copyright owner, the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Copyright 1946, 1952, © 1971 Quotations from Today's English Version are used by permission of the copyright owner, the American Bible Society. ©1966, 1971, 1976 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF M.1ERICA Books in the series of Helps for Translators that are marked with an asterisk (*) may best be ordered from United Bible Societies Postfach 81 03 40 7000 Stuttgart 80 West Germany All other books in the series may best be ordered from American Bible Society 1865 Broadway New York, N.Y. 10023 U.S.A. ISBN 0-8267-0145-0 ABS-1981-1000-CM-08529 PRE F ACE A Translators Handbook on Paul's Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon follows the pattern already established in the more recent volumes in this series. Attention is paid to the structure of the dis course, as well as to words, phrases, and clauses, so as to allow the translator to understand as well as possible the movement and develop ment of the letters as a whole, and not just the separate meaning of individual sentences. Both the TEV and the RSV translations are cited at the beginning of each section under discussion; after that, for individual verses, the TEV alone is reproduced. In the discussion, the wording of the TEV text is underlined; the RSV text (as well as the text of other trans lations) is cited within quotation marks. No attempt has been made to be exhaustive in the discussion of textual, exegetical, and translational matters; representative points of view are cited where important differences arise, and the translator is urged to consult the volumes cited in the Bibliography for further comments on such matters. There is a Glossary that explains certain technical terms, and an Index is provided that locates by page numbers some of the more important words and subjects dealt with in the Hand book. Special thanks are due to Paul C. Clarke and Terry Jennings for their valuable help in the editing and preparation of the text for off set reproduction Robert G. Bratcher Eugene A. Nida October 1977 [ v ] CONTENTS Abbreviations used in this volume . . . . . . . . . . viii Colossians Translating Colossians. 1 Salutation 1.1-2 .... 3 Expository Section 1.3--2.23. 6 Hortatory Section 3.1--4.1. 73 Final Admonitions 4.2-6 .. 98 Closing Messages and Greetings 4.7-18 101 Philemon Translating Philemon. 111 Salutation 1-3. 113 Philemon's Love and Faith 4-7 116 A Request on Behalf of Onesimus 8-22. 120 Final Greetings and Benediction 23-25 132 Notes . 135 Bibliography. 137 Glossary. 141 Index .. 149 vii ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME Bible texts and versions cited (for details see Bibliography, page 137): BJ Bible de Jerusalem (French) Brc Barclay BrCL Brazilian common language translation DuCL Dutch- common language translation FrCL French common language translation Gdp Goodspeed GeCL German common language translation JB Jerusalem Bible (English) KJV King James Version Mft Moffatt NAB New American Bible NEB New English Bible NIV New International Version Phps Phillips RSV Revised Standard Version Seg Segond SpCL Spanish common language translation TC Twentieth Century New Testament TEV Today's English Version TNT Translator's New Testament TOB Traduction Oecumenique de 1a Bible Vg Latin Vulgate Wey Weymouth Books of the Bible: Col Colossians Matt Matthew Cor Corinthians Phil Philippians Deut Deuteronomy Psa Psalms Eph Ephesians Rev Revelation Gal Galatians Rom Romans Gen Genesis Thes Thessalonians Heb Hebrews Other abbreviations: e.g. exerrrpU gratia = for example ff. = and the following (verses) i.e. id est = that is LXX Septuagint (see Glossary) UBS United Bible Societies A&G W.F. Arndt and F.W. Gingrich, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament B1-D F. Blass and A. Debrunner, A Greek Grammar of the New Testament [ viii ]
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