Breandán wrote:
an_t-uaithneach wrote:
I don't know what the Munster Bible is, but the 1817 Bedell/O'Donnell translation has: Tig dhíom na huile neithe do dhéunamh tré Chríosd noch do neartuigheas mé.
An Lon Dubh had quoted from Peadar Ua Laoghaire's translation for another verse. It is in Munster Irish.
Thank you for yours and Caoimhín for his.
I see that they both have "Christ". The English versions variously have "Christ" and "he". Does anyone know what the original was? (I assume it would have been Greek for the New Testament?)
Yes, the original is New Testament Greek. The version from e-Sword says "πάντα ἰσχύω ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντί με Χριστῷ", with the word for Christ, but my dead-tree edition of the Greek New Testament says "πάντα ἰσχύω ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντί με" without the word for Christ.
Adam Clarke's commentary says, "
Through Him who strengtheneth me is the reading of some of the best MSS., versions, and fathers; the word Χριστῷ,
Christ, being omitted." It seems likely that some early copyist wanted to make sure readers knew exactly who was the source of strength, and so added the word, and then that version spread to a lot of translations. The Vulgate does not have the word for Christ.
I didn't know PUL had also translated the Epistles. I was only aware of his translations of the Gospels and of Acts.
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