TKV - 2 Corinthians 12:7
The TKV translates 2 Corinthians 12:7 as: "ព្រះជាម្ចាស់បានដាក់បន្លាមួយក្នុងរូបកាយខ្ញុំ ដើម្បីកុំអោយខ្ញុំអួតខ្លួន ព្រោះតែការអស្ចារ្យដ៏ប្រសើរបំផុត ដែលព្រះអង្គបានសំដែងអោយខ្ញុំឃើញ គឺដូចជាមានតំណាងរបស់មារសាតាំងមកធ្វើទារុណកម្មខ្ញុំ កុំអោយខ្ញុំអួតខ្លួនបានឡើយ។"
1) "ការអស្ចារ្យដ៏ប្រសើរបំផុត ដែលព្រះអង្គបានសំដែងអោយខ្ញុំឃើញ" – There are a couple of problems with this part of the translation. First – the Greek never says that God gave this revelation (though we know He did because of the previous verses) nor do any of the loose paraphrases in English include this extra “explanation” phrase (not even the Message, which translates: “Because of the extravagance of those revelations”). I think this extra phrase could be avoided just by referring the reader back to the explanation in the previous verses with the word "នោះ". Second, the translation of the word, “αποκαλυψεων” (revelations in most English Bibles – also meaning from Strong's Greek Dictionary: uncovering, laying bare, disclosure, manifestation, be revealed). I believe, "ការបើកសំដែង" is a much better word, and easily understood without needing any of the extras that have been put into this verse.
2) "គឺដូចជា" - This is the major problem area in this verse being that it leads the reader to believe that the amazing thing that God has shown Paul (or the amazing revelation) is that one of Satan's representatives ( តំណាង ) has come to Paul to torture ( ធ្វើទារុណកម្ម ) him. This is not what the text says. The reason the messenger of Satan came was because of the greatness of those revelations – it itself was not the revelation! The confusion comes from the placement of this phrase: "គឺដូចជាមានតំណាងរបស់មារសាតាំងមកធ្វើទារុណកម្មខ្ញុំ". I believe if the phrase is moved up to be right after the phrase about the thorn (បន្លា) then there will be no confusion.
3) "ដូចជាមាន" - I believe this allows the text to lead the reader to think it might have been something other than a messenger from Satan – the text says it was (though the outward expression of that messenger could have been many things) so I think this phrase should be removed for the sake of clarity. The Greek reads like this: αγγελος [A MESSENGER] σαταν [OF SATAN,] - there is no word that should be translated as “like having” or “as if having”.
Here is my re-translation:
"ដើម្បីកុំអោយខ្ញុំអួតខ្លួន ព្រោះតែការបើកសំដែងដ៏ប្រសើរបំផុតនោះ ព្រះជាម្ចាស់បានដាក់បន្លាមួយក្នុងរូបកាយខ្ញុំ គឺជាតំណាងរបស់មារសាតាំងមកធ្វើទារុណកម្មខ្ញុំ កុំអោយខ្ញុំអួតខ្លួនបានឡើយ។"
1) "ការអស្ចារ្យដ៏ប្រសើរបំផុត ដែលព្រះអង្គបានសំដែងអោយខ្ញុំឃើញ" – There are a couple of problems with this part of the translation. First – the Greek never says that God gave this revelation (though we know He did because of the previous verses) nor do any of the loose paraphrases in English include this extra “explanation” phrase (not even the Message, which translates: “Because of the extravagance of those revelations”). I think this extra phrase could be avoided just by referring the reader back to the explanation in the previous verses with the word "នោះ". Second, the translation of the word, “αποκαλυψεων” (revelations in most English Bibles – also meaning from Strong's Greek Dictionary: uncovering, laying bare, disclosure, manifestation, be revealed). I believe, "ការបើកសំដែង" is a much better word, and easily understood without needing any of the extras that have been put into this verse.
2) "គឺដូចជា" - This is the major problem area in this verse being that it leads the reader to believe that the amazing thing that God has shown Paul (or the amazing revelation) is that one of Satan's representatives ( តំណាង ) has come to Paul to torture ( ធ្វើទារុណកម្ម ) him. This is not what the text says. The reason the messenger of Satan came was because of the greatness of those revelations – it itself was not the revelation! The confusion comes from the placement of this phrase: "គឺដូចជាមានតំណាងរបស់មារសាតាំងមកធ្វើទារុណកម្មខ្ញុំ". I believe if the phrase is moved up to be right after the phrase about the thorn (បន្លា) then there will be no confusion.
3) "ដូចជាមាន" - I believe this allows the text to lead the reader to think it might have been something other than a messenger from Satan – the text says it was (though the outward expression of that messenger could have been many things) so I think this phrase should be removed for the sake of clarity. The Greek reads like this: αγγελος [A MESSENGER] σαταν [OF SATAN,] - there is no word that should be translated as “like having” or “as if having”.
Here is my re-translation:
"ដើម្បីកុំអោយខ្ញុំអួតខ្លួន ព្រោះតែការបើកសំដែងដ៏ប្រសើរបំផុតនោះ ព្រះជាម្ចាស់បានដាក់បន្លាមួយក្នុងរូបកាយខ្ញុំ គឺជាតំណាងរបស់មារសាតាំងមកធ្វើទារុណកម្មខ្ញុំ កុំអោយខ្ញុំអួតខ្លួនបានឡើយ។"
posted by Nathan Wells @ 6:01 PM
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