The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-25 00:00:00

NEW TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE.
" We must grapple with the great question 9f
questions :—Have we a revelation of the mind and will of
God ? If we have not, or if this all important fact remains
in doubt or uncertainty, then we may as well retire from
the contest at once, for our ultimate defeat is certain. To
contend for a Church, without being clear as to the truth
of the religion which that Church is to teach, would be an
utter absurdity—an insult to common sense."—Conserva-
tive Principle, Fraser's Magazine, the Nlorning Herald,
No. 17.382.

We beg to direct the attention of our readers to an
admirable letter on the subject of the ' Ecclesiastical Du-
ties and Revenues Bill.' The letter is signed ' A Friend
to the Institutions of his Country ;' and has reference,
chiefly to the false policy which the Duke of Wellington
has pursued in supporting the fatal measure. In the sen-
timents of our Correspondent we beg to express our con-
currence."—The Morning Herald, Tuesday, July 28, 1840.
" False Policy," " Fatal Measure 1" By the Duke of
Wellington, " Friend to the Institutions of his Country."
" Let laurels, drench'd in pure Parnassian dews,
Reward his memory, dear to every muse,
Who, with a courage of unshaken root,
In honour's field advancing his firm foot,
Plants it upon the line that justice draws,
And will prevail, or perish in her cause.
'Tis to the virtues of such men, man owes
His portion in the good that Heaven bestows."
Table Talk, Cowpor.

" The Duke of Wellington presented a petition from
the University of Oxford against the Ecclesiastical Duties
and Revenues Bill, in the prayer of which he could not
ooncur. The petitioners admitted the inconveniences and
evils of the existing parochial system ; and be thought that
as they were admitted, there could be no doubt that it
would be most desirable for the public, and most particu-
larly desirable for the Church itself, that these inconve-
niences should be remedied and those evils removed. He
confessed, therefore, that it was with astonishment that he
heard that the petition which he had presented had been '
got up at Oxford. He entirely differed from the opinions
expressed in that petition, being convinced that no measure
could be devised so beneficial to the public and to the
Church, as that one which went to remove the inconve-
niences and evils attendant on the parochial system which
existed in this country ; and it would be well if the incon-
veniences could be removed by a proper application of the
means of the Church."—The Sun, Friday, July 24.
" University Education."—" The great resorts and seats
of learning often outlive in this way the intontions of
founders, as the world outgrows them. Our Universities
are, in a great me sure, become cisterns to hold, tot con-
duits to disperse, knowledge. The age has the start of
them, that is, other sources of knowledge have been opened
since their formation, to which the world have had access,
and have drank plentifully at these living fountains, from
which they are debarred by the tenor of their charter, and
as a matter of dignity and privilege. All that has been
invented or thought in the last two hundred years they
take no cognizance of, or as little as possible ; they are
above it, they stand upon the ancient land-marks, and will
not budge ; whatever was Rot known when they were en-
dowed, they are still in profound and lofty ignorance of."
—The Examiner, No. 1,042 ; The Sun, Nos. 14,652 and
14,666.
Published in 1818 and 1819, Parts I. and 11., price 245.
each, dedicated by permission to his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales :
The New Translation of the Holy Bible, containing the
Three Books of the Pentateuch, Genesis, Exodus, Leviti-
cus, and reconciling the numerous discrepancies in the
Authorized and European Versions.
Part Ist, Genesis, chap. 3, verse 22: And the Lord
God said, Behold the man has become as one of us, to
know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand,
and take also of the bread of life, and eat, and live for ever.
New Translation : Moreover, Jehovah God, said, Behold
the man was one of us, with knowledge of good and evil ;
therefore, now surely he shall put forth his hand, and take
also of the tree of life ; yea, he shall cat, and live for ever.
Note. •• Let us now turn to the pages of Mr. Bellamy,
so willingly neglected by Professor Lee, and we shall find
a translation of this verse in question, as beautiful as it is
literal ; a version, Mr. Editor, for which, had I a doctor's
hat, whether of Halle, or any other university, I would
cheerfully renounce it in favour of Mr. Bellamy ; in short,
a version which, as it shows that the original, instead of a
curse, contains the first direct promise of eternal life to
man after the fall, is and will he entitled to the gratitude
of every sincere reader of the Bible who becomes acquainted
with it. Before, however, adding Mr. Bellamy's argu.
ments in favour of this translation, I must beg leave to
quote the version of Dr. Leander Von Ess, the well known
ex-Professor of Marpurg, in his version of the Bible in
German, (Sulzbach, 1822), wherein, althaugh he differs
somewhat from Bellamy, (the first part of whose transla-
tion, by the way, was published in 1819), he yet agrees
with him in giving the sense of the promise, verse 22 :
Da sprach Jehova Gott, Siche I der Mensch cwt unsers
gleichen worden, so dass er Gutes und Boses erkennt.
Nun-101l er nicht die Hand aus strecken und noels dazu
vom Baume des Lebens nehmen und davon essen und so
ewig leben ? I have said Mr. Bellamy's version is
literal."—Jarchi. The Monthly Repository of Theology,
No, 230, vol. 20, 1834.
Authorized Version, 2 Kings, chap. 5, verse 18. —ln
this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my mas-
ter cometh into the house of Rimmon to worship there,
and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow down myself in the
house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this
thing.
New Translation.—ln this thing, will Jehovah par-
don thy servant? When my Lord came to the house
of Rimmon to worship there, then he leaned on my hand,
and I myself worshipped in the house cf Rimmon. Since
I myself worshipped in the house of Rimmon, will Jehovah
I pray thee, pardon thy servant in this thing?
Note.—Mr. Bellamy's Answer to Burgess, Bishop of
St. David's.
" The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of St. David's having
circulated Reasons, why a new translation of the Bible
should not be published without a previous statement and
examination of all the material passages, which may be
supposed to he misinterpreted ;' and this circular being in-
tended to induce a delay of the publication of my new
translation from the original Hebrew only, I wish to com-
municate to the public, through the medium of your Jour-
nal, a few observations in reply.
" His Lordship may be satisfied with Mr. D'Oyley's and
Dr. Mant's collection of notes, sanctioned by the • So-
ciety for Promoting Christian Knowledge ;' but it is im-
possible for him at present to know, as his Lordship says,
• the good proposed by Mr. Bellamy would he more effec-
tually answered' by these notes, than by my translation—
foe the plainest reason, his Lordship has seen neither my
translation, nor the notes with which it will be accompa-
nied. And notwithstanding the deference due to his Lord-
ship, when speaking of production he has had an oppor-
tunity of compar'ng, it will not be conceded that he Gan
form •
a judgment of that which he has not seen."
" It (the present version) has mistaken the true sense of
the Hebrew in not a few places. is it nothing to deprive
the people of that edification which they might base re-
ceived, bad a fair and just exposition been substituted kV