Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-19
The LORDS PRAYER.
10 Translation Into English Analysed BY
Modern Greek Scholar

inal recorded in Matthew Tho negative
Is maintained In tho October number u
rfe Contemporary Review by Mr.. A. u.
] Jnnnnris. whose reason for rnislng tho
| question Is that he Is a Creek who has
| spant bis llfg IN studying his putiye lon.
| guAsc not only In ia classical etnge, but
| MISC and more particularly 10 IT'S post
classical and modern stages. Ho snys,
| truly enough, that Hollunic scholarship 'n
| the ordinary sense OF familiarity with tho
olassirnl nuthors Is quiso as likely 10 ho
misleading rs helpful 10 40 Interpretation
| Of Now Trstnniont Greek This tho In
tefnatlonal language, or linRna franco,
| current IN Asa Minor and Syrin nt thc
| limo Of Jesus, was simply yornaoulnr
| speech and not Intended 70 be used rs m
artistic literary Medium. Indeed Mr. Jun
naris rcnillnns what the lnto Professor
suphoot sol Harvard used to shy that New
! Tcstamont Grcok though separated nom
classical antiquity only by two or three
! centuries, Is much loss Ike 10 Sinn II Is
| Ike Byzantine, or even, in niauy respects,
modern trcos It IS also 10 be- romonibar-
ed TINT the Latin Of The Nnlputc--tlint IS
TO say, .icrcino's revision OF tho SO called
Old 1hhlc yer.ion-- powerfully influenced
/ Luther aud tho hngllgh tfapsiaton Of tho
New Tcstumont. OF cour3o the Vulentc
ns We now have IT, 10 the lnto revision
nndo by Clement VIII In t5gg.
These general considerations hnvo led
this modern Greek toattempt now Ilnn.
lIsh version II the Lords prnyur Depiu
ming with the first suntoncc "Our Ia.
thcr, which uft in heaven. hullowcd be thy
name, Mr. Jannatis pronouncca this M
adequate rendering though lie directs at
tention 10 thc stIcss laid IN tho orlslnol,
through uulloontlon, on tho plrnso'' which
nrt iu heaven. % for IL stpge,ts IA oontr,.-
distlnotion to tho Lord of this world Ia
rs eontopdcd. on mo otbor Inrd tbnt tbo
following clause athy Kingdom como !"
represents but vnpurly tho orlelnnl ID is
pointed OUT that Kingdom" Ia uiortly "A
trnnslatiop Of ref,nprn. no Latin form fgr
tho two clnssichi Crcpt crprefsIons b,.
sllolon ana l,1sHtIa. IN the cnsc. however.
81 N,v Vc.tnpicnt grros. unrticuiatIv
That OF tbo gypoutip eospcls Ln,llein ntn
word used ii tho Iorfig pray,r1 s,iptIios
tho ntstrnrt nom. not 40 much Of h,t.
siicus. Linz. o us Of kurio. ,.lofd d fo,
tho Int.ar tbolgb very uronc,f t,,, t.n
corrBpoudins abstract OF ifs avn In COM
mon i.o. find Jcsus wished m ovpr.t,
tho ldtn nf "llnr1otau lie ,yut,ld b,,, ,,.
sorted TO tbp form then currpnt b,.iigion
which B. euIl.ll.e uuly Je.ipnntigp h, mod.
en- GreE. rut Le IA cnrcf0j 10 'emnIH,
Mother for bltr.cil nor Tor llls Fnfii,r i'd
tltle Of ,teiut, d, bpriic,,s i,arrJ T., 40,
pliritly aiselniina ID. bccanso h wenId haIo
plautgd wrong cxrlctntlcns In tbo lows
npd con. ,fouiised hln,soIf In tbn rvcs ~
Inc Roman nutborltlci When no rsfers
tn bi,nself nrroIis F,tb,, n, 400 t,,
word kurios lord. ;, for which tho t,tin
ooifyntrpt il tonIin,. ,vIii,, f,r mo nix
strnot notion of lsoxBrtssinn ho invntIn.
bly has rpeltrfo 10 bnsiipln-tbntts i.,rd.
shin - or tdoriluion - Nrrntdn,o tb,r
10 Mr. ,Innnnfis tbe tight yr,elnn ~ ,to
clauso la quosfiop Is nm tlon,ii,isn ee,ne,i
that o. n,v sway Il, r,te,,tc1 o.,
heaven 10 tlds world. now ruled oyrr l,y
tbnnarersnrv
mo Tbgiish tronsIntiep nj t,,, ,,,,t
CLAUSE al In TrrIls PREV nm ,,,ii H.,
dopo. M. I'm loayuii. 60 or,enrth l,.',,,,,I
admls.iblo. nitbouab NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
rcnarripg al tho ORIGINAL ,ynrJ tb,le,".,
nrd erc,iIs 10 have bprn r,npio,r I ,,Iib
rcforenee IA. ,lytn r,rt.ptirt gr,, ,,,i,,,t,,
ana pnrtly i, ITO cla.sloDl rr,,,,, y,,,,tI1i,,
But fbolgiDi, 81 J, ,,.,t,iIr t'.,r, ,,,.,t,.. w..
t,at ,ln-.i,,,I. np,t ,,,.,t,r,, f,r,.t.,,i -,
a. n snlstltut, fnr tta c,., .,c,j 49,,
bopIc Enulr,rr, rn1 Jj,.,,ns,. ,r. "V,U
Observation-Disclosures nr ay,G 'nnry',5,, y, M
.Ipppsrls would tbc,,ro,r Trt.fl.h ~,
clause n, follows. "tby m .ea1 nnrnn., h,
dome 90
IA, Tho sueesellp,. ,vords oGf,c M ,i,ls
div o,trln,lv ll.a6. I II good d'ni ~ s,,,,',,
h Ioy,feI tie crny tein, MI, ,;,r,l. n,ii',,
tiyston. ,t,innsl,n ,vl,trh Ia ,i,o an H..
In version yns rendered ouotbiignur ana
which re,iuprars IN ourn,ithnrllsd isniiisb
trnnslntlon M dnily.', IA I'D ,yora nnl'
otaioa her, prea,nts llself f5r ,l,e Gt,
titpb in tltq creek lanou,,,,p. ,nnrb ru1i'
don and nrrnn,opt NOM spnInrv b,y.
hcon cxprrdol ON IL Mr JHnnnris ON.
reasons fir bslieylne that a. yvna' rnipsl M
m onthhpsis TO p5rionsioa. n terin ON,
plnyoa by the sentunaipt t,,ith which n
thrr Jrsus himsrif or tho nnthor az Mn.
thu,yis pn3pel was olylnuslv tn,nil,,,r, 4,
rcprcaont tho ilobreg ndicotiyo sng,,,,,
mtnning ~ boundlnr in Snftlly pooi,
Tho sleninoancn then Of tho nitithotleoi
word. pnlousles. ,yo,ild bo tp dleeln,n NV
thing beyond tho subslsteueo nec'lnJ (,
support ife for The dny sa tb,g u,s
clause ahouid be rentsr'd "Giv, ~ tijs
day our moro. or siuiplc broad -
Subjected, llkoyvisN. TO detailed critlelsr,
nrc no dords In our English yeNSen XII
lead u3 not Into tainpr,tion but 6elivct
us iron, eyil. /" itisdoniotl tbHt the tr,Vor
dead MS NOT into taniptntion. - MI, IN, AZ
Nf'' f'N ~