Comparing English NT translations to the Greek

[mmortal03]

I noticed that on wikipedia, someone at some point has implemented a box stating the amount of “deviation from Nestle-Aland 27th edition” that the various English translations of the New Testament are. We don’t know their methodology, but I thought it was very interesting that the NAB “wins” this one. See the following link for the list. If someone could compress the data into a chart, and sort it, that might be useful for us.

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[Verbum]

Hi mmortal,

“Deviation” may just mean that the translation is more or less literal. If it meant that they chose a reading different from that of Nestle, then it would mean that Nestle was indeed in great trouble. I doubt it.

Verbum

 

[paarsurrey]

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Responding to the topic and OP, I would say that the correct method in my opinion is always to translate from the orginal, which in this case would be from the original Hebrew or the Aramaic which JesusYeshuaIssa, Mary and the disciples spoke. I would suggest that on one page should be written the text in the original language of the revelation and on the opposite page the translation. This would enable the reader to verify the translation from the original where one is in doubt. This is what I understand.
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[mmortal03]

@Verbum - they give a paraphrase rate for that, and the two don’t correspond to each other.

@paarsurrey - I am starting to think you are just trolling some of these threads. The thread title and my message both clearly state that we are talking about the New Testament, not the Old Testament.

 

[ThePenitent]

paarsurrey,

The entire New Testament was written in Greek – with the exception of Matthew and a few single words such as maranatha.
It is believed that Matthew was written in Hebrew (or possibly Aramaic) and was soon translated into Greek and distributed in that form, and that the original Matthew did not survive past the first century.
Around the year 400, Jerome translated the Old and New Testaments into Latin – I believe he may have also made some decisions regarding canonicity in the New Testament. Latin was the dominant language throughout much of the world at that time and became THE language of Holy Scripture throughout the Christian world until recently (until the Protestant Reformation which naturally weakened Latin, and Vatican II which killed it).
When people speak of “translating from the original language,” they are speaking of Hebrew (in the case of Old Testament texts) and Greek (in the case of New Testament texts) – not Aramaic.

 

[NoelFitz]

This is an interesting discussion.

Essentially there seems to be two problems. What is the best Greek version of the NT and what is the best English version.

The usual GNT used is the UBS 4TH Edition. For all practical purposes this is the same as NA 27.

Which English translation is the best? I consider that for private study Catholics are free to choose whatever they want. I like the NAB, NRSV and NASB,

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One continual source of confusion in Greek texts has to do with the text that is collectively known as the “NA27/UBS4” Greek New Testament. For all intents and purposes, these are the same texts. They were produced by the same people, with the same scholarship, even though (in print) they are intended for different purposes. (logos.com/support/lbs/na-v-ubs)

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The NA27 and UBS4 texts are not identical. There are slight differences between the two. These occur in a few areas:
This Greek text, established by an international and interconfessional committee, is identical with that of the 26th and 27th editions of Novum Testamentum Graece by Nestle Aland except for some minor punctuation differences (ubs-translations.org/cms/index.php?id=101,0,0,1,0,0)