Ephesians 5 Vulgate -- What does the Greek say?

[tee_eff_em]

I noticed the difference in Ephesians 5:22 between the Clementine Vulgate and the Nova vulgata, viz:

Douay-Rheims | Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord:
Clementine Vulgate | Mulieres viris suis subditæ sint, sicut Domino:
Nova Vulgata | Mulieres viris suis sicut Domino,

For those without Latin, the explicit subjection/submission, which is present in every English translation I am familiar with, is missing from the *Nova Vulgata *-- I would render it in English “Wives, [be] to your husbands as to the Lord”.

I know others have seen this, but I have not seen any explanation? Is there any reason from, perhaps, the Greek for this omission (I have no Greek)? Did political correctness creep into the Nova Vulgata? Something else?

tee

 

[Verbum]

Hi Tee,

The Nestle and Allen critical edition of the New Testament (Novum Testamentum Graece et Latine) has the following : Αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν ὡς τῷ κυρίῳ, Ai gynaikes tois idiois andrasin ôs tô kuriô) which means the women to their own husbands as to the Lord.

In the critical apparatus, it lists the manuscripts that insert* hypotassesthôsan* (be subject to) before tô kuriô., among which the Latin manucripts.

I don’t know whether other critical editions prefer the alternate reading, but it is possible. One way or another the sense is the same. Read what comes before :

20 Gratias agentes semper pro omnibus in nomine Domini nostri Iesu Christi Deo et Patri,
21 subiecti invicem in timore Christi.
22 Mulieres viris suis sicut Domino,

You should therefore read Mulieres viris suis [subiectae) viris suis sicut Domino.

My Bible de Jérusalem translates :

Soyez soumis les uns aux autres dans la crainte du Christ. Que les femmes le soient à leurs maris comme au Seigneur. (Be submissive to one another in the fear of Christ. Let women be the same to their husbands as to the Lord.)

What do you think?

Verbum*