diff --git a/en_tn_49-GAL.tsv b/en_tn_49-GAL.tsv index fd52baafff..f3137d23a6 100644 --- a/en_tn_49-GAL.tsv +++ b/en_tn_49-GAL.tsv @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ GAL 3 3 vof3 figs-rquestion ἐναρξάμενοι Πνεύματι, νῦν σ GAL 3 3 croz figs-ellipsis ἐναρξάμενοι 1 Paul is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If your readers might misunderstand this, you could supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: “Having begun the Christian life” or “Having begun your new relationship with God” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]]) GAL 3 3 xu4d figs-metonymy σαρκὶ 1 by the flesh Paul is describing the actions a person does while in their body by association with their body, which he calls **flesh**. Here, **flesh** refers to a reliance on one’s own effort in doing outward deeds and doing these actions with a self-sufficient and self-reliant trust in them instead of trusting God. If your readers would not understand this, you could use plain language as modeled by the UST. Alternate translation: “by your own effort” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) GAL 3 4 iyj1 figs-rquestion τοσαῦτα ἐπάθετε εἰκῇ 1 Have you suffered so many things for nothing…? Paul is not asking for information, but is using the question form in order to try to make the Galatian believers think about what they are doing. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way as modeled by the UST. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]]) -GAL 3 4 xujz ἐπάθετε 1 This could refer to: (1) suffering from persecution (2) the spiritual benefits they have experienced. +GAL 3 4 xujz τοσαῦτα ἐπάθετε 1 The original word that Paul used which is translated as **experienced** by the ULT could refer to: (1) the spiritual privileges and blessings that the Galatian believers had experienced. (2) experiencing bad things such as suffering. If this is what Paul means here, then he is referring to suffering that the Galatians believers experienced when they were from persecuted. (3) It could refer to both the good things and bad things that the Galatians had experienced. GAL 3 4 mvad ἐπάθετε 1 Alternate translation: “Did you experience” GAL 3 4 qn1a figs-explicit τοσαῦτα ἐπάθετε εἰκῇ 1 Have you suffered so many things for nothing It can be stated clearly that they had suffered these things because of people who opposed them for their faith in Christ. Alternate translation: “Have you suffered so many things by those who opposed you for your faith in Christ for nothing” or “You believed in Christ, and you suffered many things by those who oppose Christ. Were your belief and suffering for nothing” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]]) GAL 3 4 nq68 εἰκῇ 1 for nothing Alternate translation: “uselessly” or “in vain”