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Latin scholars?

Jul 21, 2007 21:38

If anyone here can translate latin, could you translate Psalm 23:4 for me? Particularly this: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with meYes, it's for a memorial tattoo (for my brother). He wanted to teach latin at a high school level, he was religious, and this bit is absolutely perfect ( Read more... )

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switchercat July 22 2007, 02:00:09 UTC

Nam et si ambulavero in valle umbrae Mortis,
non timebo mala, quoniam Tu mecum es,
virga Tua et baculus Tuus,
ipsa me consolata sunt.

switchercat July 22 2007, 02:00:33 UTC

Found on the internet cos I'm lazy, so take that with a grain of salt. :)

switchercat July 22 2007, 02:02:07 UTC

Oh, and that's the whole stanza, not just what you asked for. Sorry! Cut the last two lines then.

tisoi July 22 2007, 02:19:19 UTC

Yes, that looks right. In traditional Catholic Bibles, it's not Psalms 23:4 but instead Psalms 22:4. And that's what appears in Psalms 22:4.

Just to satisfy my curiosity ... mercyb July 22 2007, 12:11:22 UTC

Why isn't it numbered as the 23rd Psalm in traditional Catholic bibles?

Re: Just to satisfy my curiosity ... tisoi July 22 2007, 18:22:16 UTC

It depends upon which Bible was used to translate; the Hebrew or the Greek. Chapter 9 of the Greek Psalms is composed of Chapters 9 and 10 of the Hebrew one. So the numbering got thrown off a bit.

The Eastern Orthodox and the Roman Catholic churches went with the Greek though Wikipedia says that nowadays Catholic Bibles go with the Hebrew way, which is what Protestant Bibles use.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalms

On a side note, it reminds me of the Ten Commandments thing several years ago. An Ultraconservative Fundamentalist Christian made a claim in our local paper that the Roman Catholics messed up the Ten Commandments.

I, being Catholic, didn't know what he was talking about and thought he was just a raving lunatic. But a few years later, when I worked with "nondenominational Christians," I learned that Catholics merely numbered them differently, but in the end they were all there. It's the same deal with the Jews and the Orthodox Christians.

Curiosity Satisfied mercyb July 23 2007, 16:27:02 UTC

Thanks. That's really interesting!

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Re: Just to satisfy my curiosity ... tisoi July 24 2007, 05:03:00 UTC

It happened to me for the first time two years ago during a Harry Potter controversy at the school I work at. My coworker suddenly blurted out "but all Catholics worship statues and the Virgin Mary when the Bible says it's wrong!" I didn't know how to react to that, because I never thought other people thought it was wrong. And plus, I wasn't (and still not) active in the church

Thanks to her, though, my interest in Catholicism - and Christianity in general - has been rekindled and am trying to learn as much as I can about my and others' faith.

Re: Just to satisfy my curiosity ... tygerofdanyte August 25 2007, 23:55:11 UTC

reminds me of something told to me via email.

(just going to paste the entire bit instead of butchering it via paraphrase.

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"Many Fundamentalist Protestants consider Roman Catholics to be polytheists. Maybe 15 years ago Pat Robertson and I think it was Jerry Falwell were chatting on "The 700 Club" and one of them raised the possibility of Muslims and Catholics forming an alliance against Protestants. The other responded: "No, the Catholics will never accept monotheism."
~

Found that funny.

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