Latin scholars?

[mayhemw1thmercy]

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

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[madcaptenor]

I don't know any Latin, but you can find the text of the usual Latin version of the bible here.

[switchercat]

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]

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

[switchercat]

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

[tisoi]

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.

[fpb]

Nam etsi ambulavero in medio umbrae mortis, non timebo mala: quoniam tu mecum es, virga tua et baculus tuus ipsa me consolata sunt.

[sollersuk]

For any future needs: you can find the Vulgate on the Bible Gateway via Google. And lots of other versions too.

[gitanoamericano]

Even more important than the fact that it's already out there, I wouldn't want to put something translated to English then to Latin on my body... the Latin Bible is only one translation away from the source!

[mayhemw1thmercy]

I think I understand what you're saying: the meaning of english to latin would be different/less effective than if it were actually from the latin bible?

[gitanoamericano]

Yeah, I'm vague. I mean that the Latin bible must be closer to the original than the English passage translated into Latin.