Huehuetla Tepehua: “Now they know that everything is yours, all the things that you gave me.”
Asháninka: “Now they all know that you are the author of all that you have taught me.”
Yatzachi Zapotec: “And they already know that all these things that I do and all that I say come from yourself.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
Uma: “Now, they know: all that you (sing.) gave to me, is definitely from you (sing.), Father.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “and they are sure that all you have given to me is truly from you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They now know that all that I am able to do comes only from you,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “and now they have come-to-know that you (sing.) are the source of all I have done and said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Now they know that as for everything you entrusted to me, there’s no other place it came from but on the contrary it all came from you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Now they know that all I speak is what you told me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
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Like a number of other East Asian languages, Japanese uses a complex system of honorifics, i.e. a system where a number of different levels of politeness are expressed in language via words, word forms or grammatical constructs. These can range from addressing someone or referring to someone with contempt (very informal) to expressing the highest level of reference (as used in addressing or referring to God) or any number of levels in-between.
One way Japanese shows different degree of politeness is through the choice of a first person singular and plural pronoun (“I” and “we” and its various forms) as shown here in the widely-used Japanese Shinkaiyaku (新改訳) Bible of 2017. The most commonly used watashi/watakushi (私) is typically used when the speaker is humble and asking for help. In these verses, where God / Jesus is referring to himself, watashi is also used but instead of the kanji writing system (私) the syllabary hiragana (わたし) is used to distinguish God from others.
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Like a number of other East Asian languages, Japanese uses a complex system of honorifics, i.e. a system where a number of different levels of politeness are expressed in language via words, word forms or grammatical constructs. These can range from addressing someone or referring to someone with contempt (very informal) to expressing the highest level of reference (as used in addressing or referring to God) or any number of levels in-between.
One way to do this is through the usage of lexical honorific forms, i.e., completely different words, as shown here in the widely-used Japanese Shinkaiyaku (新改訳) Bible of 2017. In these verses, kudasaru (下さる), a respectful form of kureru (くれる) or “give” is used.
Living Water is produced for the Bible translation movement in association with Lutheran Bible Translators. Lyrics derived from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®).
Good News Translation does not have a full stop at the end of verse 6, as some translations do, but there is no shift in focus.
In Greek the adverb now is emphatic. The meaning is, “now, at the end of my ministry.”
The verb know is in the perfect tense in the Greek, as is have obeyed in verse 6.
Everything you gave me comes from you sounds redundant to the English reader, but the Greek structure emphasizes the Son’s dependence upon the Father. To avoid some of the redundancy of this expression, it may be possible to translate “everything you gave me comes really from you.”
Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on the Gospel of John. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1980. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .
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