Can someone translate this prologos?

[christian-only]

Can someone please translate this into English? It would be appreciated.

Πρόλογος​

Ἡ παροῦσα τoῦ ἀρχετύπου τε καὶ Πατριαρχικοῦ, ἅμα δὲ καὶ Ὀρθοδόξου Κειμένου τῆς Καινῆς Διαθήκης ἔκδοσις ἐν μορφῇ ἠλεκτρονικῇ προσφέρεται παντὶ τῷ φιλοχρίστῳ ἐρευνητῇ τε καὶ καὶ μελετητῇ εἰς βοήθειάν τε καὶ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας πνευματικῆς, ἀφιεροῦται δὲ τῇ ἱερᾷ μνήμνῃ τῶν ἐν Χριστῷ ἀναθρεψάντων με γονέων Κυριακοῦ τε καὶ Βασιλείας.

Θέλω δέ σε γνῶναι φίλε ἀναγνῶστα ὅτι τοῦ ἱεροῦ κειμένου τὸ κατὰ δύναμιν εὐλαβῶς ἐπιμεληθείς, οὐκ ἐφείσθην κόπων τε καὶ προσπαθειῶν, δίς τε καὶ τρίς τε καὶ τετράκις, ἔπος κατ’ ἔπος καὶ στίχον κατὰ στίχον, τοῦτο ἀντιπαραθέτων τῷ γραπτῷ κειμένῳ καὶ διορθῶν. Πολλάκις δὲ τοῦτο διελθών, πᾶσαν μηχανὴν μετῆλθον, ἵνα πλῆρες τε καὶ ἄρτιον τοῦτο καταρτήσω. Εἴτα, μελίττης δίκην, τῶν γραμματοσειρῶν τὰς ἀρτιωτέρας τε καὶ ὡραιωτερας ἐπιλέξας, ταῦταις τοῦτο προσήρμοσα. Σὺ οὖν τοῦτο διερχόμενος, εἰ παρ’ ἐλπίδα, μικρόν τι λάθος στίξεως ἢ τονισμοῦ, ἢ πάσης ἁπαξαπλῶς ὀρθογραφίας ἀνεύρῃς, τὴν ἐμὴν μετριότητα συγχώρησον ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ προθέσεως τὸ τοιοῦτον ἀλλ’ ἐξ ἀβλεψίας, καὶ τοῦτο μὲν διόρθωσον καὶ εἰ βούλη κἀμοι διαμήνυσον. Οὐ γὰρ ἐπιλανθάνομαι τοῦ ῥήματος τοῦ Κυρίου τοῦ εἰπόντος "Μαρτυρῶ ἐγὼ παντὶ τῷ ἀκούοντι τοὺς λόγους τῆς προφητείας τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου, ἐάν τις ἐπιθῇ ἐπὶ ταῦτα, ἐπιθήσει ὁ Θεὸς ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τὰς πληγὰς τὰς γεγραμμένας ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ".(Ἀπ-22-18) Ἐμοὶ δὲ δοκεῖ ὅτι οὐ μόνον διὰ τὴν Ἀποκάλυψιν τοῦτο λέγει, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τῶν Γραφῶν τὸ σύνολον, Παλαιᾶς τε καὶ Καινῆς. Γνώριζε δέ, ὅτι ἐὰν κόμμα ἓν ἢ τελεία μία προστεθείη, τὸ ὅλον πολλάκις νόημα ἀλλοιοῦται, ἄλλα ἀντ’ ἄλλων λέγον καὶ ἀλλέως ἑρμηνευόμενον. Δοκεῖ δέ μοι ὅτι πλεῖσται ὅσαι αἱρέσεις ἐκ παρερμηνειῶν τοιούτων γεννόνται, τὴν ὀρθὴν ἡμῶν πίστιν ἀλλοιοῦσαι. Τὸ ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ δὲ οὐ παύσομαι πάντοτε τοῦτο ἐλέγχων τε καὶ διορθῶν.

Ὅτε δὲ τὸ Κείμενον τοῦτο πλήρως διεξέλθης, Ματθαίου τε καὶ Μάρκου, Λουκᾶ τε καὶ Ἰωάννου τὰ ἱερὰ Εὐαγγέλια, εἴτα τῶν ἁγίων Ἀποστόλων τὰς Πράξεις τε καὶ ἐπιστολάς, ἐν δὲ κατακλείδι καὶ κορωνίδος δίκην τοῦ θειοτάτου Ἰωάννου τὴν Ἀποκάλυψιν, καὶ τὰς ἐν αὐτῷ ἐντολάς τε καὶ διδάγματα ἐναποταμιεύσης, τῆς τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Καινῆς Διαθήκης τὸ χρυσίον ἀναγνωρίσης, καὶ τὴν μὲν δοκίμην τῶν ἀρετῶν ὁδὸν ἀσμένως ἐπιλέξης, τὴν δὲ τῆς κακίας ῥᾳδίως ἀπορρίψης. Νῦν δέ, δισχιλίων ἤδη ἕτων παρεληλυθότων ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐνανθρωπήσεως, οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν, Ἕλληνες ὄντες, εἰς τὸν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν πεπιστεύκασι καὶ εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ βαπτισθέντες τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος τὴν χάριν εἰλήφασι. Ἡμεῖς δέ, τήν τε Καινὴν Διαθήκην καὶ τὴν ὀρθὴν πίστιν τετηρηκότες, καὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος τὴν χάριν εἰληφότες, τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ ζῆν τε καὶ κινεῖσθαι καὶ εἶναι, ἔχομέν τε καὶ ἕξομεν.(πρβλ. Πραξ-17-28)

Πέτρος Πεταλλίδης
ἐν Λεμεσῷ τῆς μεγάλης νήσου Κύπρου,
κατὰ μῆνα Μάϊον, ἐν ἔτει Κυρίου βγ΄​

 

[Cradle]

Great exercise for me .
Very old form of greek, possibly immitating new testament greek, not only in words and syntax but also in literary motives, but written in 2003. Let's see...

Can someone please translate this into English? It would be appreciated.

Πρόλογος​

Ἡ παροῦσα τoῦ ἀρχετύπου τε καὶ Πατριαρχικοῦ, ἅμα δὲ καὶ Ὀρθοδόξου Κειμένου τῆς Καινῆς Διαθήκης ἔκδοσις ἐν μορφῇ ἠλεκτρονικῇ προσφέρεται παντὶ τῷ φιλοχρίστῳ ἐρευνητῇ τε καὶ καὶ μελετητῇ εἰς βοήθειάν τε καὶ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας πνευματικῆς, ἀφιεροῦται δὲ τῇ ἱερᾷ μνήμνῃ τῶν ἐν Χριστῷ ἀναθρεψάντων με γονέων Κυριακοῦ τε καὶ Βασιλείας.

This electronic edition of the ancient and Patriarchal (here : given by the Fathers), as well as Orthodox Text of the New Testament, is offered to every Christ-loving researcher and student / scholar, as an aid (to his studies) and for a saviour of spiritual fragrance (this one I copied directly from the liturgy); it is further dedicated to the holy memory of my parents Kyriakos and Vasileia, who brought me up in Christ.

Θέλω δέ σε γνῶναι φίλε ἀναγνῶστα ὅτι τοῦ ἱεροῦ κειμένου τὸ κατὰ δύναμιν εὐλαβῶς ἐπιμεληθείς, οὐκ ἐφείσθην κόπων τε καὶ προσπαθειῶν, δίς τε καὶ τρίς τε καὶ τετράκις, ἔπος κατ’ ἔπος καὶ στίχον κατὰ στίχον, τοῦτο ἀντιπαραθέτων τῷ γραπτῷ κειμένῳ καὶ διορθῶν. Πολλάκις δὲ τοῦτο διελθών, πᾶσαν μηχανὴν μετῆλθον, ἵνα πλῆρες τε καὶ ἄρτιον τοῦτο καταρτήσω. Εἴτα, μελίττης δίκην, τῶν γραμματοσειρῶν τὰς ἀρτιωτέρας τε καὶ ὡραιωτερας ἐπιλέξας, ταῦταις τοῦτο προσήρμοσα. Σὺ οὖν τοῦτο διερχόμενος, εἰ παρ’ ἐλπίδα, μικρόν τι λάθος στίξεως ἢ τονισμοῦ, ἢ πάσης ἁπαξαπλῶς ὀρθογραφίας ἀνεύρῃς, τὴν ἐμὴν μετριότητα συγχώρησον ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ προθέσεως τὸ τοιοῦτον ἀλλ’ ἐξ ἀβλεψίας, καὶ τοῦτο μὲν διόρθωσον καὶ εἰ βούλη κἀμοι διαμήνυσον.

I want you to know, dear reader, that, while I was dealing with this holy text as respectfully as possible, I was gladly labouring and putting excessive effort on it, comparing it to the written text and making corrections, two and three and even four times, chapter by chapter and verse by verse. Having gone through it several times, I used every method I could think of, in order to compile it (electronically) full and unchanged (with respect to the original). So I adjusted (? that's what he says!) the most complete and solid fonts to it, having selected them as if I was a bee (bees are very selective - this is a typical byzantine metaphor). Therefore, while you are following it, and in the unfortunate case that you find a little error in the punctuation, the accenting, or otherwise in the spelling, forgive my modest self, for such a thing is not deliberate but by mistake; correct it and let me know if you would.

It gets tiring. I'll be back. I hope my almost word by word translation makes sense.

 

[Cradle]

Οὐ γὰρ ἐπιλανθάνομαι τοῦ ῥήματος τοῦ Κυρίου τοῦ εἰπόντος "Μαρτυρῶ ἐγὼ παντὶ τῷ ἀκούοντι τοὺς λόγους τῆς προφητείας τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου, ἐάν τις ἐπιθῇ ἐπὶ ταῦτα, ἐπιθήσει ὁ Θεὸς ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τὰς πληγὰς τὰς γεγραμμένας ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ".(Ἀπ-22-18) Ἐμοὶ δὲ δοκεῖ ὅτι οὐ μόνον διὰ τὴν Ἀποκάλυψιν τοῦτο λέγει, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τῶν Γραφῶν τὸ σύνολον, Παλαιᾶς τε καὶ Καινῆς. Γνώριζε δέ, ὅτι ἐὰν κόμμα ἓν ἢ τελεία μία προστεθείη, τὸ ὅλον πολλάκις νόημα ἀλλοιοῦται, ἄλλα ἀντ’ ἄλλων λέγον καὶ ἀλλέως ἑρμηνευόμενον. Δοκεῖ δέ μοι ὅτι πλεῖσται ὅσαι αἱρέσεις ἐκ παρερμηνειῶν τοιούτων γεννόνται, τὴν ὀρθὴν ἡμῶν πίστιν ἀλλοιοῦσαι. Τὸ ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ δὲ οὐ παύσομαι πάντοτε τοῦτο ἐλέγχων τε καὶ διορθῶν.

For I don't forget the Word of the Lord saying : "I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book" (Rev 22-18) (I pasted the translation from a random site). It seems to me that He doesn't say that for the Revelation alone, but for the whole Scripture, Old and New Testament. Be aware that, even if a single comma or a full-stop is added, the whole meaning is often corrupted, and the text ends up signifying different things from those intended, and it also becomes vulnerable to misinterpretations. I further think that most herecies stem from such misinterpretations, thus corrupting our True Faith. As far as I'm concerned, I shall never stop checking and correcting it.

Ὅτε δὲ τὸ Κείμενον τοῦτο πλήρως διεξέλθης, Ματθαίου τε καὶ Μάρκου, Λουκᾶ τε καὶ Ἰωάννου τὰ ἱερὰ Εὐαγγέλια, εἴτα τῶν ἁγίων Ἀποστόλων τὰς Πράξεις τε καὶ ἐπιστολάς, ἐν δὲ κατακλείδι καὶ κορωνίδος δίκην τοῦ θειοτάτου Ἰωάννου τὴν Ἀποκάλυψιν, καὶ τὰς ἐν αὐτῷ ἐντολάς τε καὶ διδάγματα ἐναποταμιεύσης, τῆς τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Καινῆς Διαθήκης τὸ χρυσίον ἀναγνωρίσης, καὶ τὴν μὲν δοκίμην τῶν ἀρετῶν ὁδὸν ἀσμένως ἐπιλέξης, τὴν δὲ τῆς κακίας ῥᾳδίως ἀπορρίψης. Νῦν δέ, δισχιλίων ἤδη ἕτων παρεληλυθότων ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐνανθρωπήσεως, οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν, Ἕλληνες ὄντες, εἰς τὸν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν πεπιστεύκασι καὶ εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ βαπτισθέντες τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος τὴν χάριν εἰλήφασι. Ἡμεῖς δέ, τήν τε Καινὴν Διαθήκην καὶ τὴν ὀρθὴν πίστιν τετηρηκότες, καὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος τὴν χάριν εἰληφότες, τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ ζῆν τε καὶ κινεῖσθαι καὶ εἶναι, ἔχομέν τε καὶ ἕξομεν.(πρβλ. Πραξ-17-28)

(now here comes a really really long sentence!) And when you have gone through this text fully, through the Gospels of Matthew and of Mark, of Luke and of John, together with the Acts of the Holy Apostles and the Epistles, and as a conclusion, in the form of an accomplishment, the Revelation of the Most Holy John, and having embraced the commandments and teachings therein, may you acknowledge the value of the New Testament of our Lord, and may you also joyfully choose the way of struggling for the virtues, while quickly rejecting the way of the evil. Behold, two thousand years already having passed since the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Greek fathers believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and got baptised in His name, receiving the grace of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, having kept the New Testament and the true faith, and having received the grace of the Holy Spirit Himself, we have and we will have to live and act and remain in Him (the Holy Spirit) (see Acts 17-28).

Πέτρος Πεταλλίδης
ἐν Λεμεσῷ τῆς μεγάλης νήσου Κύπρου,
κατὰ μῆνα Μάϊον, ἐν ἔτει Κυρίου βγ΄​

Petros Petallides
in Limassol on the great island of Cyprus
in the month of May, in the year of the Lord 2003

pant pant pant that was quite tiring

 

[MariaRegina]

Wow!

 

[Rilian]

Double Wow!

 

[Philip]

It gets tiring. I'll be back. I hope my almost word by word translation makes sense.

I don't think I would have translated this part this way.

Impressive.

 

[nikephoros_spatharios]

It's great to see people writing prose in koine in 2004. It's much more difficult to write than to read texts in the style of that era.

 

[christian-only]

Thanks alot Cradle. That was quite impressive. You're probably wondering where this came from, huh? http://kainh.homestead.com/

 

[Suzannah]

Amazing! TAW really does have some of the most talented and educated folks at CF...there are several members of TAW who are multi-lingual or specialists in language....*High Five* to Cradle!

 

[Cradle]

Thanks a lot everybody, but it's only my native language. The overwhelming majority of the words in there are still in use in one form or the other. Not to mention that a number of them somehow also appear in english. It would be a shame on me if I couldn't do it . The syntax looks a bit funny, but some 15 years ago in high school we translated Euripides which was much older and harder. One's native language + english (if they don't coincide!) is the norm nowadays, so it's not as impressive as you may think it is.

 

[Oblio]

One's native language + english (if they don't coincide!) is the norm nowadays, so it's not as impressive as you may think it is.

Sadly (and I include myself), this is impressive if you were educated in the USA.