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Title
Are Sins Forgiven Or Loaned?: Translations And Interpretations Of Matthew 6:12 by Some Dangme Scholars |
Full text
http://dspace.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/2430 |
Date
2010 |
Author(s)
Kuwornu-Adjaottor, J.E.T |
Abstract
The Dangme are a people group comprising eight tribes found in the Greater-Accra and Eastern Regions of Ghana. The Bible has been translated into Dangme. One of the texts in the New Testament of the Dangme translations of the Bible that poses a hermeneutical challenge is Matthew 6:12. The Dangme translation of the verse literally means that God 'loans us our sins' when we confess our wrong-doings to him for forgiveness. Personal interviews with some Dangme scholars revealed that there are three ways by which Matthew 6:12 could be translated: Ngôô wa tômi ômâ kâ pa wô... [Loan us our wrong-doings…]; Ngôô wa yayami ômε a he hiô wo ô kε ke wô... [Forgive us the punishment and curse of our sins…]; Ngôô wa tômi ômâ kâ ke wô... [Forgive us our wrong-doings…]. It is being contended that these translations and interpretations have shortfalls; and that the translation and interpretation of Matthew 6:12 that fits into the context of the Lord's Prayer (Matt. 6:9-15) and is in concert with Dangme religiocultural thought is: Ngôô wa yayami ômε kε ke wô kaa bô nε wô hu waa kε kee nihi nε tôô wa nôô [Forgive us our sins, just as we also forgive those who sin against us]. - * Kuwornu-Adjaottor, J. E. T. (2010). Are Sins Forgiven or Loaned? Translations and Interpretations of Matthew 6:12 by Some Dangme Scholars. ORITA: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan Publication, XLII/2, December: 67-81. - KNUST |
Subject(s)
Sin and forgiveness; Mother-tongue; Dangme |
Language
en |
Publisher
ORITA: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies |
Type of publication
Article |
Identifier
XLII/2, December: 67-81. |
Repository
Kumasi - Kwame Nkrumah University
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