Translating the Bible into Toba...
So José’s translation says:
Da'me ami joote jayem auatetoñi, qama'le nach'e ena'am auatetoñi ñe'me Taĝadena'...
Qama'le ñe'me Felipe male enaac:
—Jaliaĝanec, qo'mi auaje'tema da'me jec'atenaq ñe'me Adet'a...
Which means:
“You already me you know, so in the same way you know my Father...”
So Philip now says: “Lord, to us permit that we see your Father...”
—Jaliaĝanec, qo'mi auaje'tema da'me jec'atenaq ñe'me Adet'a...
Which means:
“You already me you know, so in the same way you know my Father...”
So Philip now says: “Lord, to us permit that we see your Father...”
How do we translate the Scriptures into Toba? One characteristic of the Toba language is that many nouns have a possessive prefix: for example, instead of saying “father”, you say “my father”, “our father”, etc..
How we translate “Father” in John’s Gospel depends on the context of each verse...
How we translate “Father” in John’s Gospel depends on the context of each verse...
John 14:7-8
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