From 2d565f81d23fbf465a360e23d70d9d9152d826f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Belcher Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:40:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'bible/kt/forsaken/01.md' --- bible/kt/forsaken/01.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/bible/kt/forsaken/01.md b/bible/kt/forsaken/01.md index 350dee3a..d0b4d4d4 100644 --- a/bible/kt/forsaken/01.md +++ b/bible/kt/forsaken/01.md @@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ The term "forsake" means to abandon someone or to give up something. Someone who has been "forsaken" has been deserted or abandoned by someone else. -* When people "forsake" God, it means they are being unfaithful to him by disobeying him. -* When God "forsakes" people, it means he has stopped helping them and allowed them to experience suffering in order to cause them to turn back to him. +* When people "forsake" God, they are being unfaithful to him by disobeying him. +* When God "forsakes" people, he has stopped helping them and allowed them to experience suffering in order to cause them to turn back to him. * This term can also mean to forsake things, such as forsaking, or not following, God's teachings. -* The term "forsaken" can be used as past tense, as in "he has forsaken you" or to refer to someone who has "been forsaken." +* The term "forsaken" can be used in the past tense, as in "he has forsaken you" or as in referring to someone who has "been forsaken." ## Translation Suggestions: ## * Other ways to translate this term could include "abandon" or "neglect" or "give up" or "go away from" or "leave behind," depending on the context. * To "forsake" God's law could be translated "disobey God's law." This could also be translated as "abandon" or "give up on" or "stop obeying" his teachings or his laws. * The phrase "be forsaken" can be translated as "be abandoned" or "be deserted." -* The project language may find it more clear to use different words to translate this term, depending on whether the text is talking about forsaking a thing or a person. +* It more clearer to use different words to translate this term, depending on whether the text describes forsaking a thing or a person. ## Bible References: ##