From 4f799d7d3232cd0b8756b5894032b55e53b9f785 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Hutchins Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:33:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Reworded notes about "light" and "darkness." Added words to tW list. --- jhn/01/04.md | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/jhn/01/04.md b/jhn/01/04.md index 7819fa2436..522ef0ee8b 100644 --- a/jhn/01/04.md +++ b/jhn/01/04.md @@ -1,19 +1,20 @@ -# In him was life +# In him was life, and the life was the light of men -Here "life" is a metaphor for causing everything to live. AT: "The one who is called the Word is the one who caused everything to live" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) +"In him was life" is a metonym for causing everything to live. And, "light" here is a metaphor for "truth." AT: "He is the one who caused everything to live. And he revealed to people what is true about God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) + +# In him +Here "him" refers to the one who is called the Word. # life Here use a general term for "life." If you must be more specific, translate as "spiritual life." -# the life was the light of men - -"Light" here is a metaphor that means God's revelation. AT: "he revealed to us the truth about God as a light reveals what is in the darkness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) - # The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it -Just as darkness cannot put out light, evil people have never prevented the one who is like a light from revealing God's truth. AT: "God's revelation shows the truth even in the midst of evil people, and evil people have not been able to stop it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) +Here "light" is a metaphor for what is true and good. Here "darkness" is a metaphor what is false and evil. AT: "The truth is like a light shining into a dark place, and no one in the dark place could put out the light" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) # translationWords -* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]] \ No newline at end of file +* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]] +* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/light]] +* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/darkness]] \ No newline at end of file