From 2a8832b3668d442456db81bb42ad84321d23156d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Belcher Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 21:23:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'bible/kt/sin.md' --- bible/kt/sin.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/bible/kt/sin.md b/bible/kt/sin.md index e6a867b7..a35a06df 100644 --- a/bible/kt/sin.md +++ b/bible/kt/sin.md @@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ The term "sin" refers to actions, thoughts, and words that are against God's wil * Sin includes anything we do that does not obey or please God, even things that other people don't know about. * Thoughts and actions that disobey God's will are called "sinful." -* Because Adam sinned, all human beings are born with a sinful nature that controls them. +* Because Adam sinned, all human beings are born with a “sinful nature,” a nature that that controls them and causes them to sin. * A "sinner" is someone who sins, so every human being is a sinner. * Sometimes the word "sinners" was used by religious people like the Pharisees to refer to people who didn't keep the law as well as the Pharisees thought they should. * The term "sinner" was also used for people who were considered to be worse sinners than other people. For example, this label was given to tax collectors and prostitutes. ## Translation Suggestions: ## -* The term "sin" could be translated with a word or phrase that means, "disobedience to God" or "going against God's will" or "evil behavior and thoughts" or "wrongdoing." +* The term "sin" could be translated with a word or phrase that means "disobedience to God" or "going against God's will" or "evil behavior and thoughts" or "wrongdoing." * "To sin" could also be translated as "to disobey God" or "to do wrong." -* Depending on the context, "sinful" could be translated as "full of wrongdoing" or "wicked" or "immoral" or "evil" or "rebelling against God." -* Depending on the context, the term "sinner" could be translated with a word or phrase that means, "person who sins" or "person who does wrong things" or "person who disobeys God" or "person who disobeys the law." -* The term "sinners" could be translated by a word or phrase that means, "very sinful people" or "people considered to be very sinful" or "immoral people." -* Ways to translate "tax collectors and sinners" could include, "people who collect money for the government, and other very sinful people" or "very sinful people, including (even) tax collectors." +* Depending on the context "sinful" could be translated as "full of wrongdoing" or "wicked" or "immoral" or "evil" or "rebelling against God." +* Depending on the context the term "sinner" could be translated with a word or phrase that means, "person who sins" or "person who does wrong things" or "person who disobeys God" or "person who disobeys the law." +* The term "sinners" could be translated by a word or phrase that means "very sinful people" or "people considered to be very sinful" or "immoral people." +* Ways to translate "tax collectors and sinners" could include "people who collect money for the government, and other very sinful people" or "very sinful people, including (even) tax collectors." * In expressions like "slaves to sin" or "ruled by sin," the term "sin" could be translated as "disobedience" or "evil desires and actions." * Make sure the translation of this term can include sinful behavior and thoughts, even those that other people don't see or know about. * The term "sin" should be general, and different from the terms for "wickedness" and "evil."