diff --git a/translate/figs-declarative/01.md b/translate/figs-declarative/01.md index ec86267..fd02715 100644 --- a/translate/figs-declarative/01.md +++ b/translate/figs-declarative/01.md @@ -9,30 +9,40 @@ Some languages would not use a statement for some of the functions that statemen ### Examples from the Bible -Statements are normally used to give **information**. All of the sentences in John 1:6-8 below are statements, and their function is to give information. +#### Statements are normally used to give information. >There was a man who was sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify about the light, that all might believe through him. John was not the light, but came that he might testify about the light. (John 1:6-8 ULB) -A statement can also be used as a **command** to tell someone what to do. In the examples below, the high priest used a statement with the verb "must" and then statements with the verb "will" to tell people what to do. +All of the sentences in John 1:6-8 above are statements, and their function is to give information. + +####A statement can also be used as a **command** to tell someone what to do. >He commanded them, saying, "This is what you must do. A third of you who come on the Sabbath will keep watch over the king's house, and a third will be at the Sur Gate, and a third at the gate behind the guardhouse." (2 Kings 11:5-6 ULB) -A statement can also be used to give **instructions**. The speaker below was not just telling Joseph about something Joseph would do in the future; he was telling Joseph what he needed to do. +In the examples above, the high priest used a statement with the verb "must" and then statements with the verb "will" to tell people what to do. + +####A statement can also be used to give instructions. >She will give birth to a son, and you will call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. (Matthew 1:21 ULB) -A statement can also be used to make a **request**. The man with leprosy was not just saying what Jesus was able to do. He was also asking Jesus to heal him. +The angel was not simply telling Joseph about something Joseph would do in the future; he was telling Joseph what he needed to do. + +####A statement can also be used to make a request. >Behold, a leper came to him and bowed before him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." (Matthew 8:2 ULB) -A statement can also be used to **perform** something. By telling Adam that the ground was cursed because of him, God actually cursed it. +The man with leprosy was not just saying what Jesus was able to do. He was also asking Jesus to heal him. + +####A statement can also be used to perform something. >Cursed is the ground because of you. (Genesis 3:17 ULB) -By telling a man that his sins were forgiven, Jesus forgave the man's sins. +By telling Adam that the ground was cursed because of him, God actually cursed it. >Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "Son, your sins are forgiven." (Mark 2:5 ULB) +By telling a man that his sins were forgiven, Jesus forgave the man's sins. + ### Translation Strategies 1. If the function of a statement would not be understood correctly in your language, _use a sentence type_ that would express that function.