GEN 301 Translation Exercise 2 VEgw, eivmi h` a ... - Bradcopp.com

GEN 301 Translation Exercise 2
Using your Readers Greek New Testament and the following notes; using a
lexicon where necessary; without using any English translation; translate
John 15:1-15 into English.
1 VEgw, eivmi h` a;mpeloj h` avlhqinh. kai. o` path,r mou o`
gewrgo,j evstinÅ 2 pa/n a klh/ma evn evmoi.
b mh. fe,ron c karpo.n d
ai;rei e auvto,( kai. pa/n to. karpo.n fe,ron kaqai,rei auvto. i[na
karpo.n plei,ona f fe,rh|Å g
3 h;dh h u`mei/j i kaqaroi, evste dia.
to.n lo,gon o]n j lela,lhka k u`mi/n\ l
4 mei,nate m n
evn evmoi,( kavgw.
evn u`mi/nÅ kaqw.j to. klh/ma ouv du,natai karpo.n fe,rein o avfV
eàutou/p eva.n mh. me,nh|q evn th/| avmpe,lw|( ou[twj r ouvde.
s u`mei/j eva.n
mh. evn evmoi. me,nhteÅ t
5 evgw, eivmi h` a;mpeloj( u`mei/j ta.
klh,mataÅ o` me,nwn u evn evmoi. kavgw. evn auvtw/| ou-toj v fe,rei
karpo.n polu,n w ( o[ti cwri.j evmou/ ouv du,nasqe poiei/n x ouvde,n y Å
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eva.n mh, tij z me,nh| evn evmoi,( evblh,qh aa e;xw bb w`j to. klh/ma

kai. evxhra,nqh cc kai. suna,gousin auvta. kai. eivj to. pu/r dd
ba,llousin kai. kai,etaiÅ 7 eva.n mei,nhte ee evn evmoi. kai. ta.
r`h,mata ff mou evn u`mi/n mei,nh|gg ( o] eva.n hh qe,lhte ii aivth,sasqe jj (
kai. genh,setai kk u`mi/nÅ 8 evn tou,tw| evdoxa,sqh ll o` path,r mou(
i[na karpo.n polu.n fe,rhte mm kai. ge,nhsqe nn evmoi. maqhtai,oo Å
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kaqw.j hvga,phse,n pp me o` path,r( kavgw. u`ma/j hvga,phsa qq \
mei,nate rr evn th/| avga,ph| th/| evmh/|Å 10 eva.n ta.j evntola,j mou
thrh,shte ss ( menei/te tt evn th/| avga,ph| mou( kaqw.j evgw. ta.j
evntola.j tou/ patro,j mou teth,rhka uu kai. me,nw auvtou/ evn th/|
avga,ph|Å 11 Tau/ta lela,lhka u`mi/n i[na h` cara. h` evmh. evn
u`mi/n h=| vv kai. h` cara. u`mw/n plhrwqh/|Å 12 au[th evsti.n h`
evntolh. h` evmh,( i[na avgapa/te avllh,louj kaqw.j hvga,phsa u`ma/jÅ
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mei,zona ww tau,thj avga,phn ouvdei.j e;cei( i[na tij th.n

yuch.n auvtou/ qh/| xx u`pe.r tw/n fi,lwn auvtou/Å 14 u`mei/j fi,loi
mou, evste eva.n poih/te a] evgw. evnte,llomai u`mi/nÅ 15 ouvke,ti
le,gw u`ma/j dou,louj( o[ti o` dou/loj ouvk oi=den yy ti, poiei/
auvtou/ o` ku,rioj\ u`ma/j de. ei;rhka zz fi,louj( o[ti pa,nta a]
h;kousa aaa para. tou/ patro,j mou evgnw,risa bbb u`mi/nÅ
a all, every
b pron. – me (1SD)
c participle – bearing
d fruit
e vb. – fr. ai;rw “I take up, take away
f adj. – greater, more
g vb. – he may bear
h adv. – already
i pron. – you (2NP)
j relative pron. – which (MSA)
k vb. – I have spoken
l pron. – you (2PD)
m vb. – remain (command)
n kai + egw
o infinitive – to bear
p pron. - itself
q vb. – he/she/it may remain
r conj. – so, likewise, in the same way
s ou + de
t vb. – you are remaining

u participle – remaining
v pron. – this one
w adj. – many, much
x infinitive – to do/make
y pron. – nothing
z pron. – someone (MSN)
aa vb. – he/she/it will be thrown
bb adv. – outside
cc vb. – he/she/it will dry up, be withered
dd fire
ee vb. – you remain
ff words
gg vb. – he/she/it may remain
hh o[ (which) + ean = whatever
ii vb. – you will/wish
jj vb. – (you) ask (command)
kk vb. – he/she/it will be
ll vb. – he/she/it is glorified
mm vb. – you may bear
nn vb. – you may be
oo disciples
pp vb. – he/she/it loved
qq vb. – I loved
rr vb. – (you) remain (command)
ss vb. – you may keep
tt vb. – you will remain
uu vb. – I keep
vv vb. – Subjunctive form of eimi “it may be”
ww adj. – fsa greater than
xx
vb. – he lays down
yy vb. – he knows
zz vb. – I said, I called
aaa vb. – past tense of akouw
bbb vb. – I have made known