Comments on: Holy Week: Tuesday http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/03/holy-week-tuesday/ A Mormon Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:12:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nan http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/03/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74754 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:48:48 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74754 Thank you for the kind acknowledgement.

You are right; the modern form is “geben”.

I was looking primarily at German-language websites which overwhelmingly spell the word “gibet”. Non-German websites are mixed, with some spelling it “giebet” but most “gibet”.

Either way, it is an archaic spelling that lends spice to the life of the translator ;-)

]]> By: Kristine http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/03/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74753 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:51:56 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74753 Nan, nope–I’ve checked three editions of the score and it’s “giebet” in all of them. I don’t know if that’s some archaic form or just an accepted poetic device to make it rhyme with “liebet.” I assume the modern form would be “gibt”, from “geben.”

Thanks for the translation!

]]> By: Nan http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/03/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74752 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:24:22 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74752 In the second verse, in the German, the last word on the 6th line is misspelled. It is “giben”, not “gieben”.

Here is a less awkward translation:

Jesus is my eternal joy,
My heart’s comfort and lifeblood.
Jesus overcomes all suffering,
He is my life’s strength,
My eyes’ desire and light,
My soul’s treasure and delight.
Therefore I will never turn from Jesus,
In my heart or in my sight.

How precious that I have Jesus,
Oh, how fast I hold to him,
Because he refreshes my heart,
When I am ill and grieving.
I have Jesus who loves me,
And gives Himself to me for my own,
Oh, therefore I will not forsake Jesus,
Even if my heart is breaking.

]]> By: Joanne http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/03/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74751 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:10:50 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74751 Thank you for the improved translation. I recently accompanied our ward choir singing this piece. I hadn’t thought about how stilted the existing language was; I was just so accustomed to it. Reading your translation was kind of like reading a Bible translation other than the KJV for the first time. Aaah.

]]> By: Times & Seasons » Holy Week v. Passover http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/03/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74750 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:05:11 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74750 [...] is trying to get everyone reved up for Holy Week over at BCC. I wish her well, but I suspect that she isn’t going to succeed on this one. There is too [...]

]]> By: Karen http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/03/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74749 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:25:09 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74749 Kristine, this is beautiful. I’ve been enjoying your holy week series so much. Thank you for emphasizing the upcoming Easter Holiday for us.

]]> By: Kevin Barney http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/03/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74748 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:35:36 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74748 Aaaah, Baaach!

]]> By: Sam MB http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/03/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74747 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:33:07 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-tuesday/#comment-74747 well done.

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