{"id":12233,"date":"2024-05-31T09:01:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T09:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=12233"},"modified":"2024-05-31T09:01:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T09:01:47","slug":"people-are-just-finding-out-part-of-the-lords-prayer-has-been-mistranslated-for-centuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=12233","title":{"rendered":"People are just finding out part of the Lord’s Prayer has been mistranslated for centuries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You might expect the translation of the most notable Christian prayer to be exact, but one word in the original text is up for debate<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Many theists and students of theology are well aware of potential mistranslations in holy books across the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Given how long ago\u00a0books<\/a>\u00a0such as the\u00a0Christian<\/a>\u00a0Bible, the Torah, and the Quran were originally written, it\u2019s not shocking that certain things have gotten lost in translation as thousands of years have gone by.<\/p>\n

However, you would probably think the more common phrases, passages, and prayers would be pretty accurate, given how prominently used they can sometimes be. That\u2019s why many are shocked to learn that one of the most famous and frequently used prayers in all of Christianity is actually mistranslated.<\/p>\n

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The original Christian Bible was written in Greek, and has been translated thousands of times. (pexels\/Tima Miroshnichenko)<\/cite><\/div>\n

I’m talking about The Lord\u2019s Prayer, commonly known as the Our Father, which is one of the first prayers you learn in the church of Christianity and is believed to be originally taught by\u00a0Jesus Christ<\/a>\u00a0himself.<\/p>\n

The thing is, as many of us know, the origins of Christianity were not written or spoken in English but rather in Greek and Latin.<\/p>\n

And, when looking at the original Greek writing, one\u00a0Redditor<\/a>\u00a0mentioned that something rather significant was mistranslated.<\/p>\n

Instead of the modern English interpretation, which reads, ‘Give us today our daily\u00a0bread<\/a>‘ or something similar, the original Greek text reads something more akin to, ‘Give us today our epiousion bread’ instead.<\/p>\n

The word epiousion is one without a clear meaning in English, making it difficult to translate practically as is. However, many believe the term\u2019s translation is far from that of the word daily, which takes its place in the English version of the prayer.<\/p>\n

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The Lord’s Prayer is one of the best known in Christianity. (Getty Stock Photo)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Rather, many people – including the Redditor who brought the topic up – believe that epiousion means ‘supersubstantial’, a word to describe something as either heavenly or generally transcendent.<\/p>\n

While many were amazed to learn this fact, others were deeply confused as to what the prayer – both its modern iteration and its original – truly means with this additional context.<\/p>\n

One commenter noted that they believe they have a better translation in mind for what the original Greek text was attempting to get across.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpiritual bread – spiritual nourishment,\u201d the Redditor suggested, \u201cWhy would they choose to translate it as \u2018daily\u2019 instead of \u2018spiritual\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, another commenter posed an oppositional point of view, saying that ‘epiousion’ being translated into ‘daily’ makes sense in certain contexts.<\/p>\n

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The Lord’s Prayer is among the most common prayers in Christianity. (pexels\/Pixabay)<\/cite><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing how often ambiguity arises,\u201d the commenter says, \u201cThe word in question can be translated as \u2018spiritual\u2019, to kind of mean ethereal, omnipresent, ever-present.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut a term like \u2018ever-present\u2019 can also be applied slightly differently to kind of mean always, constant, or daily.\u201d<\/p>\n

Generally speaking, many are not surprised by the mistranslation, given how much time has passed since the words were initially penned. Furthermore, given that the word epiousion has a meaning that remains difficult to pin down to this very day, some question whether or not it is truly a mistranslation after all.<\/p>\n

Another commenter pondered this point itself, saying: \u201cYou can’t say something is mistranslated if no one knows for sure what the word means, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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