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Just out of curiosity, what is the point of this article? That there is ANOTHER translation of the Bible? So what? There are thousands of translations. If I wanted to I could sit down and translate it myself and claim it as "accurate". Which is exactly why guidance is needed as to which translation is acceptable and which is not.

Aramaic, which is the language that Christ spoke is a more modern version of ancient Hebrew. Both languages are "mystic" languages in which words have various meanings depending on the context in which they are used. As our understanding of those languages matures, certainly there will be changes in translations. But that ought to be a serious scholarly project not left up to any Tom, **** or Harry. And once agreement has been reached as to how to translate a word, that doesn't mean, as our understanding grows, the translation can't be changed so we have more clarity.

For instance, in the commandment that states, "Thou shalt not kill", it ought to have been translated better. We "kill" all the time, in war, in peace, by eating animals, by euthanizing unwanted animals, in self-defense, we kill gnats and mosquitoes and flies, etc., etc. That's not what that commandment is all about, and so it should have been translated as "Thou should not MURDER." Puts a whole different spin on the subject, doesn't it? Actually, in German that is what the commandment says, whereas in English, for some unknown reason which may have been as simple as the rhythm of the language, the chosen word was "kill", which leaves the commandment quite unclear. Such is the nature of language.

And as we learn more, especially about the mystical languages which are more "foggy" in meaning than a language such as English with more concrete meanings, the translations have to change to give more clarity as our understanding of the original language grows. But we have to be VERY CAREFUL about the translations we actually go by, since many of them are totally off the wall incorrect by any standards.