Chap. I. 1. =aíkklêsjôn=; dat., the guverning vb. being
omitted.--=þizai wisandein=; agrees with =aíkklêsjôn=. 2. =Iêsu=;
for =Iêsua= which, together with =Xristau=, is in apposition with
=fraujin=. 3. =þiuþiþs=; sc. =sijai=: _blessed be_.--=jah= (καί);
here emfatic: _(who is) even_. 4. =gaþrafstida...gaþrafstidai
sijum=; we should have expected the prs., because the statement
does not refer to any particular consolations, but is a statement
of 'general truth'.--=weis=; emfatic (S., 2, n. 1).--=in allaim
aglôn=; a prepositional frase, with the art., uzed as sb. (S.,
68, (2)).--=þizaiei=; instr. dat. guvernd by =gaþrafstidai=. 5.
=swaswê...swa jah=, _as ... so also_; the second =jah= may remain
untranslated, or the first =jah= may be rendered by '_the same_'
(=jah þaírh Xristu=, _by the same Christ_), and the second by
_also_.--=ufar filu ist=, _is beyond much_, i. e. _abounds_. 6.
=aþþan=, _but_.--=jaþþê þr., in...; jaþþe gaþr., in...=, _whether we
ar afflicted, (it is) because of ..., or whether we ar cumforted,
(it is) because of_. 7. =swaswê...jah=, _as (so) also_.--=waírþiþ=;
added by the translator: _ye shal be_ (lit. _becum_, sc. =gadailans=,
_partakers_, with the gen. S., 20; and cp. 26). 8. =izwis
unweisans= (sc. =wisan=); acc. and inf. depending on =wileima= (S.,
112).--=brôþrjus= (before which we should put a comma); voc.--=uns=;
dat. of interest (S., 47).--=ufarassau=; instr. dat. of manner (S.,
52, (6)).--=ufar maht= (acc. Gr., 102), _abuv strength_; cp. verse
5.--=swaswê skamaidêdeima uns= (refl. acc. S., 16, n. 1); opt. in a
consecutiv clause (S., 97, b): _so that we wer ashamed_.[107]--=jah=,
_even_. 9. =akei silbans in uns silbam andahaft dauþaus habaidêdum=,
_but we ourselvs had the answer of deth in ourselvs_, i. e. (according
to de Wette.--Bernhardt's large edition, p. 415) _the question,
whether I should escape deth, I answerd negativly_.--=sijaima=; final
opt. (S., 96, a, β). 10. =izei=; rel. prn. (= =saei=. Gr., 157, n.
3).--=dauþum=, _deths_, i. e. _dangers of deth_.--=galauseiþ= (not
for ῥύεται. Bernhardt, p. 415) =...galauseiþ=; both for the Grk. fut.
(S., 86, (3)). 11. =at hilpandam jah izwis=; dat. abs. introduced by
=at= (S., 119): _as ye also ar helping_.--=bidai=; instr. dat. (S.,
52, (2)).--=bi=; w. acc., _for_ (= ὑπερ w. gen., as in Mt., 44).--=in
managamma andwaírþja=, _in (= before) a great presence_, i. e. _before
many persons_.--=ei sô in uns giba awiliudodau= (3d pers. sg. prs.
opt. pass. Gr., 189, d), _that for the gift (bestowd) on us thanks
be givn_, lit.: _that the gift (bestowd) on us be praizd_.--=þaírh
managans=, _by many_.--=faúr uns=, _on our behalf_. 12. =þatei=;
conj., _that_.--=usmeitum=; =ei= for =ê= (Gr., 7, n. 2).--=iþ
ufarassau= (instr. dat. of manner. S., 52, (6)), _and more abundantly_
(περισσοτέρως δὲ), _and beyond mezure_. 13. =alja=; acc. pl. n. of
=aljis= (Gr., 125), here uzed substantivly.--=alja= (the second);
conj., _except_. 14. =unsara=; sc. =sijuþ ƕôftuli=. 15. =þizai= (dem.
prn.) =trauainai=; instr. dat. of manner (S., 52, (6)).--=habaidêdeiþ=;
prt. opt. (Gr., 192) in a final clause (S., 96, b). 16. =gasandjan mik=
(an activ vb. with a refl. acc., for a pass. vb. in Grk. (S., 16)): _to
return_. 17. =þatuþ-þan=; for =þata-uh-þan=, _and this_.--=ibai auftô=,
_perhaps_ (a negativ answer being expected).--=leihtis=; gen. guvernd
by =brûhta= (S., 25).--=aíþþau þatei= (rel. prn.) =mitô bi leika
þagkjau=, _or do I purpose that which I think according to the flesh?_
There is a notewurthy change of mood in this and other dubl questions
(S., 91).--=þata ja ja jah þata nê nê= (advs. w. the art. uzed
substantivly. S., 68, (2)), _the yea, yea and the nay, nay?_ i. e. _now
yea, now nay?_ 18. =aþþan triggws guþ=, an ellipsis: _but (as) God (is)
tru, [so tru it is]_. 19. =nih=; for =ni-h=, the =-h= (= =uh=) being
intensiv.--=warþ=; here the same as =was=. 20. =ƕaiwa managa gahaita
guþs, ín imma=, _as many promises of God, [they ar] in him_, i. e.
_all promises of God ar in him_ (= _Christ_).--=duþþê= (for =du-uh-þê=.
Gr., 62, n. 3), _to that, for that, therefore_. 21. =guþ=; sc. =ist=.
22. =wadi=; predicate acc. (S., 18), _as a pledge_. 23. =weitwôd=;
like =wadi=, pred. acc.--=izwara=; gen. guvernd by =freidjands= (S.,
26). 24. =izwarai galaubeinai=; dat. guvernd by =fraujinôma= (S., 38;
cp. also 52, (3), n.)--=anstais=, _joy_, but probably for χάριτος (not
χαρᾶς), which is found in sum manuscripts.--=galaubeinai=; loc. dat.
(S., 53, 1, b), after =gastôþuþ=, for which we might expect the pres.
(S., 86, 4).
Chap. II. 1. =gastauida=; prt. of =gastôjan= (Gr., 186).--=at=,
_with_.--=qimau=; opt. in an obj. clause expressing possibility (S.,
92).--=at=, _to_. 2. =gailjai=; opt. in a rel. clause expressing result
(S., 99, a).--=sa=; art.--=gáurida=; nom. sg. m. of the weak pp. (Gr.,
134).--=us=, _by_. 3. =jaþ=; for =jah= (Gr., 62, n. 3).--=izwis=; dat.
of the indir. obj. after =gamêlida= (S., 37).--=habau=; prs. opt. in
a final clause after a prt. in the leading proposition (S., 96, a,
β).--=fram þaimei= (its antecedent being omitted. S., 70, n. 1; and
72); loc. dat. guvernd by =faginôn= (S., 53, 1, b).--=allaizê= (uzed
substantivly) =izwara= (pers. prn. in the gen. pl. Gr., 150); sc.
=fahêþs=, _the joy of all of you_ (S., 82). 4. =aþþan= (γάρ; so in the
epistls only), _for_.--=þaírh=, _with_; expresses the situation of the
subj.--=ni þêei= (prop. instr. of the rel. prn. Gr., 157, n. 1); conj.
_not that_.--=ufarassau=; see I, 8. 5. =ƕas=; indef. prn. (Gr., 162,
n. 2).--=bi sumata, ei ni anakaúrjau, allans izwis=, _in sum mezure,
that I may not overcharge (him) you all_. 6. =þamma swaleikamma= (the
dat. being guvernd by =ganah=, which uzually takes the acc. S., 42,
n.); uzed substantivly (S., 68, (1), a, α).--=andabêt= (=ê= for =ei=.
Gr., 17, n. 1).--=managizam=; compar. (Gr., 132, n. 4; 135; 136),
where we uze the positiv: _many_. 7. =swaei..izwis..fragiban jag= (=g=
for =h=. Gr., 62, n. 3) =gaþláihan=; acc. with the inf. introduced by
=swaei= to express result (S., 115; cp. Mk. IV, 1).--=þata andaneiþô=;
adverbial acc. (S., 15, (2), n. 2): _contrariwise_.--=managizein=
(weak compar. adj. fem. Gr., 132, n. 4) =saúrgai=; instr. dat. of
cause (S., 52, 5; cp. also 53, n. 1).--=sa swaleiks= (for its strong
inflection, see Gr., 161), _such a one_. 8. =inuþ= (for =in-uh=, i.
e. =-uh= attacht to the prep. =in=, which is here uzed with the gen.:
_because of_. The prep. =inuh= or =inu= means _without_) =þis=, _on
this account, therefore_.--=in imma=; for εὶς αὐτόν. 9. =sijaidu= (for
=sijaiþ-u=. Gr., 74, n. 1); opt. in an indir. question depending on
=ufkunnau=, and introduced by the interr. particl =-u= (S., 95, a, β).
10. =aþþan=; here for δέ; cp. 4.--=ƕa=; here indef. prn.; see Mt. V,
23.--=jah ik=, _[to him] I [forgiv] also_.--=jah þan ik ...fragaf= (in
both cases for the Grk. perf.), _for I hav alredy forgivn_.--=jabai ƕa=
(indef.) =fragaf=, _if I hav forgivn anything_. 11. =gaáiginôndau=;
1st pers. pl. prs. opt. (in a final clause. S., 96, a, α) pass. (Gr.,
189, d).--=munins=; gen. after =unwitandans= (S., 23).--=is=; pers.
prn. for the poss. prn. (S., 62). 12. =aþþan=; for δέ.--=qimands in
Trauadai=; see Mt. V, 20.--=at haúrdai uslukanai=; dat. abs. with =at=
(S., 120).--=mis=; dat. of interest (S., 47). 13. =ahmin meinamma=;
loc. dat. (S., 53, (1), c).--=in þammei= (for =þamma ei=. Gr., 4,
n.), _in that_ (Gr., 157), _because_.--=im=; abl. dat., guvernd by
=twisstandands= (S., 54). 15. =dauns wôþi=; for εὐωδία. 16. =us=,
_of_.--=jad=; for =jah= (Gr., 62, n. 3). 17. =sium=; for =sijum= (Gr.,
10, n. 4; 204, n. 1).
Chap. III. 1. =anafilhis=; adnominal gen. after =bôkô= (S.,
20).--=bôkô=; abl. gen. guvernd by =þaúrbum=. 2. =siuþ=; = =sijuþ=;
see II, 17.--=gamêlida ..kunþa..anakunnaida=; pps. agreeing with
=aípistaúlê= (Gr., 134). 3. =swikunþai þatei, siuþ=, etc., _forasmuch
as ye ar known [to be]_, etc. B has =swikunþ=: _It is manifest that
ye ar_.--=swartiza..ahmin=; instr. dats. (S., 52, (2)). 5. =ƕa=;
indef. prn. 6. =izei=; rel. prn. (Gr., 157, n. 3).--=brâhta=, with two
accs. (S., 18): _made_. 7. =swaei mahtêdeina= (Gr., 201); consecutiv
clause (S., 97, b).--=þis gataúrnandins=; belongs to =wulþaus=, not
to the adnominal gen. =wlitis=. 8. =waírþai=; potential opt. in a
dir. question (S., 91, (3)). 9. =andbahtja=; dat. of possession, the
vb. being understood: _For if there be glory to the ministration of_,
etc. 11. =þaírh=; denotes here, as in II, 4, a state or condition. 12.
=managaizôs balþeins=; gen. guvernd by =brûkjaima= (S., 25), hort. opt.
(S., 91, (2)). 13. =jan=; for =jah= (Gr., 62, n. 3).--=duþê= (i. e.
=du= + the instr. case of =þata=. Gr., 153. S., 51) =ei= (Gr., 157),
_'to that that', for the purpose that, in order that_, with a final
opt. (S., 96, b).--=gataúrnandins=; gen. sg. of the weak pp. (Gr.,
134) uzed substantivly (S., 68, (4)): _of the vanishing (glory)_. 14.
=wisiþ=, _remains_. 16. =gawandeiþ= (intr. S., 16, n. 2); its subj.
is =haírtô izê=, to be supplied from the preceding verse. 18. =þô
samôn frisaht=; this acc., with a pass. vb., is an imitation of the
corresponding Greek passage: τήν αὐτὴν εἰκόνα μεταμορφούμεθα, _we ar
changed into the same image_ (S., 17 and 18, n. 4, where this passage
ought to hav been explaind).
Chap. IV. 1. =gaarmaida waúrþum= (for the Grk. aor. pass. S., 87,
(4), c), _wer pitied, receivd mercy_.--=ni waírþaima=; hort. opt.
(for the ind. in A).--=usgrudjans=; only weak (Gr., 132, n. 2). 2.
=þaim analaugnjam= (adj. uzed as sb. S., 68, (1)); abl. dat. guvernd
by =afstôþum= (S., 54,(1)).--=galiug= (pred. acc. S., 18) =taujandans
waúrd guþs=, _falsifying the word of God_, lit.: _making the word of
God a lie_.--=baírhtein=; instr. dat. (S., 52, (2)). 4. =ei ni liuhtjai
im liuhadeins=. Like Bernhardt, I am in favor of =liuhadeins= (gen. as
subj. S., 25, n. 2); cp. =ni was im rûmis= in Lu. II, 7. Sum editors
(cp. Gr., 113, n. 2) prefer =liuhadein= (in B). Bernhardt remarks that
=liuhadein= may 'allenfalls' be explaind as an acc.: 'damit er ihnen
nicht leuchten lasse das licht'. But it may also pass as instrumental
dat.: 'damit er ihnen nicht leuchte vermöge des lichtes', _lest ther
be any light to them thru the light_, etc. Cp. similar instr. dativs
in Mk. V, 42; Lu. II, 8. 9. 5. =aþþan=, _for_; see II, 4. 6.--=uns=;
external obj. after =mêrjam=.--=skalkans izwarans=; pred. acc. (S.,
18). 6. =untê guþ=; sc. =ist=: _for it is God who_, etc.--=ur-=; for
=us= (Gr., 78, n. 4).--=liuhaþ skeinan=; acc. and inf. depending on
=qaþ= (S., 112).--=saei jah=, _and who_. 7. =aþþan=, _but_. 11. =in
dauþu=; depends on =atgibanda=. 12. =swaei nu= (for ὥστε), _therefore_.
13. =gamêlidin=; dat. of the pp. n. (Gr., 134) uzed substantivly (S.,
68, (4)). 14. =jah=, _also_.--=urraiseiþ...faúragasatjiþ=; for the Grk.
fut. (S., 86, (3)). 15. =þatuh= (for the art. =þata= and the intensiv
particl =-uh=), immediately followd by =þan=, =allata= being uzed
substantivly (S., 82, (1), a): _for all (the) things_.--=managizans=,
_more_; we uze the positiv: _several, many_ (see II, 6).--=ufarassjai=;
trans., its obj. being =awiliud=.--=guþa=; dat. after a sb. (for
the Grk. gen. S., 34; and 35, n. 2): _for God_, i. e. _of God_.
16. =inuh= (for =in-uh=; see II, 8) =þis=, _because of this, for
this reason_.--=ak þáuhjabai= (for ἀλλ' εἰ καί), _but even if, but
tho_.--=aíþþau=, _yet_ (cp. S., 102, b).--=daga jah daga=; loc. dat.
of time (S., 53, (2)). 17. =þata andwaírþô= (adv.) =ƕeilaƕaírb jah
leiht= (for τὸ παραυτίκα πρόσκαιρον καὶ ἐλαφρόν), _that (which is) at
present_, etc., the two uninflected adjs. being uzed substantivly,
with an adnominal gen., =aglôns unsaraizôs=.--=waúrkjada=; the pass.
for the Grk. midl, with the pred. nom. (S., 18, n. 4) =kaúrei=. 18.
=faírweitjandam=, sc. =unsis=; dat. abs. (S., 119), or the ptc. is
simply in apposition with the preceding dat. =unsis=.--=þizei= (=ei=
for =ê=. Gr., 7, n. 2); gen. pl. of the art. before the following two
ptcs. (Gr., 134) uzed substantivly (S., 68, n. 4).
Chap. V. 1. =þatei=; repeated after the protasis in the form of
=ei=.--=jabai=; with the ind., for ἐάν with the subj. (S., 102; cp.
also 100, n.). 2. =ufarhamôn=; uzed reflexivly (for the Grk. midl. S.,
16, n. 3), and with the instr., =bauainai unsarai þizai= (S., 52, (2),
b). 3. =jabai swêþáuh jah=, _if even tho_.--=gawasidai=; the pass. for
the Grk. midl; cp. the preceding verse. 4. =ana þammei= (for =þamma
ei=), _over that that, for the reason that_.--=afhamôn..anahamôn=;
for the Grk. midl; cp. verse 2. 5. =jah=; a strange addition in
the Gothic text. Perhaps it is ment to connect =gamanwida=, etc.,
with what it is said in the preceding verses to cum from God (or
heven), then the second =jah= means _also_; or =jah..jah= = _both ...
and_.--=guþ=; sc. =ist=.--=wadi ahman=; the latter is the external
obj. of =gaf=, the former predicate acc. (S., 18; cp. also n. 1). 8.
=mais=, _rather_.--=anahaimjaim wisan= (for ἐνδημῆσαι). Gabelentz and
Loebe and Uppström explain the dat. =anahaimjaim= as being due to
=unsis= understood with =waljam=. 9. =inuh=; see IV, 16.--=imma=; dat.
guvernd by =galeikan= (S., 42), the obj. of =usdaudjam= (S., 109).
10. =skuldai sijum=, _we ar owing, we must_.--=þô swêsôna leikis=,
_the body's own, the bodily things_, i. e. _the things which the
body deservs_.--=afar þaimei=; for =afar þaim þôei= (by attraction.
S., 71. Cp. the reverse attraction in Grk. πρός ἅ). 11. =swikunþans=
(pred. adj.) =wisan uns= (subj.); acc. with the inf. (in Grk. the
inf. alone) after =wênja= (S., 112). 12. =ni ei=, _not that, not as
if_.--=uskannjaima=; final opt. (S., 96, a).--=ƕôftuljôs=; adnominal
gen. after =lêw= (S., 20).--=fram=, _concerning, for, on behalf of_
(cp. Mk. I, 44; Lu. II, 24). 13. =guþa..izwis=; dats. of interest
(S., 47): _(it is) for God ... (it is) for you_. 15. =þata=; dem.
prn.--=þatei=; conj., _that_.--=sis silbam...sik=; refers to the subj.
of the dependent clause, =þai libandans= (S., 60).--=þamma gaswiltandin
jah urreisandin=; like the preceding =sis=, dats. of advantage (S.,
36, (4)), the prsp. rendering the Grk. aor. ptc. (S., 117). 16. =swaei
kunnum=; a consecutiv clause, the vb. being in the ind. (cp. S., 97 and
89).--=fram þamma nu=, lit. _from the now_ (=nu= with the art. being
uzed substantivly. S., 68, 2), i. e. _henseforth_.--=ni ainnôhun=;
indef. prn. (Gr., 163, c).--=ni..ai=; the two negativs strengthen the
negation (never make an affirmativ in Goth.) 17. =ƕô= (indef. prn.
f. Gr., 159, n. 3); agrees with =gaskafts=, and is uzed adjectivly
(we might hav expected =ƕas=: _if any man (be) in Christ, he (is) a
new creature_).--=þô alþjôna= (the n. adj. uzed as sb. S., 68, (1))
=usliþun= (apodosis), _the old things past away_.--=niuja= (nom. pl. n.
Gr., 126); pred. adj. agreeing with =alla= uzed substantivly (S., 82,
(1)). 18. =uns= (the first), dir. obj. of =gafriþôndin=.--=sis=; indir.
obj. (S., 43).--=uns= (the second); dat. 19. =untê swêþauh= (seems
to stand for 'quoniam quidem' of the Lt. manuscripts.--Bernhardt),
_because indeed_.--=im..izê=, _to them ... their_, referring to
_mankind, world_. 20. =at guþa gaþlaíhandin=; dat. abs. introduced by
=at= (S., 120).--=guþa=; dat. after =gagawaírþnan= (cp. =sis= in verse
18). 21. =þana= (dem. prn.) =izei= (rel. prn. Gr., 157, n. 3) =kunþa=
(prt. of =kunnan=. Gr., 199, (4)); for τὸν γνόντα.--=gatawida=; with
an external obj., =þana=, and a pred. acc., =frawaúrht= (S., 18).--=ei
weis waúrþeima= (final opt. S., 96, b), _that we might becum_.