Monday, November 28, 2011

Matthew 5:3

"Happy are the poor, through the wind, because from them is the realm of upward vision."  Holy Wind Living Breath New Testament (HWLB) not only has fresh, literal language, but also provides alternative (and very literal) prepositions in many familiar passages.  Where the ENT translation follows most versions with the phrase "for theirs is"; HWLB has "because from them".  This literal translation makes clear that the realm of upward vision is not only a possession of the poor, but also that the poor are the source of this new realm.  The deep sense of joy stems, not from the poverty, but from the realization that the poor are the place for the birth of a new vision of human society.

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