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'IB	Ellendige
hulpelose
	the poor	destitute	helpless

	Hebre-w/Greek	OAV	NAV
Acts 10:28	dt’Spi ’Ioufiaitp Jewish man	Joodse man Jewish man	Jood Jew
Galatians 3:28 (Ras 1974:28)	eXeuOepoc free man	vry man free man	vry free (person)
Isaiah 56:3,6 (Ras 1974:23)	ynx your brother	jou broer your brother	mede-Israeliet fellow-Israelite
Deuteronomy 23:7 (Ras 1974: 23)	ynx your brother	jou broer your brother	jou bloedverwant your relative

NAV substitutes the masculine/sexist terminology of OAV by neutral gender/non-sexist terminology.

	Hebrew/Greek	OAV	NAV
Leviticus 19:34 (Kerk 1986:24)	ПЯТИ native	n kind van die land a child of the land	Medeburger fellow citizen
Genesis 42:6	"т«ггЬа Е'Ьип ruler over the land	maghebber oor die land ruler over the land	beheer van Egipte Egyptian control
Romans 16:7,11 (Ras 1974:30)	той? auyyevti? poo my kinsmen	my stamgenote my tribesmen	my volksgenote my fellow-countryman
John 18:36 (Ras 1974:32)	ot inrqptTat attendants	my dienaars my servants	my onderdane my subjects

	Hebrew/Greek	OAV	NAV
Ruth 1:1 (Ras 1974:23) Leviticus 19:34 (Kerk 1986:24) 2 Samuel 4:3 (Ras 1974:23)	Ti* to sojourn П’ЯЗ ВИТЯ*, they stay there as sojourners	om as vreem deling te vertoef to sojourn as strangers was daar vreemdelinge tot vandag toe there were foreigners up to this very day	om n heenkome te soek to seek a livelihood waar hulle nou asiel het where they now enjoy asylum

Religious terminology of OAV which could be misunderstood as functioning within the political or judicial sphere is explicated by NAV.


NAV substitutes general relationship terminology of OAV with terminology, which explicates equality.

NAV deletes offensive terminology of OAV



Deuteronomy 23:8 (23:3)

(Ras 1974:23)

Proverbs 14:34 (Ras 1974:25)

Isaiah 58:8 (Kerk 1986:27)

Ephesians 4:24 (Kerk 1986:26)

Matthew 5:20 (Kerk 1986:26)

1 Corinthians 1:30 (Ras 1974:34)

Luke 10:29 (Kerk 1986:24)

Psalm 51:8 (Kerk 1986:30)

HEBREW/GREEK

rnrr Ьпрэ

in the convocation of the lord

righteousness

V^й

your righteousness

iv buraiootivT)

in righteousness

t) Sisatoouvri

righteousness

SiKatoouvn

righteousness

OLKauooai eavvbv

to show himself to be righteous

risen no»

you took pleasure in the truth

OAV vergadering van die Here congregation of the Lord geregtigheid

Justice

jou geregtigheid

your righteousness

in ware geregtigheid

in true righteousness

julle geregtigheid

your righteousness

geregtigheid

righteousness

homself regverdig

to justify himself

U het welgevalle aan waarheid You take pleasures in truth

NAV lid word van die gemeente become member of the community gehoorsaamheid aan die Here obedience to the Lord

hy wat jou red

he who saves you

volgens die wil van God According to the will of God

julle getrouheid aan die wet your adherence to the law

vryspraak

acquittal

homself handhaaf

to assert yourself

U verwag opregtheid


Jacobus A. Naudd ■ ‘ The Afrikaans bible translations
You expect honesty

Acknowledgement

(The financial assistance of the National Research Fund to make the attendance possible of the International Conference on Culture and Translation, Beijing, China, where this paper was read, is hereby acknowledged.)

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