Subject: Can I express my opinion? |
Bible Note: Indeed it is always wise to seek God for wisdom and understanding. Translation or study ought to be mingled with much prayer. Isn't that what I just said in my previous post -- that "It will come as the result of a diligent search of the scriptures mingled with much prayer"? One may translate something from one language to another without having the Holy Spirit. But, normally, one cannot translate from one language to another without having STUDIED the language. (I hardly think anyone made a formal translation of the Bible from Greek into English by using the gift of tongues. Only if I observed this phenomenon would I even consider it possible.) Nothing wrong with looking to know if folks are filled with the Spirit. But if the subject is Bible translators, we ought also to be looking at their qualifications and credentials. Do they know and have they studied both the source and target languages? If not, they are disqualified from doing the work of a translator, even if they had prayed and spoken in tongues for the last 100 years. |