This is what we call paraphrased versions.Ī good student of the Bible will not use a paraphrase version in studying the Scripture but would go to the literal and dynamic in order to know what the author really meant. There are versions that only get’s the thought of the text or passage then rephrase it despite the absence of such word or words in the original. So the more accurate translation is “batang lalaki.”Īs much as possible, the translator would like to bring across the text to the modern-day recipients as literal as possible but they could not do that always. This is because we do not have a one word to describe the “boy” without making them understand that we are referring to a young male or female. If you will noticed that in our literal Tagalog Version the word “bata” is a general term without any gender while in the English they rendered it accurately. This would surely produced awkward English or Tagalog.Īnd Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the BOY was healed instantly.Īt pinagwikaan siya ni Jesus at ang demonio ay lumabas sa kaniya: at ang BATA’Y gumaling mula nang oras ding yaon. In translation, many times it is difficult to make sense of a Hebrew or Greek phrase if the translator would render it word-for-word without incorporating prepositions, verbs, or additional terms. According to the Philippine Bible Society, “the Pinoy Version is a faithful translation employing the method of dynamic equivalence, also used in other meaning-based translations such as the Magandang Balita Biblia (MBB), Good News Translation (GNT), and Contemporary English Version (CEV).” (1) Anicia del Corro, PBS’s Translation Consultant.
There are many young Filipino believers who are now made aware of this new Filipino Bible translation introduced today by the Philippine Bible Society (PBS) as “Pinoy Version” translated by a group of respected Filipino Bible translators under the care of Dr.
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