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Re: Eternal life (and a postscript on not-so-eternal life)



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At 01:53 AM 10/18/99 -0000, someone whose name I have lost in this 
bizarre mailer wrote:
>>I'm trying to find out a way to translate the phrase "Eternal 
life". The
>>context is that of a bibical one. ie, Through me you will have 
eternal
>>life.

jIHmo' bIjubchoH.

Whenever you see "have" or "get" in an English sentence, and the object 
is not something that can be used to fuel a matter-antimatter reaction, 
question whether the Klingon translation need have anything to do with 
possession.
-----
Qov 

HIja', jupwI': jIjubbe' 'a jIyIntaH.  QIt puvwI' ghojmoHwI' jImojlI'. nIS 
muD Dotlh, nIS ghIQtaHbogh ghojmoHwI'pu', nIS mulbogh Dujmey, 
nIS qun jay'.  'ach not jIjegh.  muHoSghajmoH muHoHbe'bogh 
wanI'mey.

wa' wanI' Do'Ha' vIja' vIneH.  naDev vaghHu' paw'mo' cha' puvbogh 
Dujmey  Hegh loS nuv: ghojwI' qup, ghojmoHwI' qup, HoD Qan, 
raQpo' Qan je.  puvwI' yejHaDwIjvo' puv ghojmoHwI' ghojwI' je.  
yejHaDDaq loStaH ghojwI' vav, 'ach not chegh puqloDDaj. not 
cheghqa' DaH 'e' Sov.

Dujvetlh'e' pIj vIlo'pu'.  cha'logh matay'taHvIS mapuvpu' 
ghojmoHwI'vetlh jIH je.  povetlh majawpu'.  Heghchaj tup, DaqwIj 
jISov.  DujDaq maHtaH, ghojmoHwI'wI' jIH je.  ghojmoHwI' 
vImojlI'mo', ghojmoHwI' vIDataH.  HurghchoHlI'mo' choS 
ghojwI'qoqwI'vaD wovwI'mey lo' vIDel.  <nIleghlaHmeH latlhpu', 
wovwI'mey tIchu', 'ach yIqaw: choS wovwI'mey ghajbe' Hoch Duj.  
DaleghmeH yIDughqu'!>  SoQvetlh ja'ta' Heghpu'bogh ghojmoHwI' 'e' 
vIHonbe'.  wamtaH San. 

mutlhejtaHvIS ghojwI'na' 'ej choS mIw vIDelchoH, ghaytan pavchoH 
ghoghwIj.   


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