전치사 ‘알’(על) 구문의 번역에 대한 고찰 -왕하 23:29와 대하 17:1하의 경우- (Inquiry into the Translation of the Sentence with the Preposition על: in 2Kings 23:29 and 2Chronicles 17:1b)

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초록

This paper reconsiders the appropriateness of translating the preposition על shown in 2 Kings 23:29 and 2 Chronicles 17:1. Many Bible Versions present the translations of each text incompatible with each other in their content. This can be ascribed to the contradictory understanding of the preposition על. It was already in the early translations that the preposition על was translated in a hostile meaning when it was used with the verb תעל in 2 Kings 23:29. But with the discovery of Babylonian Chronicle in the twenties century, the phrase תעל with תל became translated in the opposite meaning respectively, with the history of background of 23:29 being revealed. It showed that Paraoh-necho king of Egypt went up to the aid of the king of Assyria to the river Euprates, not against him. Considering it historically, the modified translation is correct. But can the translation influenced by the historical knowledge be considered adequate?
Translation is to reproduce text as close as possible to the original. Therefore it should be avoided to translate the text according to the historical facts. The intention that the author wants to include should be figured out first for the translation close to the original text. In the text 2 Kings 23 the author puts more emphasis on the report of the death of Josia, not on that of the precise historical fact in the context containing 2 Kings 23:29. Therefore, considering the context the preposition עלת corresponding to this phrase should be translated in the neutral meaning. I am to propose that it be more adequate to translate the corresponding phrase as just going up to the river Euphrates not as going up against or to the aid of the king of Assyria. Such translations are already shown in other modern translations.
However there is an assertion that the preposition על should be replaced by אל for such kinds of translation. But this seems not necessary because there are many usages using על together with אל in the Bible in order to present the same meaning.
Then is there no possibility of the preposition על being translated in a more positive meaning? 2 Chronicles 17:1b shows the possibility that the preposition על can be translated in a positive meaning when used along with the verb with which it is used. The hithpael of the verb תןק is often used with the preposition על. In this case, it can never be translated in a negative meaning.
For this very reason, the meaning of the preposition על should be comprehended in a larger context and translated giving attention to the subordinate verb.

영어초록

This paper reconsiders the appropriateness of translating the preposition על shown in 2 Kings 23:29 and 2 Chronicles 17:1. Many Bible Versions present the translations of each text incompatible with each other in their content. This can be ascribed to the contradictory understanding of the preposition על. It was already in the early translations that the preposition על was translated in a hostile meaning when it was used with the verb תעל in 2 Kings 23:29. But with the discovery of Babylonian Chronicle in the twenties century, the phrase תעל with תל became translated in the opposite meaning respectively, with the history of background of 23:29 being revealed. It showed that Paraoh-necho king of Egypt went up to the aid of the king of Assyria to the river Euprates, not against him. Considering it historically, the modified translation is correct. But can the translation influenced by the historical knowledge be considered adequate?
Translation is to reproduce text as close as possible to the original. Therefore it should be avoided to translate the text according to the historical facts. The intention that the author wants to include should be figured out first for the translation close to the original text. In the text 2 Kings 23 the author puts more emphasis on the report of the death of Josia, not on that of the precise historical fact in the context containing 2 Kings 23:29. Therefore, considering the context the preposition עלת corresponding to this phrase should be translated in the neutral meaning. I am to propose that it be more adequate to translate the corresponding phrase as just going up to the river Euphrates not as going up against or to the aid of the king of Assyria. Such translations are already shown in other modern translations.
However there is an assertion that the preposition על should be replaced by אל for such kinds of translation. But this seems not necessary because there are many usages using על together with אל in the Bible in order to present the same meaning.
Then is there no possibility of the preposition על being translated in a more positive meaning? 2 Chronicles 17:1b shows the possibility that the preposition על can be translated in a positive meaning when used along with the verb with which it is used. The hithpael of the verb תןק is often used with the preposition על. In this case, it can never be translated in a negative meaning.
For this very reason, the meaning of the preposition על should be comprehended in a larger context and translated giving attention to the subordinate verb.

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