Nicholas ([info]nhw) wrote,
@ 2006-12-25 09:30:00
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Luke 2:1-14 - Δοξα εν υψιστοις θεω, και επι γης ειρηνη εν ανθρωποις ευδοκιας
εγενετο δε εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις εξηλθεν δογμα παρα καισαρος αυγουστου απογραφεσθαι πασαν την οικουμενην
    αυτη απογραφη πρωτη εγενετο ηγεμονευοντος της συριας κυρηνιου
    και επορευοντο παντες απογραφεσθαι εκαστος εις την εαυτου πολιν
    ανεβη δε και ιωσηφ απο της γαλιλαιας εκ πολεως ναζαρεθ εις την ιουδαιαν εις πολιν δαυιδ ητις καλειται βηθλεεμ δια το ειναι αυτον εξ οικου και πατριας δαυιδ
    απογραψασθαι συν μαριαμ τη εμνηστευμενη αυτω ουση εγκυω
    εγενετο δε εν τω ειναι αυτους εκει επλησθησαν αι ημεραι του τεκειν αυτην
    και ετεκεν τον υιον αυτης τον πρωτοτοκον και εσπαργανωσεν αυτον και ανεκλινεν αυτον εν φατνη διοτι ουκ ην αυτοις τοπος εν τω καταλυματι
    και ποιμενες ησαν εν τη χωρα τη αυτη αγραυλουντες και φυλασσοντες φυλακας της νυκτος επι την ποιμνην αυτων
    και αγγελος κυριου επεστη αυτοις και δοξα κυριου περιελαμψεν αυτους και εφοβηθησαν φοβον μεγαν
    και ειπεν αυτοις ο αγγελος μη φοβεισθε ιδου γαρ ευαγγελιζομαι υμιν χαραν μεγαλην ητις εσται παντι τω λαω
    οτι ετεχθη υμιν σημερον σωτηρ ος εστιν χριστος κυριος εν πολει δαυιδ
    και τουτο υμιν το σημειον ευρησετε βρεφος εσπαργανωμενον και κειμενον εν φατνη
    και εξαιφνης εγενετο συν τω αγγελω πληθος στρατιας ουρανιου αινουντων τον θεον και λεγοντων
    δοξα εν υψιστοις θεω και επι γης ειρηνη εν ανθρωποις ευδοκιας

(Thanks to [info]tnh for inspiring me.)


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[info]alexmc
2006-12-25 08:52 am UTC (link)
Sorry, I can just about read it out phonetically but that is as far as I go. greek orthodox does Christmas far better than C of E. :-)

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[info]nhw
2006-12-25 09:24 am UTC (link)
Well, Papist that I am, I wouldn't know about how the C of E does it!!!

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[info]alexmc
2006-12-25 09:28 am UTC (link)
[schoolboy taunt]
"My pontiff wears sillier clothes than your pontiff"

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[info]saare_snowqueen
2006-12-25 10:21 am UTC (link)
efcharisto para poli!

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[info]sciamanna
2006-12-25 10:47 am UTC (link)
Well, knowing the context, I can kind of follow what's going on :-) It's the fascinating thing about Greek, how many words have made into Italian and English (or at least the scientific jargons of both), so that I can make sense of a text without actually knowing any Greek... (And I have my childhood passion for astronomy to thank for being able to read the alphabet)

...and a happy and peaceful Christmas to you and yours too :-)

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[info]tnh
2006-12-25 11:59 am UTC (link)
Merry Christmas, Nick.

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[info]swisstone
2006-12-25 03:40 pm UTC (link)
Accents? Breathings? Not goo enough, Whyte! ;-)

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[info]swisstone
2006-12-25 03:41 pm UTC (link)
That's 'good', Keen!

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[info]nhw
2006-12-25 03:46 pm UTC (link)
Goo goo, indeed!!

Surprisingly I wasn't able to find any online versions with any diacriticals for me to cut-n-paste, and I couldn't be bothered to put them on by hand. It's Christmas after all!

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Accents and diacriticals
[info]ceemage
2006-12-25 03:49 pm UTC (link)
I don't feel that the lack of diacriticals is that critical, meself.

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[info]eimear_rose
2006-12-26 10:22 pm UTC (link)
http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~fisher/gnt/chapters.html
This one's got accents. Although I use the Nestle-Alend edition.

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[info]nhw
2006-12-27 09:57 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I tried that one but it's not easily cut-n-paste-able. I don't like specifying the font as Symbol, I prefer to use the Unicode entities - it seems neater to me.

But you're right, nothing beats the Nestle-Åland version. If I'd been feeling really keen I'd have just scanned the relevant pages.

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[info]eimear_rose
2006-12-27 12:51 pm UTC (link)
And hopefully it won't be long before this is available to us:
http://nestlealand.uni-muenster.de/
I managed to pick up my Nestle-Aland in a secondhand bookshop in Zürich just around the corner from the Grossmünster for 35CHF (bit less than £15) when I had given up hope of finding it.

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[info]nhw
2006-12-27 03:54 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, and the prototype of the digital version was on-line until August!

£14 or £15 does seem to be the going rate for a paper copy. I've had mine since I was 12.

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[info]eimear_rose
2006-12-27 04:44 pm UTC (link)
Nice. Did Rathmore offer Greek in those days, or did you study at home?

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[info]nhw
2006-12-27 04:59 pm UTC (link)
It was actually the year I lived in the Netherlands, when I should have been in second year at Rathmore; I was really interested in languages, and the eccentric Charles-James Bailey decided that the thing was for me to learn New Testament Greek, in my spare time. A really absorbing hobby which instilled respect for the Scriptures in a way that years of compulsory R.E. at Rathmore never did!

Rathmore did offer Latin in my day at least.

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