The Greek that is translated as “cup” in English is translated in Chol as vaso i yejtal bʌ wocol: “glass which is the picture of affliction.”
Wilbur Aulie (in The Bible Translator 1957, p. 109ff. ) explains: “Whatever the precise meaning of ‘cup’ may be in these verses may never be agreed upon, but in the Septuagint it is used metaphorically of adversity and divine punishment. In these verses we used a Spanish borrowing vaso ‘glass’ and added the explanatory phrase, ‘which is the picture of wocol‘. Wocol has a rather wide range of meaning, including affliction, trial, punishment, and retribution. The term vaso was preferred to copa, which is regularly used by Spanish-speaking Christians, since Chol Christians understand copa to be a small glass of intoxicating drink.”
The Hebrew, Greek, and Latin that is translated as “cup” in English is translated in Sar with “calabash” (see here ) (source: Ngarbolnan Riminan in Le Sycomore 2000, p. 20ff. ) and in Bariai with “coconut shell” (source: Bariai Back Translation)
Hand colored stencil print on momigami by Sadao Watanabe (1962). Image taken with permission from the SadaoHanga Catalogue where you can find many more images and information about Sadao Watanabe. For other images of Sadao Watanabe art works in TIPs, see here.
Following is a painting (“Jesus’ agony in the garden of Gethsemane”) by Kim Ki-chang (1913-2001):
Kim Ki-chang (pen name: Unbo) had been deaf and partially mute since the age of 7. He painted a series of 30 paintings for the “Life of Christ” cycle in 1952 during the Korean War. Kim portrayed Jesus as a seonbi / 선비, or a Joseon Period (1392-1910) gentleman scholar, wearing a gat / 갓 (hat) and dopo / 도포 (robe). For other images of Kim Ki-chang art works in TIPs, see here.
Following is a painting (“Prayer at Gethsemane”) by He Qi:
Image taken from He Qi Art . For purchasing prints of this and other artworks by He Qi go to heqiart.com . For other images of He Qi art works in TIPs, see here
Photo by NateBergin, hosted by Wikimedia Commons under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license
Stained glass is not just highly decorative, it’s a medium which has been used to express important religious messages for centuries. Literacy was not widespread in the medieval and Renaissance periods and the Church used stained glass and other artworks to teach the central beliefs of Christianity. In Gothic churches, the windows were filled with extensive narrative scenes in stained glass — like huge and colorful picture storybooks — in which worshipers could ‘read’ the stories of Christ and the saints and learn what was required for their religious salvation. (Source: Victoria and Albert Museum )
The Greek that is a transliteration from the Aramaic abba (אבא) and is itself transliterated into “Abba” in English is transliterated into Mandarin Chinese as ābà (阿爸). This is interesting because bà (爸) is the regularly-used term of endearment for “father” (“daddy”) and even the very combination of ābà (阿爸) is used in some dialects as the equivalent of “daddy.” This is exactly the meaning of the Aramaic abba as well.
Jesus and his disciples came to a place called Gethsemane. There Jesus said to his disciples:
— Stay here, I’ll go and pray.
He took three disciples with him — Peter, James, John. The four of them went. On the way, Jesus felt a strong anxiety in his heart. He said to the disciples:
— My heart suffers! The time of my death is approaching. You stay here, stay awake, do not sleep. I will go and pray.
Jesus stepped aside, fell to the ground and began to pray:
— My God! Make this terrible suffering pass me by! You are my father! You can do everything. Please, make this suffering not happen to me. But let it be what you want, not what I want.
Then Jesus returned to the three disciples and saw that they were sleeping. He said:
— Peter! Couldn’t you stay awake for just one hour? You, disciples, be attentive, pray! Be prepared for the hour when trouble happens. The spirit is strong, but the body is weak.
Jesus went to pray again. He prayed the same words, then came back and again saw the disciples sleeping. Jesus called them, but the disciples barely opened their eyes, they could not say anything. Jesus went to pray for the third time, and when he returned, the disciples were still sleeping.
Jesus said:
— You’re sleeping sweetly. Enough! The time is coming when sinners will seize the Son of Man. Rise!
The disciples got up and followed Jesus. As they walked, they noticed a man in the distance.
Jesus said to his disciples:
— You see, a man is approaching along the road. He will betray me.
Original Russian back-translation (click or tap here):
Иисус с учениками пришли в место, которое называлось Гефсимания. Там Иисус сказал ученикам:
— Оставайтесь здесь, я же отойду помолиться.
Трех учеников — Петра, Иакова, Иоанна — он взял с собой. Вчетвером они пошли. Иисус по дороге чувствовал сильную тревогу на сердце. Он сказал ученикам:
— Сердце мое страдает! Приближается время моей смерти. Вы оставайтесь тут, бодрствуйте, не спите. Я же пойду молиться.
Иисус отошел в сторону, пал на землю и начал молиться:
— Бог мой! Сделай так, чтобы эти страшные страдания прошли мимо меня! Ты — мой отец! Ты можешь сделать все. Прошу, сделай так, чтобы не случились со мной эти страдания. Но пусть будет то, что хочешь ты, а не я.
Потом Иисус вернулся к трем ученикам и увидел, что они спят. Он сказал:
— Петр! Неужели ты не мог один только час бодрствовать? Вы, ученики, будьте внимательны, молитесь! Будьте готовы к тому часу, когда случится беда. Дух силен — а тело слабо.
Иисус снова пошел молиться. Он молился тем же словами, потом вернулся обратно и опять увидел учеников спящими. Иисус звал их, но ученики едва приоткрывали глаза, сказать ничего не могли. Иисус в третий раз отправился молиться, а когда вернулся, ученики по-прежнему спали.
Иисус сказал:
— Вы сладко спите. Довольно! Приближается время, когда грешники схватят Сына человеческого. Вставайте!
Ученики поднялись и последовали за Иисусом. По дороге они заметили вдали человека.
Иисус сказал ученикам:
— Видите, приближается человек по дороге. Он предаст меня.
Retrotraducciones en español (haga clic o pulse aquí)
El grupo llegó al lugar de Getsemaní y Jesús dijo a los discípulos: “Uds, sientense y queden esperando mientras yo voy a orar.”
Jesús llamó a Pedro, Jacobo y Juan que vinieran con él. Jesús sentió angustiado y triste y dijo: “Mi alma adentro de mi está angustiado y muy triste, siento que ahorita ya he muerto, uds 3 quedense a vigilar.”
Jesús se fue a orar a Dios que quitara su sufrimiento, Jesús caminó y se arrodilló en el suelo, inclinó su cabeza hacia el suelo y se prostró.
Oró: “Padre, mi papá, tú puedes hacer todo, por favor no dejame sufrir, es como beber una copa amarga, por favor, quitamela, pero no (haga) mi voluntad sino tú voluntad.”
Se paró y caminó hacia los discípulos y vio a los tres acostados durmiendo, y cuando vio que Pedro también estaba dormido, dijo: “Simón, ¿estás dormido? ¿No puedes mantener los ojos abiertos por un ratito, una mera hora?
Uds vigilen y oren que no caigan en tentación. El espíritu adentro de uds tiene ganas, pero la carne del cuerpo es débil.”
Otra vez Jesús caminó en la otra dirección y oró lo mismo. Adentro, los ojos de los discípulos gradualmente se cerraron y durmieron fuerte.
Jesús caminó (hacia los discípulos) y vio que estaban dormidos. Los discípulos abrieron los ojos: ¡caray! no sabían qué decirlo.
Jesús caminó hacia el otro lado y oró por tercera vez, y regresó diciendo: “Uds sigan dormidos y descansen, ya basta.
Mira, un poco por allá ya están las personas que arrestarán al hijo del hombre y lo llevarán ante pecadores.
Ya viene el hombre que me traicionará, ya levantense y vamonos.”
The group arrived at the place (called) Gethsemane and Jesus said to the disciples: “You sit down and stay here waiting while go to pray.”
Jesus called Peter, James and John to go with him. Jesus felt distressed and sad and said: “My soul is distressed in me and very sad, I feel as if I have already died now. You three stay here and keep watch.”
Jesus went off to pray that God would take away his suffering, Jesus walked and knelt down on the ground, inlcined his head to the ground and prostrated himself.
He prayed: “Father, my Dad, you can do everything, please don’t let me suffer, it’s like drinking a bitter cup, please, take it away from me, but not my will, but yours.”
He got up and walked to the disciples and saw the three of them sleeping, and when he saw that Peter also was sleeping, he said: “Simon, are you sleeping? Can you not keep your eyes open for a little while, not even one hour?
“Keep watch and pray that you don’t fall in temptation. The spirit inside you is willing but the flesh of the body is weak.”
Again, Jesus walked the other way and prayed the same way. Inside, the eyes of the disciples were gradually closing and they slept deeply.
Jesus walked over (to the disciples) and saw they were sleeping. The disciples opened their eyes: oh no!, they didn’t know what to say.
Jesus walked the other way and prayed a third time and he walked back saying: “Continue sleeping, and resting, it’s enough.
“Look, over there just a little ways off are the people who will arrest the Son of Man and will take him before sinners.
“The man who will betray me is already coming, it’s time to get up, let’s go.”
In Hindi a differentiation is made between the way that the different persons of the Trinity are addressed by a regular person or by another person of the Trinity. When Jesus addresses God the Father or when God the Father addresses Jesus, a familiar form of address is used, unlike the way that any of them would be addressed with a honorific (pl.) form by anyone else.
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 14:36:
Uma: “He said: ‘My Father! There isn’t anything that can’t happen if you (sing.), Father, say [so]. Take-away this suffering that is about to strike me. But [let] not my desire happen, but rather your (sing.) desire.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “And he said, ‘O Father (amma’) you can do anything. If you want to, don’t abandon me to be persecuted. But not my wish/will should be followed but your wish/will.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “In his praying he said, ‘My father you can do anything, and if it can be, do not allow me to be killed. But do not let my desire be followed, but rather, your desire.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘Father, Father,’ he said, ‘you (sing.) are capable of everything. Please permit that I not undergo this coming hardship of mine. But may it not be what I want but rather what you (sing.) want that is fulfilled.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “‘Father, my Father,’ he said, ‘you can really do all things. Hopefully you won’t cause this hardship/suffering which I am coming close to to be gone through with. But not my will is to be followed/obeyed, but on the contrary, your will.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
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