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Thursday, May 6, 2010

John 5:30

οὐ δύναμαι ἐγὼ ποιεῖν ἀπ' ἐμαυτοῦ οὐδέν· καθὼς ἀκούω κρίνω, καὶ ἡ κρίσις ἡ ἐμὴ δικαία ἐστίν, ὅτι οὐ ζητῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμὸν ἀλλὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με

Rough Word-by-word:
not I am able I to do from myself nothing, just as I hear I judge, and the judgment the my just is, because not I seek the will the my but the will the one who sent me.

Smooth Translation:
I myself can do nothing. Even as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

οὐ adverb of negation "not"

δύναμαι verb present middle indicative 1st singular from δύναμαι (I am able) "I am able"

ἐγὼ pronoun nominative 1st singular "I"

ποιεῖν verb present active infinitive from ποιέω (I do, I make) "to do"

ἀπ' preposition with genitive "from"

ἐμαυτοῦ reflexive pronoun genitive 1st singular "myself"

οὐδέν adjective accusative singular neuter "nothing"

καθὼς adverb "even as, just as"

ἀκούω verb present active indicative 1st singular from ἀκούω (I hear) "I hear"

κρίνω verb present active indicative 1st singular from κρίνω (I judge) "I judge"

καὶ conjunction "and"

definite article nominative singular feminine "the"

κρίσις noun nominative singular feminine "judgment"

definite article nominative singular feminine "the"

ἐμὴ pronoun nominative singular feminine "my"

δικαία adjective nominative singular feminine "just, righteous"

ἐστίν verb present indicative 3rd singular from εἰμί (I am) "it [she] is"

ὅτι conjunction "that, because"

οὐ adverb of negation "not"

ζητῶ verb present active indicative 1st singular from ζητέω (I seek) "I seek"

τὸ definite article accusative singular neuter "the"

θέλημα noun accusative singular neuter "will"

τὸ definite article accusative singular neuter "the"

ἐμὸν pronoun accusative singular neuter "my, mine"

ἀλλὰ strong adversative conjunction "but"

τὸ definite article accusative singular neuter "the"

θέλημα noun accusative singular neuter "will"

τοῦ definite article genitive singular masculine "the"

πέμψαντός aorist active participle genitive singular masculine from πέμπω (I send) "one who sent"

με pronoun accusative 1st singular "me"

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