Gothic/2/Text

Now that you've learned some important basic grammar, we'll read several texts in Gothic with the help of vocabulary. Corinthians I 5:9 gamelida izwis ana þizai aipistaulein: ni blandaiþ izwis horam, Gamelida = I wrote, 3rd preterite of gameljan (I weak) (to write) izwis = you (acc plur) ana = on + dative þizai = this, dat. Fem. Sing. aipistaulein = dat. of aipistaule, epistle ni = not blandaiþ = you merge (plur) (opt) horam = dat. Plur. of hors (m. A) (fornicator). The translation is: — I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Try to read the phrase with help of the vocabulary until you understand it. Corinthians I 5:11 iþ nu gamelida izwis ni blandan, jabai hvas broþar namnids sijai hors aiþþau faihufriks iþ = but (here) nu = now blandan = to merge jabai = if (supposing that the answer is yes) hvas = any (here) broþar (m. R nom.) = brother namnids = called, past part. Nom. Sing. sijai = is, opt aiþþau = or, when there are more than two things faihufriks = greedy, covetous, (adj. A nom. Sing. M.) (Adjectives will be explained in chapter 3) Corinthians I 7:28 aþþan jabai nimis qen, aþþan = but nimis = you take qen = wife, (acc. of qens (f. I) )