SuStel:
Since you're signing with the quote in Greek, the Klingon translation isn't too important to get right, but I thought I'd comment anyway.
I'm glad you took the time to share your thoughts; I always look forward to reading your comments. SuStel:
This seems quite clearly an optative sentence. -jaj would be good here. I also interpret woe unto you to mean a wish that you experience sorrows, not necessarily agony (which could metaphorically imply sorrows, but it isn't restricted to that). So instead of lIloS bep agonies await you, I would say Subepjaj may you suffer.
Translating the "woe unto you", has been quite a pain for me. I can *feel* the old Greek word used in the original text, and I can understand the modern Greek word used in the official translation. But (and here's where things get weird), the old Greek word doesn't translate 100% in modern Greek, and none of these two words (old and modern Greek) can be 100% translated in English, let alone Klingon. Go figure.. So I chose the {lIloS bep} because of the context of that sentence.. ..Which is that Jesus states the fact that the Scribes and Pharisees will eventually experience the agony of those who will not be saved. SuStel:
QaqwI'pu' falsely honorable ones strikes me as slightly off the mark for hypocrites (it's concerned with honor instead of truth), but I can't think of anything better.
Yes, I agree with you 100%. Initially I thought of using {tojwI'pu'} but I didn't *feel* it expressing the "hypocrites". Then I thought of using one of the verbs {lIl}/{ghet}, but none of these verbs are anywhere even close with the context of "hypocrisy" since they're used for role-playing. So, for lack of a better alternative, I went with the {QaqwI'pu'}, thinking that the original scribes/pharisees acted the way they did with their main concern being to receive honor they didn't deserve. But yes, you're right; I too *feel* that the {QaqwI'pu'} isn't the most accurate word for "hypocrites". ~ Dana'an woe unto you scribes and pharisees hypocrites