The languages of Scripture matter because Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek carry literary, historical, and theological features that responsible translation and interpretation must honor. 1. Translation is interpretation, but it can be faithful interpretation when governed by grammar, context, and literary sensitivity. Moises Silva, God, Language and Scripture. David Alan Black, Linguistics for Students of New Testament Greek. Bruce K. Waltke and M. OConnor, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax.