A: Aramaic was an extremely long-lived language, closely related to Hebrew. It was spoken by Laban and people of Syria back in Abraham’s time (Genesis 31:47); it was spoken here, and in Jesus’ time, and it was spoken for a few more centuries by Nestorians and other Christians in Syria and eastward.
J: Kiarami ilikuwa ni lugha iliyodumu kwa muda mrefu sana, iliyofanana sana na Kiebrania. Ilitumiwa na Labani na watu wa Shamu wakati wa uhai wa Abraham (Mwa 31:47); ilitumiwa hapa, na wakati wa Yesu, na ilitumiwa kwa karne chache zaidi na Wanestori na Wakristo wengine Shamu na upande wa mashariki.