OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 12:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

In this verse John interrupts the story to explain why Judas made the statement in the previous verse. Use the natural form in your language for expressing background information.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

εἶπεν & τοῦτο, οὐχ ὅτι περὶ τῶν πτωχῶν ἔμελεν αὐτῷ, ἀλλ’ ὅτι κλέπτης ἦν

˱he˲_said & this not that for the poor /was/_caring ˱to˲_him but because /a/_thief ˱he˲_was

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases. Alternate translation: “he said this because he was a thief, not because it was a concern to him about the poor”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τῶν πτωχῶν

the poor

See how you translated the poor in the previous verse.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἀλλ’ ὅτι κλέπτης ἦν

but because /a/_thief ˱he˲_was

John is leaving out some of the words that a clause would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the previous clause. Alternate translation: “but he said this because he was a thief”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

τὰ βαλλόμενα

the_‹money› /being/_cast_‹in›

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “what people gave him to put in it”