OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 1:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ λόγος

the word

Here, the Word refers to Jesus. It does not refer to a spoken word. ULT indicates this by capitalizing Word to indicate that this is a title for Jesus. Use whatever convention your language uses to indicate that this is a name. If “word” is feminine in your language, it could be translated as “the one who is called the Word.” See how you translated this phrase in John 1:1. Alternate translation: “Jesus, the Word”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

σὰρξ ἐγένετο

flesh became

Here, flesh represents “a person” or “a human being.” If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “became human” or “became a human being”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμῖν, καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα

us and ˱we˲_saw

Here the pronouns us and we are exclusive since John is speaking on behalf of himself and the other eyewitnesses to the earthly life of Jesus, but the people to whom he is writing did not see Jesus. Your language may require you to mark this form.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, δόξαν

the glory ˱of˲_him /a/_glory

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of glory, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “his glorious character, the glorious character”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός

˱of˲_/an/_only_begotten with /a/_father

The phrase the One and Only refers to Jesus. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: “of the One and Only from the Father, Jesus,”

μονογενοῦς

˱of˲_/an/_only_begotten

Here and throughout John’s Gospel, the phrase the One and Only is a title for Jesus that could refer to: (1) Jesus being unique as the only member of his kind. Alternate translation: “the Unique One” (2) Jesus being the only child of his Father. Alternate translation: “the Only Begotten One”

παρὰ πατρός

with /a/_father

The phrase from the Father means that Jesus came from the presence of God the Father to the world. Alternate translation, as in the UST: “who came from the Father”

Note 6 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

πατρός

/a/_father

Father is an important title for God.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας

full ˱of˲_grace and truth

Here, John uses full of to describe Jesus fully possessing a quality, as if grace and truth were objects that could fill a person. If this might confuse you readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “fully possessing grace and truth”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας

full ˱of˲_grace and truth

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of grace and truth, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: “full of God’s gracious and faithful character” or “full of kind acts and true teachings”