OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 2:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

γεγραμμένον ἐστίν

/having_been/_written ˱it˲_is

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: “someone had written”

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

γεγραμμένον ἐστίν

/having_been/_written ˱it˲_is

Here John uses it is written to introduce a quotation from an Old Testament book (Psalm 69:9). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that John is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: “it had been written in the scriptures”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

ὁ ζῆλος τοῦ οἴκου σου καταφάγεταί με

the zeal ˱of˲_the house ˱of˲_you /will_be/_consuming me

This sentence is a quotation from Psalm 69:9. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off all of this material with quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

τοῦ οἴκου σου

˱of˲_the house ˱of˲_you

Here, your refers to God and is singular. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “for God’s house”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοῦ οἴκου σου

˱of˲_the house ˱of˲_you

Here, house refers to the temple, which is often called God’s house in the Bible. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: “for your house, the temple”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καταφάγεταί

/will_be/_consuming

Here, the author uses consume to refer to Jesus’ intense love for the temple, as if it were a fire that burned within him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “will be intense within” or “will be like a fire that consumes”