OET interlinear LUKE 10:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ

in /the/_same ¬the hour

Here Luke uses the term hour to refer to a particular time. Alternate translation: “At that same time”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / youformal

ἐξομολογοῦμαί σοι, Πάτερ

˱I˲_/am/_confessing ˱to˲_you Father

Use your best judgment about whether the formal or informal form of you would be more natural in your language here. Jesus is speaking as an adult son would to a father with whom he had a close relationship.

Note 3 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

Πάτερ

Father

Father is an important title for God.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

Κύριε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς

Lord ¬the ˱of˲_heaven and ¬the earth

Jesus is using a figure of speech to describe something by naming its two components. Together heaven and earth represent everything that exists. Alternate translation: “you who rule over everything that exists”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

ταῦτα

these_‹things›

Jesus is likely using this expression to refer to his identity as God’s Son and God’s identity as his Father. He describes these things in the next verse and says that only people to whom he reveals these identities can understand them, just as he says here that they are revealed only to certain people. Since the expression is explained in the next verse, you do not need to explain its meaning further here.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

σοφῶν καὶ συνετῶν

/the/_wise and intelligent

Jesus is using the adjectives wise and intelligent as nouns in order to indicate people who have those qualities. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this with an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: “people who are wise and intelligent”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / irony

σοφῶν καὶ συνετῶν

/the/_wise and intelligent

Because God had concealed the truth from these people, they actually were not wise and intelligent, even though they thought they were. Alternate translation: “people who think they are wise and intelligent”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

σοφῶν καὶ συνετῶν

/the/_wise and intelligent

The terms wise and intelligent mean similar things. Jesus uses the two terms together for emphasis. Alternate translation: “people who think they understand everything”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

νηπίοις

˱to˲_infants

The phrase little children refers to people who may not have much education, but who are willing to accept Jesus’ teachings in the same way that little children willingly listen to those they trust. You could explain the meaning of this metaphor in your translation, or you could translate it as a simile, as UST does. Alternate translation: “people who trust my teachings implicitly”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἔμπροσθέν σου

before you

Jesus says before you to mean “where you could see” or “in your sight.” Sight, in turn, means attention and judgment. Alternate translation: “in your judgment”