OET interlinear LUKE 12:8

uW Translation Notes:

λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν

˱I˲_/am/_saying and ˱to˲_you_all

Jesus readdresses his disciples to mark a shift in his speech to a new topic, confession. Alternate translation: “Let me tell you”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πᾶς ὃς ἂν ὁμολογήσῃ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων

everyone who ¬wishfully /may/_confess in me before ¬the people

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state explicitly what someone would confess or acknowledge. Alternate translation: “whoever tells other people that he believes in me”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων

before ¬the people

Here, before means “in front of” or “in the presence of” other people. Alternate translation: “in the presence of other people” or “so other people can hear”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τῶν ἀνθρώπων

¬the people

Here Jesus is using the term men in a generic sense that includes all people. Alternate translation: “other people”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ὁμολογήσει, ἐν αὐτῷ

also the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man /will_be/_confessing in him

Here Jesus is referring to himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: “I, the Son of Man, will also say that he belongs to me”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου

the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man

See how you translated this title in 5:24. Alternate translation: “I, the Messiah”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀγγέλων

before ¬the before the angels

Here, before means “in front of” or “in the presence of.” Alternate translation: “in the presence of the angels”