OET interlinear MAT 10:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτούς

˱of˲_them

Here, the pronoun them refers to the people mentioned in the previous verse who called the master of the house and his household names. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea as you did in the previous verse. Alternate translation: “that kind of person” or “those enemies”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γάρ

for

Here, the word for introduces a reason why the disciples should not fear them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis for a claim, or you could leave for untranslated. Alternate translation: “since”

Note 3 topic: writing-proverbs

οὐδὲν & ἐστιν κεκαλυμμένον ὃ οὐκ ἀποκαλυφθήσεται, καὶ κρυπτὸν ὃ οὐ γνωσθήσεται

nothing & is /having_been/_covered which not /will_be_being/_revealed and hidden which not /will_be_being/_known

Here, Jesus uses or invents a proverb in order to teach that things that appear to be concealed or hidden will eventually be revealed or made known. Translate this proverb in such a way that it will be recognized as a proverb and be meaningful in your language and culture. Jesus could be applying this proverb: (1) to things that people do in secret to hurt or harm his disciples, things that will be made known to everyone. Alternate translation: “everything that people conceal will be revealed, and everything that people hide will be made known” (2) to the gospel message, that was or is concealed but that will be made known to everyone. Alternate translation: “the message that is concealed will be revealed, and the message that is hidden will be made known”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

οὐδὲν & ἐστιν κεκαλυμμένον ὃ οὐκ ἀποκαλυφθήσεται, καὶ κρυπτὸν ὃ οὐ γνωσθήσεται

nothing & is /having_been/_covered which not /will_be_being/_revealed and hidden which not /will_be_being/_known

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the clauses with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternatively, you could combine the two clauses into one. Alternate translation: “there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed; yes, there is nothing hidden that will not be made known” or “there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

οὐδὲν & ἐστιν κεκαλυμμένον ὃ οὐκ ἀποκαλυφθήσεται, καὶ κρυπτὸν ὃ οὐ γνωσθήσεται

nothing & is /having_been/_covered which not /will_be_being/_revealed and hidden which not /will_be_being/_known

If it would be clearer in your language, you could use positive expressions to translate these double negatives that consist of the negative word nothing, which is implied in the second clause, and the negative particle not. Alternate translation: “everything that is concealed will be revealed, and everything that is hidden will be made known”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οὐδὲν & ἐστιν κεκαλυμμένον ὃ οὐκ ἀποκαλυφθήσεται, καὶ κρυπτὸν ὃ οὐ γνωσθήσεται

nothing & is /having_been/_covered which not /will_be_being/_revealed and hidden which not /will_be_being/_known

If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who does the action, Jesus could be implying: (1) that people do the concealing and hiding and God does the revealing and making known. This fits with the view that the proverb refers to how people persecute the disciples. Alternate translation: “there is nothing that people conceal that God will not reveal, and there is nothing that people hide that God will not make known” (2) that God does both the concealing and hiding and the revealing and making known. This fits with the view that the proverb refers to preaching the gospel. Alternate translation: “there is nothing that God has concealed that he will not reveal, and there is nothing that God has hidden that he will not make known”