OET interlinear MAT 10:32

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὖν

therefore

Here, the word Therefore introduces a conclusion based on what Jesus has said about persecution and following him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a conclusion, or you could leave Therefore untranslated. Alternate translation: “In conclusion” or “In the end”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁμολογήσει ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων

/will_be/_confessing in me before ¬the people

Here Jesus implies that the people confess that they follow Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “will confess before men that they follow me” or “will confess before men that they believe in me”

(Occurrence -1) ἔμπροσθεν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: πᾶς οὖν ὅστις ὁμολογήσει ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὁμολογήσω κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς)

Alternate translation: “in the presence of … in the presence of”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τῶν ἀνθρώπων

¬the people

Although the term men is masculine, Jesus is using the word here in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: “humans”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁμολογήσω κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς

/will_be/_confessing also_I in him before the Father ˱of˲_me who_‹is› in /the/_heavens

Here Jesus implies that he will confess that these people truly do follow him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “I will also confess before my Father in the heavens that he follows me” or “I will also confess before my Father in the heavens that he believes in me”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

αὐτῷ

him

Although the term him is masculine, Jesus is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: “him or her”

Note 6 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

τοῦ Πατρός μου

the Father ˱of˲_me

Father is an important title that describes the relationship between God the Father and Jesus his Son.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς

the who_‹is› in /the/_heavens

Here, the phrase in the heavens identifies the location in which God the Father is specially present and from which he rules. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “who is in the heavens”