OET interlinear MAT 7:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exmetaphor

εἰσέλθατε διὰ τῆς στενῆς πύλης; ὅτι πλατεῖα ἡ πύλη καὶ εὐρύχωρος ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τὴν ἀπώλειαν, καὶ πολλοί εἰσιν οἱ εἰσερχόμενοι δι’ αὐτῆς

come_in through the narrow gate because wide_‹is› the gate and broad_‹is› the way ¬which leading_away to ¬the destruction and many are the_‹ones› coming_in through it

Here Jesus speaks of how people live as if they were walking on a road and of what happens when they die as if it were entering through a gate. When a gate is narrow, that means that it is difficult to go through and that not many people go through it. When a gate is wide and a road is broad, that means that they are easy to travel on or go through and that many people travel on or through them. Since these are important images that Jesus uses in the following verse as well, you should preserve the figure of speech or express the idea in simile form. Alternate translation: “You should live like a traveler who enters through a narrow gate. Many people live like travelers who enter through a wide gate and travel on a broad road, but this path leads to destruction”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὅτι

because

Here, the word For introduces a reason why people should enter through the narrow gate. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason for a command, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “That is because”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

εἰς τὴν ἀπώλειαν

to ¬the destruction

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of destruction, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “to being destroyed” or “to God destroying you”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

πολλοί

many

Jesus is using the adjective many as a noun to mean many people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “many travelers”