OET interlinear 1 COR 10:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

ἐὰν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐάν Δέ τὶς ὑμῖν εἴπῃ Τοῦτο ἱερόθυτον ἐστίν μή ἐσθίετε διʼ ἐκεῖνον τόν μηνύσαντα καί τήν συνείδησιν)

Here Paul uses if to introduce a true possibility. He means that someone might tell you that the food is offered in sacrifice, or someone might not. He specifies the result for if the someone does tell you. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this form by stating the if statement by introducing it with a word such as “whenever.” Alternate translation: [Whenever]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, τοῦτο ἱερόθυτόν ἐστιν

˱to˲_you_all ˓may˒_say (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐάν Δέ τὶς ὑμῖν εἴπῃ Τοῦτο ἱερόθυτον ἐστίν μή ἐσθίετε διʼ ἐκεῖνον τόν μηνύσαντα καί τήν συνείδησιν)

If you do not use this form in your language, you could translate this statement as an indirect quote instead of as a direct quote. Alternate translation: [says to you that the food was offered in sacrifice]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

τοῦτο ἱερόθυτόν ἐστιν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐάν Δέ τὶς ὑμῖν εἴπῃ Τοῦτο ἱερόθυτον ἐστίν μή ἐσθίετε διʼ ἐκεῖνον τόν μηνύσαντα καί τήν συνείδησιν)

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Paul uses the passive form here to focus on what is sacrificed rather than focusing on the person doing the “sacrificing.” If you must state who does the action, Paul implies that “someone” does it. Alternate translation: [Someone offered this in sacrifice]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τοῦτο ἱερόθυτόν ἐστιν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐάν Δέ τὶς ὑμῖν εἴπῃ Τοῦτο ἱερόθυτον ἐστίν μή ἐσθίετε διʼ ἐκεῖνον τόν μηνύσαντα καί τήν συνείδησιν)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind sacrifice, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “sacrifice.” Alternate translation: [This is sacrificed] or [This is offered]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἱερόθυτόν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐάν Δέ τὶς ὑμῖν εἴπῃ Τοῦτο ἱερόθυτον ἐστίν μή ἐσθίετε διʼ ἐκεῖνον τόν μηνύσαντα καί τήν συνείδησιν)

Here, offered in sacrifice implies that the food was offered to an idol. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind this implication explicitly. Alternate translation: [offered in sacrifice to an idol]

τὸν μηνύσαντα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐάν Δέ τὶς ὑμῖν εἴπῃ Τοῦτο ἱερόθυτον ἐστίν μή ἐσθίετε διʼ ἐκεῖνον τόν μηνύσαντα καί τήν συνείδησιν)

Alternate translation: [who told you about it]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

τὴν συνείδησιν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐάν Δέ τὶς ὑμῖν εἴπῃ Τοῦτο ἱερόθυτον ἐστίν μή ἐσθίετε διʼ ἐκεῖνον τόν μηνύσαντα καί τήν συνείδησιν)

Here it is unclear whose conscience Paul is speaking about. If possible, preserve the ambiguity, because Paul will explain whose conscience he has in mind in the next verse.

Note 7 topic: translate-textvariants

συνείδησιν

conscience

After conscience, some manuscripts include “For ‘the earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness of it.’” This seems to be an accidental repetition of [10:26](../10/26.md). If possible, do not include this addition.