OET interlinear 1COR 15:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-contrary

εἰ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ, ἐν Χριστῷ ἠλπικότες ἐσμὲν μόνον

if in ¬the life this in Christ /having/_hoped ˱we˲_are only

Here Paul is making a conditional statement that sounds hypothetical, but he is already convinced that the condition is not true. He knows that it is not only in this life that we have hope in Christ, since we also have hope for a new life. He uses this form to continue to show the Corinthians the implications of their claim about resurrection. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a condition that the speaker believes is not true. Alternate translation: [If only in this life did we actually have hope in Christ]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

εἰ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ & ἠλπικότες ἐσμὲν μόνον

if in ¬the life this & /having/_hoped ˱we˲_are only

Here, only could modify: (1) in this life. Alternate translation: [If it is only in this life that we have hope] (2) we have hope. Alternate translation: [If in this life we only have hope]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ

in ¬the life this

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind life, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “live.” Alternate translation: [while we are currently living do]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἠλπικότες

/having/_hoped

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind hope, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “hope.” Alternate translation: [can we hope]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

ἐλεεινότεροι πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐσμέν

more_pitiful_‹than› all people ˱we˲_are

Here Paul mentions a comparison (of all people) before he states his main point. He does this to emphasize the comparison. If it would be helpful in your language, you could indicate why Paul mentions the comparison first by rearranging the clauses and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [we are more pitiful than every other person]

Note 6 topic: translate-unknown

ἐλεεινότεροι

more_pitiful_‹than›

Here, pitiful identifies someone whom others “pity” or feel sorry for. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express pitiful with a word or phrase that refers to someone whom others feel sorry for. Alternate translation: [the ones whom others feel bad for the most] or [the ones whom others should mourn with the most]