OET interlinear 1COR 15:53

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀφθαρσίαν, καὶ τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀθανασίαν

¬the perishable this /to/_dress_in indestructibility and ¬the mortal this /to/_dress_in immortality

Here Paul makes two very similar statements in which perishable goes with mortal and incorruptibility goes with immortality. These two statements are basically synonymous, and Paul repeats himself to emphasize the point. If it would be helpful in your language, you could indicate why Paul uses two parallel sentences by combining the two sentences into one. Alternate translation: [this perishable mortal to put on incorruptible immortality] or [this perishable and mortal to put on incorruptibility and immortality]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο & τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο

¬the perishable this & ¬the mortal this

Paul is using the adjectives perishable and mortal as nouns in order to refer to perishable and mortal bodies. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate these with appropriate noun phrases. Alternate translation: [this perishable body … this mortal body]

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο & ἀφθαρσίαν

¬the perishable this & indestructibility

Here, perishable and incorruptibility identify whether people or things last or fall apart. See how you translated the similar words in 15:42, 50. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express perishable and incorruptibility with two words or phrases that refer to how long things last. Alternate translation: [what passes away … what never passes away]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐνδύσασθαι ἀφθαρσίαν & ἐνδύσασθαι ἀθανασίαν

/to/_dress_in indestructibility & /to/_dress_in immortality

Here Paul speaks as if the perishable and the mortal could put on incorruptibility and immortality like they were pieces of clothing. He does not mean that believers still have what is perishable and mortal somehow underneath incorruptibility and immortality. Instead, Paul uses the metaphor to illustrate how people will change identity from what is perishable and mortal to incorruptibility and immortality. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this figure of speech with a comparable metaphor or express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: [to change into incorruptibility … to change into immortality] or [to become incorruptible … to become immortal]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἀφθαρσίαν & ἀθανασίαν

indestructibility & immortality

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas behind incorruptibility and immortality, you can express the idea by using adjectives such as “incorruptible” and “immortal.” Alternate translation: [what is incorruptible … what is immortal]

Note 6 topic: translate-unknown

τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο & ἀθανασίαν

¬the ¬the mortal this & immortality

Here, mortal and immortality identify whether people or things die or cannot die. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express mortal and immortality with two words or phrases that refer to whether things can die or not. Alternate translation: [what can die … what never dies]