OET interlinear 2COR 12:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

ἰδοὺ

behold

Here, the word Behold draws the attention of the audience and asks them to listen carefully. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea with a word or phrase that asks the audience to listen, or you could use another form that draws the audience’s attention to the statement that follows. Alternate translation: “Listen to this” or “Hear this”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οὐ καταναρκήσω

not ˱I˲_/will_be/_burdening

Here Paul speaks of asking for money as if it were a heavy burden that he could have asked the Corinthians to carry for him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or plain language. See how you translated the similar phrase in 12:13. Alternate translation: “I will not trouble you” or “I will not ask for money and so harass you”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a reason why Paul will not burden the Corinthians. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason for a previous claim. Alternate translation: “I will not burden you, because”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὰ ὑμῶν, ἀλλὰ ὑμᾶς

what_‹is› ˱of˲_you_all but you_all

Here Paul contrasts the things that the Corinthians have, or their possessions, with the Corinthians themselves. What he means is that he does not want the money and possessions that the Corinthians have. Instead, he wants the Corinthians themselves; that is, he wants them to trust him and Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make the ideas more explicit. Alternate translation: “the things you own, but your loyalty” or “your possessions, but your trust in the Messiah and in me”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἀλλὰ ὑμᾶς

but you_all

Paul is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “but I seek you”

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

(Occurrence 2) γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces an example that illustrates why Paul acts as he does. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an example. Alternate translation: “As an illustration of this,”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

οὐ γὰρ ὀφείλει τὰ τέκνα τοῖς γονεῦσιν θησαυρίζειν, ἀλλὰ οἱ γονεῖς τοῖς τέκνοις

not not for not for ought the children ˱for˲_the parents /to_be/_storing_up but the parents ˱for˲_the children

If your language would not naturally put the negative statement before the positive statement, you could reverse the two clauses here. Alternate translation: “For the parents should store up for the children, not the children for the parents”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οὐ γὰρ ὀφείλει τὰ τέκνα τοῖς γονεῦσιν θησαυρίζειν, ἀλλὰ οἱ γονεῖς τοῖς τέκνοις

not not for not for ought the children ˱for˲_the parents /to_be/_storing_up but the parents ˱for˲_the children

Here Paul speaks of himself as a parent and the Corinthians as his children. In Paul’s culture, parents generally saved money for their children to use. Paul uses this custom to illustrate how he, as a parent, should be giving to the Corinthians instead of the Corinthians, as children, giving to him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that indicates that Paul is speaking of himself as a parent and the Corinthians as children. Alternate translation: “For children, like you, should not store up for your parents, like me. Rather, the parents, like me, should store up for the children, like you.” or “For I am like your parent, and you are like my children. Children should not store up for the parent, but the parent for the children”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

οἱ γονεῖς τοῖς τέκνοις

the parents ˱for˲_the children

Paul is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “the parents should store up for the children”