OET interlinear 2COR 2:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a further explanation about the letter that Paul wrote to them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an explanation, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “Indeed,” or “As it is,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἔγραψα

˱I˲_wrote

Here, the phrase I wrote again refers to the previous letter. See how you translated “I wrote” in 2:3. Alternate translation: “I wrote that letter” or “I sent that previous letter”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐκ & πολλῆς θλίψεως καὶ συνοχῆς καρδίας

out_of & much tribulation and anguish ˱of˲_heart

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of tribulation and anguish, you could express the ideas by using verbs such as “suffer” and “distress.” Alternate translation: “as I suffered much and was distressed in my heart”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

συνοχῆς καρδίας

anguish ˱of˲_heart

In Paul’s culture, the heart is the place where humans think and feel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate heart by referring to the place where humans think and feel in your culture or by expressing the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “anguish of mind” or “emotional anguish”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

διὰ πολλῶν δακρύων

through many tears

Here, the phrase through many tears indicates what Paul was doing while he wrote the letter. The word tears refers to the act of crying or weeping. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that indicates that a person is crying or weeping while they are doing something. Alternate translation: “with much crying” or “as I shed many tears”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

οὐχ ἵνα λυπηθῆτε, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀγάπην ἵνα γνῶτε, ἣν ἔχω περισσοτέρως εἰς ὑμᾶς

not in_order_that ˱you_all˲_/may_be/_sorrowed but the love in_order_that ˱you_all˲_/may/_know that ˱I˲_/am/_having more_abundantly toward you_all

If your language would not naturally put the negative statement before the positive statement, you could reverse the two clauses here. Alternate translation: “so that you might know the love that I have more abundantly for you, not so that you would be grieved”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

λυπηθῆτε

˱you_all˲_/may_be/_sorrowed

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who would do the action, the Paul implies that “he himself” would do it. Alternate translation: “I would grieve you”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν ἀγάπην & ἣν ἔχω περισσοτέρως εἰς ὑμᾶς

the love & that ˱I˲_/am/_having more_abundantly toward you_all

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of love, you could express the idea by using a verb such as “love.” Alternate translation: “how abundantly I love you”

περισσοτέρως εἰς ὑμᾶς

more_abundantly toward you_all

Here, the phrase more abundantly could indicate that: (1) Paul has “abundant” love for the Corinthians. Alternate translation: “most abundantly for you” or “very abundantly for you” (2) Paul loves the Corinthians more than he loves other people. Alternate translation: “more abundantly for you than I have for others”