OET interlinear 2COR 5:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

καὶ γὰρ

also for

Here, the phrase For indeed indicates that Paul is adding more information (indeed) that supports what he said in the previous two verses (For). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use words that introduce added information that supports a previous statement. Alternate translation: “Further” or “And in fact”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exmetaphor

οἱ ὄντες ἐν τῷ σκήνει & οὐ θέλομεν ἐκδύσασθαι, ἀλλ’ ἐπενδύσασθαι

¬which being in the tent & not ˱we˲_/are/_wanting /to/_strip_off but /to/_be_clothed

Here Paul continues to speak of bodies as buildings and clothing. You should express the ideas as you did in 5:1–3. Alternate translation: “the ones being in this tent, that is, our mortal body … we do not want to be homeless, but to have a home” or “the ones being in this tent, that is, this body … we do not want to have no body, which is like being unclothed, but to have a resurrection body, which is like being fully clothed”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

βαρούμενοι

/being/_weighed_down

Here Paul speaks as if he and his fellow workers were carrying a heavy burden. He means that something is making their lives difficult. The burden could be: (1) how the tent, that is, their current bodies, falls apart and dies. Alternate translation: “being distressed by it” (2) how other people’s situations make life hard for them. Alternate translation: “being troubled by many people and things” or “being oppressed”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

βαρούμενοι

/being/_weighed_down

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 did the action, Paul implies that either the tent (their mortal bodies) or other people and things did it. Make sure your translation fits with how you chose to express the metaphor in the previous note. Alternate translation: “the tent burdening us” or “many people and things burdening us”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οὐ θέλομεν ἐκδύσασθαι, ἀλλ’ ἐπενδύσασθαι

not ˱we˲_/are/_wanting /to/_strip_off but /to/_be_clothed

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. Paul uses the passive form to focus on the state of being unclothed or clothed rather than on whoever clothes or unclothes them, so you should avoid stating a subject for unclothed and clothed. Alternate translation: “we do not want to be naked, but to have clothes on” or “we do not want to have no clothing, but to wear clothing”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἀλλ’ ἐπενδύσασθαι

but /to/_be_clothed

This clause leaves out some words that many languages might need to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from earlier in the verse. Alternate translation: “but we want to be fully clothed”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τὸ θνητὸν

the mortal

Paul is using the adjective mortal as a noun in order to refer to all bodies that are mortal. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this one with a noun phrase. Alternate translation: “the mortal bodies” or “what is mortal”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

καταποθῇ τὸ θνητὸν ὑπὸ τῆς ζωῆς

/may_be/_swallowed_up the mortal by ¬the life

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. Alternate translation: “life may swallow up the mortal”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καταποθῇ

/may_be/_swallowed_up

Here Paul refers to the mortal as if it were food that could be swallowed up. This illustrates that the mortal has been defeated as surely as if life devoured it as food. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “may be destroyed” or “may be taken over”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῆς ζωῆς

¬the life

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of life, you could express the idea by using a verb such as “live” or an adjective such as “alive.” Alternate translation: “what is alive” or “what lives”