OET interlinear 2COR 9:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

μή πως

not somehow

Here, the word Otherwise introduces a possible situation in which the Corinthians would be unprepared, in contrast to what Paul said in the previous verse about them being ready. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a contrasting situation. Alternate translation: “However” or “But if that did not happen”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

ἐὰν ἔλθωσιν σὺν ἐμοὶ Μακεδόνες, καὶ εὕρωσιν ὑμᾶς ἀπαρασκευάστους

if /may/_come with me Macedonians and ˱they˲_/may/_find you_all unprepared

Here Paul introduces something that could happen when Paul visits them. There are two things that Paul thinks are possibilities. First, Macedonians might travel with him. Second, the Corinthians might be unprepared. Paul wishes to say that if both these things were to happen, both he and the Corinthians would be ashamed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that introduces something that might happen. Alternate translation: “suppose that Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared; in that case”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀπαρασκευάστους

unprepared

Here Paul implies that they would be unprepared to give money to the collection. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make the idea more explicit. Alternate: “unprepared to contribute” or “unprepared to give generously”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

καταισχυνθῶμεν ἡμεῖς, ἵνα μὴ λέγωμεν ὑμεῖς, ἐν τῇ ὑποστάσει ταύτῃ

/may_be/_disgraced we in_order_that not ˱we˲_/may_be/_saying you_all by ¬the confidence this

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “this situation would shame us—not to mention you.”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

καταισχυνθῶμεν ἡμεῖς, ἵνα μὴ λέγωμεν ὑμεῖς, ἐν

/may_be/_disgraced we in_order_that not ˱we˲_/may_be/_saying you_all by

Here, the phrase not to mention you indicates that Paul thinks that the Corinthians would obviously be ashamed, even more than Paul and his fellow workers. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that expresses that idea. Alternate translation: “we, and most surely you, would be ashamed by” or “we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed by”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῇ ὑποστάσει ταύτῃ

¬the confidence this

Here, the phrase this situation could refer to: (1) what would actually happen if the Corinthians were unprepared, in contrast to what Paul had told the Macedonians would happen. Alternate translation: “what would actually be true” or “what had happened” (2) how sure Paul had been that the Corinthians would be ready. Alternate translation: “how confident we were” or “this confidence” (3) the project that Paul was undertaking, which was the collection of money for the Jerusalem believers. Alternate translation: “our project” or “what we were planning to do”

Note 7 topic: translate-textvariants

τῇ ὑποστάσει ταύτῃ

¬the confidence this

Here most ancient manuscripts read this situation. The ULT follows that reading. Some ancient manuscripts read “this situation of boasting.” Most likely, the phrase “of boasting” was added by accident because it appears in the similar phrase in 11:17. So, it is recommended that you use the reading of the ULT.