OET interlinear GAL 4:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ποῦ οὖν ὁ μακαρισμὸς ὑμῶν

where therefore_‹is› the blessing ˱of˲_you_all

Paul is not asking for information, but is using the question form in order to express his disappointment to the Galatian believers and to cause them to think about what he is saying. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

μακαρισμὸς

blessing

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of blessing, you could express the meaning in some other way that is natural in your language.

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces information which proves how the Galatians had previously felt about Paul. Use a natural form in your language for introducing this material.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

εἰ δυνατὸν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν ἐξορύξαντες, ἐδώκατέ μοι

if possible the eyes ˱of˲_you_all /having/_dug_out ˱you_all˲_gave_‹them› ˱to˲_me

Paul is using a hypothetical situation to help his readers remember the way that they formerly felt and thought about Paul. Use the natural form in your language for expressing a hypothetical situation. Alternate translation: “if it were possible that you could have torn out your eyes and then given them to me, you would have done so”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

εἰ δυνατὸν

if possible

Paul is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: “if it were possible for you to do so”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

εἰ δυνατὸν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν ἐξορύξαντες, ἐδώκατέ μοι

if possible the eyes ˱of˲_you_all /having/_dug_out ˱you_all˲_gave_‹them› ˱to˲_me

The phrase having torn out your eyes, you would have given them to me could: (1) be an idiom indicating the great love and devotion which the Galatians formerly had for Paul. In Paul’s time the eyes were considered a person’s most precious possession, so if it were possible for a person to take out their eyes and give them to another person, this would indicate great love. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent idiom or use plain language. Alternate translation: “you formerly loved me very much and would have given me your most valued possession to show me your love” (2) indicate that Paul had some type of eye disease.