OET interlinear GAL 4:24

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἅτινά

which_‹things›

These things refers to the things Paul has just described in 4:22-23 regarding Abraham, his two sons, and Hagar and Sarah. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “These events I have just described to you” or “These things I have just told to you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα

which_‹things› is /being/_allegorized

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who did the action, Paul implies that he is doing it. Alternate translation: “I am speaking these things as an allegory”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα

which_‹things› is /being/_allegorized

An allegory is a story in which things within the story are interpreted as representing something else. Here, the things in the story are meant to be interpreted as representing spiritual truths and realities. In this allegory, the two women referred to in 4:22 represent two different covenants. If your language has a word or phrase for allegory, you could use that here. Alternately, if it would help your readers, you could describe what an allegory is in your translation. Alternate translation: “I am speaking of these things in order to teach you a spiritual truth” or “I am speaking of these things in order to use them as an analogy by which to teach you an important truth”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

αὗται

these

Here, the word they refers to Sarah and Hagar. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “these women”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

μία

one

The word One here could refer to: (1) the covenant which God made at Mount Sinai, which resulted in spiritual slavery to the law. Alternate translation: “One covenant” (2) Hagar, in which case Paul means that she corresponds to Mount Sinai (See 4:25) and gave birth to children destined for slavery. Alternate translation: “One woman”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

Ὄρους Σινά

Mount (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα αὗται γάρ εἰσιν δύο διαθῆκαι μία μὲν ἀπὸ Ὄρους Σινᾶ εἰς δουλείαν γεννῶσα ἥτις ἐστὶν Ἁγάρ)

Paul uses Mount Sinai to refer to the covenant with the laws that Moses gave to the Israelites there. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use plain language to express this. Alternate translation: “Mount Sinai, where Moses received the law and gave it to the Israelites”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

εἰς δουλείαν γεννῶσα

to slavery bearing

Paul speaks of the law of Moses producing or resulting in something as if the process of producing was like giving birth. Paul speaks of the spiritual bondage of being under the authority of the law of Moses as if it were slavery. Paul is saying that the law of Moses produces spiritual slavery. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use equivalent metaphors from your culture. Alternatively, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and produces spiritual slavery” or “and results in spiritual slavery”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

δουλείαν

slavery

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of slavery, you could express the same idea with a concrete noun such as “slave,” or you could express the meaning in some other way that is natural in your language.