OET interlinear GAL 4:31

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

διό

therefore

The word Therefore is introducing Paul’s conclusion to what he explained immediately prior to this verse. Use a natural form for introducing a concluding statement. Alternate translation: “So then”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἀδελφοί

brothers

See how you translated the word brothers in 1:2 where it is used with the same meaning. Alternate translation: “brothers and sisters”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἐσμὲν

˱we˲_are

When Paul says we, he is including the Galatian believers, so we would be inclusive. Your language may require you to mark these forms.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τέκνα

children

Paul speaks of spiritual descendants as if they were children. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture. Alternatively, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated the word children in 4:28 where it is also used to mean “spiritual descendants.”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

παιδίσκης & ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλευθέρας

˱of˲_/the/_servant_girl & but ˱of˲_the free_‹woman›

Paul is using the phrase slave girl to refer to Hagar, who symbolizes the law of Moses (which brings spiritual bondage), and he is using Sarah, the free woman, to symbolize God’s promise that he made to Abraham. If your readers would not understand this you could express the meaning in a non-figurative way. Alternate translation: “of the law of Moses, but of the promises that God made to Abraham”

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

ἀλλὰ

but

Here, the word but is introducing a contrast. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a contrast. Alternate translation (as a new sentence): "Instead, we are children"