OET interlinear GAL 4:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὥστε

so_as

The phrase So then introduces the result of what Paul explained in 4:6. Use a natural form for introducing a result. Alternate translation: “As a result”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / you

εἶ

˱you˲_are

Here,you is singular. Paul is probably addressing the Galatian believers by using a singular pronoun in order to emphasize that what he is saying applies to each of them individually.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

δοῦλος

/a/_slave

Paul speaks of the Galatian believers being in bondage to the law of Moses as if they were in slavery. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture. Alternatively, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in bondage to the law of Moses”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

ἀλλὰ

but

The word but is introducing a contrast. Paul is contrasting being a son with being a slave. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a contrast. Alternate translation: “but, rather,”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

υἱός & υἱός

/a/_son & /a/_son

Although the term son is masculine, Paul is using the word here in a generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: “a child … a child”

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ

if and /a/_son also

Paul is speaking as if this were a hypothetical possibility, but he means that it is actually true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain, and if your readers might misunderstand and think that what Paul is saying is not certain, then you can translate his words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: “since each of you is a son, you are also”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κληρονόμος

/an/_heir

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate explicitly that Paul is referring to inheriting the promises that God made to Abraham and his descendants. Alternate translation: “an heir of the promises made to Abraham” or “an heir of the promises God made to Abraham”

Note 8 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

διὰ Θεοῦ

through God

Here, the word through is indicating agency. It is indicating that God is the agent by which the Galatians are to inherit the blessings promised to Abraham and his descendants. Use a natural form for indicating the agency or means by which an action takes place. Alternate translation: “by means of God’s working” or “through God’s working”