OET interlinear GAL 5:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-proverbs

μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ

/a/_little leaven whole the lump /is/_leavening

Here Paul quotes or creates a proverb, which is a short saying about something that is generally true in life. This proverb gives a comparison: Just as a small amount of leaven leavens a whole lump of dough, so a small amount of false teaching can deceive many people in a church. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate the proverb in a way that will be recognized as a proverb and be meaningful in your language and culture. Alternate translation: “It has been said that a little leaven causes a whole lump of dough to be leavened”

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ

/a/_little leaven whole the lump /is/_leavening

The word leaven refers to a substance that causes fermentation and expansion within a batch of dough or batter. Here, leavens refers to the fermentation process and lump refers to the batch of dough. If your readers would not be familiar with leaven, you could use the name of a substance that they would be familiar with, or you could use a general term. Alternate translation: “A little yeast causes all of the batch of dough to swell up”