OET interlinear HEB 4:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces further explanation about the day called “Today.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces explanation, or you could leave it untranslated. Alternate translation: [Further,]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-contrary

εἰ & αὐτοὺς Ἰησοῦς κατέπαυσεν

if & them Joshua rested

Here the author is making a conditional statement that sounds hypothetical, but he is already convinced that the condition is not true. He knows that Joshua did not give the Israelite ancestors the kind of rest he is discussing. He proves that the conditional statement is not true by showing that it would contradict what is true: the Holy Spirit did actually speak about another day, as the previous verse shows. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a condition that the speaker believes is not true. Alternate translation: [if Joshua had actually given them rest]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

αὐτοὺς Ἰησοῦς κατέπαυσεν

them Joshua rested

Here the author speaks as if Joshua were the one who could have “given” rest to the Israelite ancestors. This expression means that what Joshua did could have enabled the Israelite ancestors to receive rest from God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make it clearer that the rest comes from God, who worked through Joshua. Alternate translation: [God had used Joshua to give them rest] or [Joshua had helped them rest]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

αὐτοὺς & κατέπαυσεν

them & rested

See how you translated the word rest in 4:1. Alternate translation: [enabled them to rest with God] or [enabled them to enter into God’s resting place]

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

οὐκ ἂν & ἐλάλει

not would & ˱he˲_/was/_speaking

Here, just as in 4:7, the word he could refer to: (1) the Holy Spirit, whom the author identifies as the speaker of the Psalms quotation (See: 3:7). Alternate translation: [God’s Spirit would not have spoken] (2) God considered as a unity. Alternate translation: [God would not have spoken]

ἡμέρας

day

Here the author refers to a day because the quotation he is discussing refers to “today.” If possible, use a word or phrase here that is related to how you translated “today” in the quotation (See: 4:7). The author does not mean that there is only one period of 24 hours during which people can “enter the rest.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that refers to a specific point in time. Alternate translation: [time] or [moment in time]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μετὰ ταῦτα

after these_‹things›

Here, the phrase these things refers to what happened when Joshua was leading the Israelite ancestors. He guided them into the land that God had promised to give them, and he led them as they fought their enemies and then settled in that land. The author’s point is that, since David speaks about entering the rest much later than this, the events related to Joshua must not count as getting rest. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [after Joshua led the people into the land]