OET interlinear HEB 8:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces support for what the author has claimed about how the covenant that Jesus mediates is “better” (See: 8:6). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable word or phrase that introduces support for a claim. Alternate translation: “You can tell that the second covenant is greater because”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-contrary

εἰ & ἡ πρώτη ἐκείνη ἦν ἄμεμπτος

if & ¬the first_‹covenant› that was blameless

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 the first covenant was not faultless. He proves that the conditional statement is not true by pointing out that God set up a second covenant. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a condition that the speaker believes is not true. Alternate translation: “if that first covenant had really been faultless”

Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal

ἡ πρώτη & δευτέρας

¬the first_‹covenant› & ˱for˲_/a/_second

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you can use cardinal numbers here. Alternate translation: “covenant one … for a covenant two” or “earlier covenant … for a later covenant”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἡ πρώτη ἐκείνη & δευτέρας

¬the first_‹covenant› that & ˱for˲_/a/_second

Here, the words first and second refer to two covenants that God made. The first covenant is the one that God made with the Israelites through Moses. It was made before the second covenant, which is the one that God makes with his people through Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “the covenant that God made with his people at first … for another, later covenant”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οὐκ ἂν δευτέρας ἐζητεῖτο τόπος

not would ˱for˲_/a/_second /was_being/_sought place

The author is speaking as if God would have literally looked for a place to put a second covenant. He means that God would not have made a second covenant. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “God would not have made a second one”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οὐκ & ἐζητεῖτο τόπος

not & /was_being/_sought place

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. The author uses the passive form here to focus on the place that is sought rather than on the person doing the seeking. If you must state who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: “no one would have sought a place”