OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 10:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

ὁ θυρωρὸς

the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τούτῳ ὁ θυρωρός ἀνοίγει καί τά πρόβατα τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούει καί τά ἰδία πρόβατα φωνεῖ κατʼ ὄνομα καί ἐξάγει αὐτά)

A gatekeeper is a person who guards the sheep pen and opens the gate for the shepherd. If your readers would not be familiar with this way of protecting livestock, you could use a general expression for a person who guards an entrance. Alternate translation: [The gate guard] or [The person guarding the gate]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ὁ θυρωρὸς ἀνοίγει

the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τούτῳ ὁ θυρωρός ἀνοίγει καί τά πρόβατα τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούει καί τά ἰδία πρόβατα φωνεῖ κατʼ ὄνομα καί ἐξάγει αὐτά)

Jesus is leaving out some of the words that a clause would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the previous verse. Alternate translation: [The gatekeeper opens the gate]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

τούτῳ & τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ & τὰ ἴδια πρόβατα φωνεῖ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τούτῳ ὁ θυρωρός ἀνοίγει καί τά πρόβατα τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούει καί τά ἰδία πρόβατα φωνεῖ κατʼ ὄνομα καί ἐξάγει αὐτά)

In this verse, this one, his, and he refer to the shepherd mentioned in the previous verse. If it would be more natural in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [for this shepherd … the shepherd’s voice … the shepherd calls his own sheep]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τὰ πρόβατα τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούει

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τούτῳ ὁ θυρωρός ἀνοίγει καί τά πρόβατα τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούει καί τά ἰδία πρόβατα φωνεῖ κατʼ ὄνομα καί ἐξάγει αὐτά)

Here, hear could mean: (1) all the sheep in the pen hear the shepherd’s voice, but not all of them respond to it, as in the ULT. This meaning implies that there are multiple flocks in the sheep pen. (2) the sheep that belong to the shepherd heed or obey his voice. This implies that the sheep are identical with his own sheep. Alternate translation: [the sheep heed his voice]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὰ ἴδια πρόβατα φωνεῖ κατ’ ὄνομα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τούτῳ ὁ θυρωρός ἀνοίγει καί τά πρόβατα τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούει καί τά ἰδία πρόβατα φωνεῖ κατʼ ὄνομα καί ἐξάγει αὐτά)

Here, his own sheep are designated as a separate group among the sheep of the previous clause. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [he calls his own sheep by name out from among all the sheep]