YHN 15:22 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. εἰ
2. ei
3. except
4. except
5. 14870
6. C·······
7. except
8. except
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76868
1. μή
2. mē
3. not/lest
4. -
5. 33610
6. D·······
7. ¬not/lest
8. ¬not/lest
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76869
1. ἦλθον
2. erχomai
3. I came
4. -
5. 20640
6. VIAA1··S
7. ˱I˲ came
8. ˱I˲ came
9. -
10. Y33; R76177
11. 76870
1. καί
2. kai
3. and
4. -
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76871
1. ἐλάλησα
2. laleō
3. spoke
4. spoke
5. 29800
6. VIAA1··S
7. spoke
8. spoke
9. -
10. Y33; R76177
11. 76872
1. αὐτοῖς
2. autos
3. to them
4. -
5. 8460
6. R···3DMP
7. ˱to˲ them
8. ˱to˲ them
9. -
10. Y33; R76809
11. 76873
1. ἁμαρτίαν
2. hamartia
3. sin
4. -
5. 2660
6. N····AFS
7. sin
8. sin
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76874
1. Οὐκ
2. ou
3. not
4. don't
5. 37560
6. D·······
7. not
8. not
9. S
10. Y33
11. 76875
1. εἴχοσαν
2. eχō
3. They were having
4. -
5. 21920
6. VIIA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓were˒ having
8. ˱they˲ ˓were˒ having
9. -
10. Y33; R76809
11. 76876
1. νῦν
2. nun
3. now
4. -
5. 35680
6. D·······
7. now
8. now
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76877
1. δέ
2. de
3. but
4. -
5. 11610
6. C·······
7. but
8. but
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76878
1. πρόφασιν
2. profasis
3. excuse
4. excuse
5. 43920
6. N····AFS
7. excuse
8. excuse
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76879
1. οὐκ
2. ou
3. not
4. -
5. 37560
6. D·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76880
1. ἔχουσιν
2. eχō
3. they are having
4. -
5. 21920
6. VIPA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ having
8. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ having
9. -
10. Y33; R76809
11. 76881
1. περί
2. peri
3. for
4. -
5. 40120
6. P·······
7. for
8. for
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76882
1. τῆς
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····GFS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76883
1. ἁμαρτίας
2. hamartia
3. sin
4. -
5. 2660
6. N····GFS
7. sin
8. sin
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76884
1. αὐτῶν
2. autos
3. of them
4. their
5. 8460
6. R···3GMP
7. ˱of˲ them
8. ˱of˲ them
9. -
10. Y33; R76809
11. 76885

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 15:18–16:4b The world would hate the disciples

Jesus warned the disciples that the world would hate them because they did not belong to the world. They now belonged to Jesus and because the world hated Jesus it would also hate them. And because the world hated Jesus, it also hated the Father. When the Holy Spirit came, he would tell about Jesus, and the disciples should tell what they know about him too. Jesus told them these things so that their faith would stay strong.

Here are some other possible section headings:

The world’s hate

The world’s hate for Jesus and his disciples

Paragraph 15:22–25

Jesus spoke about those who hated and rejected him. He said that their hate fulfilled a text in the Old Testament.

15:22a

If I had not come and spoken to them,

¶ If I had not come to tell them God’s words,
¶ Suppose I had never come to speak to the people.

If I had not come and spoken to them: In this clause, the word If introduces a situation that was not true. Jesus did come and speak to them. This clause imagines what would have happened if a false situation was true. Consider how it is natural in your language to suggest a possibility that is known to not have happened. For example:

Suppose I had never come and spoken to them

In some languages it is more natural to use a true statement. For example:

Because I came and spoke to them they are guilty of sin

them: This word refers to the Jews of Jesus’ day who refused to believe in him.

15:22b

they would not be guilty of sin.

they would not be guilty of sin.
Then God would not have judged/considered them to be responsible for doing wrong.

they would not be guilty of sin: This clause indicates that these people would not be responsible or deserve blame for their sin if Jesus had not come. They would not have known the truth and so would not deserve punishment for not believing and obeying it.

This clause refers to something that was not the situation. If the condition in 15:22a had been fulfilled, then this would have been true. But the condition was not fulfilled, and so this clause is not true either. Christ did come and tell the people God’s message. The people heard the truth and refused it. They were now responsible for their choice to do wrong and became guilty of sin. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

they would not be responsible for their sin

God would not have considered them to be responsible for their sin.

In some languages it may be natural to translate this as a positive statement. If this is so in your language, you should avoid indicating that these people would have been sinless. They would not have been innocent, but because they did not know, they would not deserve blame or punishment. For example:

they would have been blameless (NJB)

General Comment on 15:22 a, b

In some languages it may be natural to reverse the order of 15:22a, b. For example:

^22bThey would not have been guilty of sin ^22aif I had not come and spoken to them (GNT)

15:22c

Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

Now they cannot say they sinned without knowing the truth.
But because they have heard what I told them, they cannot say they did not know right from/and wrong when they sinned.

Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin: The people could not excuse their sin by saying that they did not know the truth. Jesus had brought them the truth and they had rejected it. In some languages it may be natural to start a new sentence here. For example:

But now they have no excuse for their sin. (CEV)

But they no longer have any excuse for their sin. (NET)

But now they are fully responsible for the wrong they did.

Now, however: This phrase is short for “but now, because I have come and spoken to them.” The word however indicates a contrast with a situation in which Jesus did not come and speak to them. Yet at that time (Now), he had come and spoken, so the other situation no longer existed. Here are other ways to indicate this contrast and change of situation:

but the way things are, they no longer have any excuse for their sin

However, because I did come and speak to them

they have no excuse for their sin: In this context an excuse is a reason that is given for a sin to avoid punishment. If Jesus had not spoken to them, they would have had an excuse because they did not know his teaching about sin. But because Jesus spoke to them, they did not have any excuse. For example:

Now they cannot say, “We did not know that what we did was sin” (see TH)

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-contrary

εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς

except (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ μή ἦλθον καί ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς ἁμαρτίαν Οὐκ εἴχοσαν νῦν δέ πρόφασιν οὐκ ἔχουσιν περί τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν)

Jesus is making a conditional statement that sounds hypothetical, but he knows that the condition is not true. He knows that he did come and speak to the world. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a condition that the speaker believes is not true. Alternate translation: [If I had not come and spoken to them, but I did]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἴχοσαν

sin (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ μή ἦλθον καί ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς ἁμαρτίαν Οὐκ εἴχοσαν νῦν δέ πρόφασιν οὐκ ἔχουσιν περί τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν)

Jesus speaks of sin as if it were an object that a person could possess. See how you translated a similar phrase in [9:41](../09/41.md).

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἁμαρτίαν & ἁμαρτίας

sin & sin

Jesus uses sin to refer specifically to the sin of rejecting Jesus and his teachings. It does not refer to sin in general, because everyone is guilty of sin. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the sin of rejecting me and my teachings … sin of rejecting me]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. They were
2. -
3. 21920
5. eχō
6. V-IIA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓were˒ having
8. ˱they˲ ˓were˒ having
9. -
10. Y33; R76809
11. 76876
1. not
2. don't
3. 37560
4. S
5. ou
6. D-·······
7. not
8. not
9. S
10. Y33
11. 76875
1. having
2. -
3. 21920
5. eχō
6. V-IIA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓were˒ having
8. ˱they˲ ˓were˒ having
9. -
10. Y33; R76809
11. 76876
1. sin
2. -
3. 2660
5. hamartia
6. N-····AFS
7. sin
8. sin
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76874
1. except
2. except
3. 14870
5. ei
6. C-·······
7. except
8. except
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76868
1. not/lest
2. -
3. 33610
5. mē
6. D-·······
7. ¬not/lest
8. ¬not/lest
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76869
1. I came
2. -
3. 20640
5. erχomai
6. V-IAA1··S
7. ˱I˲ came
8. ˱I˲ came
9. -
10. Y33; R76177
11. 76870
1. and
2. -
3. 25320
5. kai
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76871
1. spoke
2. spoke
3. 29800
5. laleō
6. V-IAA1··S
7. spoke
8. spoke
9. -
10. Y33; R76177
11. 76872
1. to them
2. -
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3DMP
7. ˱to˲ them
8. ˱to˲ them
9. -
10. Y33; R76809
11. 76873
1. but
2. -
3. 11610
5. de
6. C-·······
7. but
8. but
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76878
1. now
2. -
3. 35680
5. nun
6. D-·······
7. now
8. now
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76877
1. they are
2. -
3. 21920
5. eχō
6. V-IPA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ having
8. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ having
9. -
10. Y33; R76809
11. 76881
1. not
2. -
3. 37560
5. ou
6. D-·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76880
1. having
2. -
3. 21920
5. eχō
6. V-IPA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ having
8. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ having
9. -
10. Y33; R76809
11. 76881
1. excuse
2. excuse
3. 43920
5. profasis
6. N-····AFS
7. excuse
8. excuse
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76879
1. for
2. -
3. 40120
5. peri
6. P-·······
7. for
8. for
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76882
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····GFS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76883
1. sin
2. -
3. 2660
5. hamartia
6. N-····GFS
7. sin
8. sin
9. -
10. Y33
11. 76884
1. of them
2. their
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3GMP
7. ˱of˲ them
8. ˱of˲ them
9. -
10. Y33; R76809
11. 76885

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 15:22