OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 1:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

ἦν & δι’ αὐτοῦ & αὐτὸν

˱he˲_was & through him & him

He and him in this verse refer to Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Jesus was … through Jesus … Jesus”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ

in the world

Here, world refers to the earth on which people live. It does not refer only to the people in the world or to the entire universe. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “on the earth”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὁ κόσμος

the world

Here, world refers to the universe God created. It does not refer only to the people in the world or only to the earth. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the whole universe”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω

and the world and the world him not knew

Here, and introduces a contrast between what was expected, that the world would recognize its Creator, and what happened, that the world did to do that. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a contrast. Alternate translation: “but the world did not know him” or “yet the world did not know him”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 2) ὁ κόσμος

the world

Here, world refers to the people who lived in it. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the people in the world”

(Occurrence 2) οὐκ ἔγνω

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν καὶ ὁ κόσμος διʼ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω)

Alternate translation: “did not acknowledge”