OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 21:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / pastforfuture

λέγει & λέγει & λέγει

˱he˲_˓is˒_saying & ˓is˒_saying & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Λέγει αὐτῷ τό τρίτον Σίμων Ἰωάννου φιλεῖς μέ ἐλυπήθη ὁ Πέτρος ὅτι εἶπεν αὐτῷ τό τρίτον Φιλεῖς μέ Καί λέγει αὐτῷ Κύριε παντᾶ σύ οἶδας σύ γινώσκεις ὅτι φιλῶ σέ λέγει αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς Βόσκε τά προβάτια μού)

Here John uses the present tense in past narration in order to call attention to a development in the story.

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

(Occurrence -1) τὸ τρίτον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Λέγει αὐτῷ τό τρίτον Σίμων Ἰωάννου φιλεῖς μέ ἐλυπήθη ὁ Πέτρος ὅτι εἶπεν αὐτῷ τό τρίτον Φιλεῖς μέ Καί λέγει αὐτῷ Κύριε παντᾶ σύ οἶδας σύ γινώσκεις ὅτι φιλῶ σέ λέγει αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς Βόσκε τά προβάτια μού)

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you can use cardinal numbers here. Alternate translation: [time number 3 … time number 3.]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

φιλεῖς με & φιλεῖς με & φιλῶ σε

˱you˲_˓are˒_loving (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Λέγει αὐτῷ τό τρίτον Σίμων Ἰωάννου φιλεῖς μέ ἐλυπήθη ὁ Πέτρος ὅτι εἶπεν αὐτῷ τό τρίτον Φιλεῖς μέ Καί λέγει αὐτῷ Κύριε παντᾶ σύ οἶδας σύ γινώσκεις ὅτι φιλῶ σέ λέγει αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς Βόσκε τά προβάτια μού)

The three occurrences of love in this verse are all the same word in the original language. However, this word is different from the word Jesus used for love in the previous two verses when he asked Peter, “Do you love me?” You should use the same word for love in this verse that you used for Peter’s responses in the previous two verses when he said, “You know that I love you.” See the discussion of this concept in the General Notes for this chapter. Alternate translation: [do you love me with affection … Do you love me with affection … I love you with affection] or [do you love me like a friend … Do you love me like a friend … I love you like a friend]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

εἶπεν αὐτῷ τὸ τρίτον, φιλεῖς με

˱he˲_said ˱to˲_him (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Λέγει αὐτῷ τό τρίτον Σίμων Ἰωάννου φιλεῖς μέ ἐλυπήθη ὁ Πέτρος ὅτι εἶπεν αὐτῷ τό τρίτον Φιλεῖς μέ Καί λέγει αὐτῷ Κύριε παντᾶ σύ οἶδας σύ γινώσκεις ὅτι φιλῶ σέ λέγει αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς Βόσκε τά προβάτια μού)

If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: [he asked him the third time if he loved him]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

βόσκε τὰ προβάτια μου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Λέγει αὐτῷ τό τρίτον Σίμων Ἰωάννου φιλεῖς μέ ἐλυπήθη ὁ Πέτρος ὅτι εἶπεν αὐτῷ τό τρίτον Φιλεῖς μέ Καί λέγει αὐτῷ Κύριε παντᾶ σύ οἶδας σύ γινώσκεις ὅτι φιλῶ σέ λέγει αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς Βόσκε τά προβάτια μού)

This sentence has the same meaning as “Feed my lambs” in verse 15 and “Take care of my sheep” in the previous verse. See how you translated those similar sentences in the previous two verses. Alternate translation: [Take care of the people who believe in me like a shepherd feeds sheep]