OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 3:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / you

αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς

yourselves you_all

Here, You is plural and refers to all the people to whom John the Baptist is talking. Alternate translation: [You all] or [All of you]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ὅτι εἶπον, οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ Χριστός, ἀλλ’, ὅτι ἀπεσταλμένος εἰμὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐκείνου

that ˱I˲_said not am I the Messiah but ¬that ˓having_been˒_sent_out ˱I˲_am before that_‹one›

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [that I said that I am not the Christ but that I have been sent before that one]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀπεσταλμένος εἰμὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐκείνου

˓having_been˒_sent_out ˱I˲_am before that_‹one›

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [God sent me before that one]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐκείνου

that_‹one›

Here, that one refers to Jesus, whom John has called “the Christ” in the previous clause. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [Jesus] or [the Christ]