OET interlinear 1 YHN (1 JHN) 5:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ πιστεύων εἰς τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἔχει τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἐν αὑτῷ; ὁ μὴ πιστεύων τῷ Θεῷ, ψεύστην πεποίηκεν αὐτόν, ὅτι οὐ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἣν μεμαρτύρηκεν ὁ Θεὸς περὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ

the_‹one› ¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς τόν Υἱόν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἔχει τήν μαρτυρίαν ἐν αὐτῷ ὁ μή πιστεύων τῷ Θεῷ ψεύστην πεποίηκεν αὐτόν ὅτι οὐκ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τήν μαρτυρίαν ἥν μεμαρτύρηκεν ὁ Θεός περί τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ)

This verse comes in between John’s two introductions of God’s testimony. You could include this information that tells your reader that the testimony is still coming, as in the UST, if that would be helpful to your readers.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

ὁ πιστεύων

the_‹one› ¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς τόν Υἱόν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἔχει τήν μαρτυρίαν ἐν αὐτῷ ὁ μή πιστεύων τῷ Θεῷ ψεύστην πεποίηκεν αὐτόν ὅτι οὐκ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τήν μαρτυρίαν ἥν μεμαρτύρηκεν ὁ Θεός περί τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ)

John is speaking of everyone who believes, not of any particular person. Alternate translation: [Any person who believes]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εἰς τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ

in in (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς τόν Υἱόν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἔχει τήν μαρτυρίαν ἐν αὐτῷ ὁ μή πιστεύων τῷ Θεῷ ψεύστην πεποίηκεν αὐτόν ὅτι οὐκ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τήν μαρτυρίαν ἥν μεμαρτύρηκεν ὁ Θεός περί τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ)

John implicitly means that they believe that Jesus is the Son of God. Alternate translation: [that Jesus is the Son of God]

Note 4 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς τόν Υἱόν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἔχει τήν μαρτυρίαν ἐν αὐτῷ ὁ μή πιστεύων τῷ Θεῷ ψεύστην πεποίηκεν αὐτόν ὅτι οὐκ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τήν μαρτυρίαν ἥν μεμαρτύρηκεν ὁ Θεός περί τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ)

Son of God is an important title for Jesus.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἔχει τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἐν αὑτῷ

˓is˒_having (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς τόν Υἱόν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἔχει τήν μαρτυρίαν ἐν αὐτῷ ὁ μή πιστεύων τῷ Θεῷ ψεύστην πεποίηκεν αὐτόν ὅτι οὐκ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τήν μαρτυρίαν ἥν μεμαρτύρηκεν ὁ Θεός περί τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ)

John speaks of the testimony as if it were an object that could be inside believers. Alternate translation: [completely accepts what God has said]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν μαρτυρίαν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς τόν Υἱόν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἔχει τήν μαρτυρίαν ἐν αὐτῷ ὁ μή πιστεύων τῷ Θεῷ ψεύστην πεποίηκεν αὐτόν ὅτι οὐκ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τήν μαρτυρίαν ἥν μεμαρτύρηκεν ὁ Θεός περί τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun testimony with an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: [what God has said]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ψεύστην πεποίηκεν αὐτόν

˓a˒_liar ˓has˒_made him

As in [1:10](../01/10.md), be sure that it is clear in your translation that God would not actually be a liar in this case. Rather, since God has said that Jesus is his Son, a person who did not believe that would be calling God a liar. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [is, in effect, saying that God is a liar]

Note 8 topic: writing-poetry

τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἣν μεμαρτύρηκεν ὁ Θεὸς περὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς τόν Υἱόν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἔχει τήν μαρτυρίαν ἐν αὐτῷ ὁ μή πιστεύων τῷ Θεῷ ψεύστην πεποίηκεν αὐτόν ὅτι οὐκ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τήν μαρτυρίαν ἥν μεμαρτύρηκεν ὁ Θεός περί τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ)

John is using a construction in which a verb and its object come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language. Alternatively, your language may have another way of saying this. Alternate translation: [what God has testified about his Son] or [the testimony that God has given about his son]