OET interlinear LUKE 10:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὑπάγετε

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὑπάγετε ἰδού ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς ἄρνας ἐν μέσῳ λύκων)

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state explicitly where Jesus wants these disciples to go. Alternate translation: [Go to the cities and places where I am sending you]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὑπάγετε ἰδού ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς ἄρνας ἐν μέσῳ λύκων)

Jesus uses the term Behold to get his disciples to focus their attention on what he is about to say. Alternate translation: [Listen carefully now]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς ἄρνας ἐν μέσῳ λύκων

˱I˲_˓am˒_sending_out you_all as lambs in ˓the˒_midst ˱of˲_wolves

Wolves attack and kill sheep. This simile is a warning to the disciples whom Jesus is sending out that there will be people who will want to harm them. You could explain the meaning of this figurative expression in your translation. (However, you could also reproduce the simile, as suggested in the next note.) Alternate translation: [when I send you out, there are going to be some people who will want to harm you]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς ἄρνας ἐν μέσῳ λύκων

˱I˲_˓am˒_sending_out you_all as lambs in ˓the˒_midst ˱of˲_wolves

Jesus’ disciples would have known that lambs are gentle animals that have been domesticated for their wool, milk, meat, and leather, and that wolves are predatory land animals, similar to large dogs, that hunt and kill in packs. If you would like to reproduce the simile, but your readers would not be familiar with these animals, you could use general terms. Alternate translation: [I am sending you out like harmless animals that will encounter a group of predators]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / you

ὑμᾶς

you_all

Since Jesus is speaking to these 72 disciples as a group, you is plural here and through [10:12](../10/12.md).