OET interlinear LUKE 11:31

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-names

βασίλισσα νότου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Βασίλισσα νότου ἐγερθήσεται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετά τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καί κατακρινεῖ αὐτούς ὅτι ἦλθεν ἐκ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς ἀκοῦσαι τήν σοφίαν Σολομῶνος καί ἰδού πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε)

This means the Queen of Sheba. Sheba was a kingdom south of Israel. Alternate translation: [The Queen of Sheba]

Note 2 topic: translate-symaction

ἐγερθήσεται & μετὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης

˓will_be_being˒_raised & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Βασίλισσα νότου ἐγερθήσεται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετά τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καί κατακρινεῖ αὐτούς ὅτι ἦλθεν ἐκ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς ἀκοῦσαι τήν σοφίαν Σολομῶνος καί ἰδού πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε)

In this culture, a person would stand up to give testimony in a legal proceeding. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain that this will be the reason for her action. Alternate translation: [will stand up … to give testimony before God against the people who lived at this time]

ἐν τῇ κρίσει

at the judgment

Alternate translation: [at the time when God judges people]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης

the men ¬the generation this

Here Jesus is using the term men in a generic sense that includes all people. Alternate translation: [the people who lived at this time]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἦλθεν ἐκ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς

˱she˲_came from the ends ˱of˲_the earth

This is an idiom that means she came from very far away. Alternate translation: [she traveled a great distance] or [she came from a faraway place]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν σοφίαν Σολομῶνος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Βασίλισσα νότου ἐγερθήσεται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετά τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καί κατακρινεῖ αὐτούς ὅτι ἦλθεν ἐκ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς ἀκοῦσαι τήν σοφίαν Σολομῶνος καί ἰδού πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun wisdom with an adjective such as “wise.” Alternate translation: [the wise things that Solomon said]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Βασίλισσα νότου ἐγερθήσεται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετά τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καί κατακρινεῖ αὐτούς ὅτι ἦλθεν ἐκ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς ἀκοῦσαι τήν σοφίαν Σολομῶνος καί ἰδού πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε)

Jesus uses the term behold to get the crowd to focus its attention on what he is about to say. Alternate translation: [now listen carefully]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε

˱one˲_greater_‹than› Solomon_‹is› here

Jesus is using the phrase something greater to refer to a specific person, the Son of Man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [someone greater than Solomon is here]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε

˱one˲_greater_‹than› Solomon_‹is› here

Jesus is speaking about himself in the third person. Alternate translation: [I, who am greater than Solomon, am here]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε

˱one˲_greater_‹than› Solomon_‹is› here

It may be helpful to state explicitly that these people have not listened to Jesus. Alternate translation: [even though I, who am greater than Solomon, am here, the people of this time have not listened to me]