OET interlinear LUKE 11:32

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἄνδρες Νινευεῖται

men (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἄνδρες Νινευῖται ἀναστήσονται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετά τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καί κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτήν ὅτι μετενόησαν εἰς τό κήρυγμα Ἰωνᾶ καί ἰδού πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε)

It may be helpful to state explicitly that Nineveh refers to the ancient city of Nineveh. Alternate translation: [The people who lived in the ancient city of Nineveh]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἄνδρες

men

Here, men is generic and includes both men and women. Alternate translation: [The people]

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

ἀναστήσονται & μετὰ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης

˓will_be˒_standing_up & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἄνδρες Νινευῖται ἀναστήσονται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετά τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καί κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτήν ὅτι μετενόησαν εἰς τό κήρυγμα Ἰωνᾶ καί ἰδού πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε)

Here, rise up means to stand up. In this culture, people 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 their 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]

τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης

¬the generation this

Alternate translation: [the people who lived at this time]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἄνδρες Νινευῖται ἀναστήσονται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετά τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καί κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτήν ὅτι μετενόησαν εἰς τό κήρυγμα Ἰωνᾶ καί ἰδού πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε)

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

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε

˱one˲_greater_‹than› Jonah_‹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 Jonah is here]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε

˱one˲_greater_‹than› Jonah_‹is› here

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

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε

˱one˲_greater_‹than› Jonah_‹is› here

It may be helpful to state explicitly that these people have not repented after hearing the message of Jesus. Alternate translation: [even though I, who am greater than Jonah, am here, you still have not repented after hearing my message]