OET interlinear LUKE 11:33

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parables

οὐδεὶς λύχνον ἅψας

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐδείς λύχνον ἅψας εἰς κρύπτην τίθησιν οὐδέ ὑπό τόν μόδιον ἀλλʼ ἐπί τήν λυχνίαν ἵνα οἱ εἰσπορευόμενοι τό φῶς βλέπωσιν)

To help the people in the crowd understand what he has been teaching, Jesus offers a brief illustration. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: [Then Jesus gave the crowd this illustration to help them understand. “No one who lights a lamp]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

κρύπτην

˓a˒_hidden_place

This expression means a place in a house that would not ordinarily be seen. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use the name of any part of a dwelling in your culture that would not ordinarily be seen. Alternate translation: [a closet]

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

τὸν μόδιον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐδείς λύχνον ἅψας εἰς κρύπτην τίθησιν οὐδέ ὑπό τόν μόδιον ἀλλʼ ἐπί τήν λυχνίαν ἵνα οἱ εἰσπορευόμενοι τό φῶς βλέπωσιν)

The term the measure refers to a container for dry material that had a capacity of about eight liters or about two gallons. You can represent the term in your translation with the name of a corresponding container in your culture. Alternate translation: [a basket] or [a bowl]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν

but (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐδείς λύχνον ἅψας εἰς κρύπτην τίθησιν οὐδέ ὑπό τόν μόδιον ἀλλʼ ἐπί τήν λυχνίαν ἵνα οἱ εἰσπορευόμενοι τό φῶς βλέπωσιν)

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could supply the understood subject and verb in this clause. It may also be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [Instead, a person places a lighted lamp on a lampstand]