OET interlinear LUKE 11:42

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀποδεκατοῦτε τὸ ἡδύοσμον, καὶ τὸ πήγανον, καὶ πᾶν λάχανον

˱you_all˲_˓are˒_tithing (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλά οὐαί ὑμῖν τοῖς Φαρισαίοις ὅτι ἀποδεκατοῦτε τό ἡδύοσμον καί τό πήγανον καί παν λάχανον καί παρέρχεσθε τήν κρίσιν καί τήν ἀγάπην τοῦ Θεοῦ ταῦτα Δέ ἔδει ποιῆσαι κἀκεῖνα μή παρεῖναι)

The implication is that the Pharisees are counting the leaves on their garden herbs and giving a tenth of those to God, and that by doing that, they are going to almost absurd extremes in pursuing that devotional practice. Alternate translation: [you are so extreme that you give every tenth leaf from your mint and rue and other garden plants to God]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

τὸ ἡδύοσμον, καὶ τὸ πήγανον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλά οὐαί ὑμῖν τοῖς Φαρισαίοις ὅτι ἀποδεκατοῦτε τό ἡδύοσμον καί τό πήγανον καί παν λάχανον καί παρέρχεσθε τήν κρίσιν καί τήν ἀγάπην τοῦ Θεοῦ ταῦτα Δέ ἔδει ποιῆσαι κἀκεῖνα μή παρεῖναι)

These are the names of herbs. People put just a little bit of their leaves into their food to give it flavor. If your readers would not know what mint and rue are, you could use the name of herbs that they would know.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

πᾶν λάχανον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλά οὐαί ὑμῖν τοῖς Φαρισαίοις ὅτι ἀποδεκατοῦτε τό ἡδύοσμον καί τό πήγανον καί παν λάχανον καί παρέρχεσθε τήν κρίσιν καί τήν ἀγάπην τοῦ Θεοῦ ταῦτα Δέ ἔδει ποιῆσαι κἀκεῖνα μή παρεῖναι)

This does not mean every herb that exists, but every herb that the Pharisees were growing in their gardens. Alternate translation: [every other herb in your gardens]

τὴν ἀγάπην τοῦ Θεοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλά οὐαί ὑμῖν τοῖς Φαρισαίοις ὅτι ἀποδεκατοῦτε τό ἡδύοσμον καί τό πήγανον καί παν λάχανον καί παρέρχεσθε τήν κρίσιν καί τήν ἀγάπην τοῦ Θεοῦ ταῦτα Δέ ἔδει ποιῆσαι κἀκεῖνα μή παρεῖναι)

Alternate translation: [to make sure that people are treated fairly and compassionately, as God would want]

ταῦτα & κἀκεῖνα

these_‹things› & and_those_‹things›

By these, Jesus means the justice and the love of God. By those, he means devotional practices such as tithing. Your language may have its own way of expressing distinctions like this. Alternate translation: [the latter and the former]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

κἀκεῖνα μὴ παρεῖναι

and_those_‹things› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλά οὐαί ὑμῖν τοῖς Φαρισαίοις ὅτι ἀποδεκατοῦτε τό ἡδύοσμον καί τό πήγανον καί παν λάχανον καί παρέρχεσθε τήν κρίσιν καί τήν ἀγάπην τοῦ Θεοῦ ταῦτα Δέ ἔδει ποιῆσαι κἀκεῖνα μή παρεῖναι)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this double negative, which consists of a negative particle and a negative verb, as a positive statement. Alternate translation: [while making sure to express your devotion to God as well]