OET interlinear LUKE 12:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

εἰ & ἐν ἀγρῷ τὸν χόρτον ὄντα σήμερον, καὶ αὔριον εἰς κλίβανον βαλλόμενον, ὁ Θεὸς οὕτως ἀμφιέζει

if & in /the/_field the grass being_‹here› today and tomorrow into /a/_furnace /being/_cast ¬the God thus /is/_dressing

Jesus speaks of God making the wild plants beautiful as if God were putting beautiful clothing on them. Alternate translation: [if God makes the wild plants beautiful like this, even though they are alive today and are thrown into an oven tomorrow]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

εἰ & ἐν ἀγρῷ τὸν χόρτον ὄντα σήμερον, καὶ αὔριον εἰς κλίβανον βαλλόμενον, ὁ Θεὸς οὕτως ἀμφιέζει

if & in /the/_field the grass being_‹here› today and tomorrow into /a/_furnace /being/_cast ¬the God thus /is/_dressing

Jesus speaks as if this were a hypothetical situation, but he means that it must be true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might think that what Jesus is saying is uncertain, then you can translate his words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: [since God makes the wild plants so beautiful, even though they are alive today and are thrown into an oven tomorrow]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν ἀγρῷ τὸν χόρτον ὄντα σήμερον, καὶ αὔριον εἰς κλίβανον βαλλόμενον

in /the/_field the grass being_‹here› today and tomorrow into /a/_furnace /being/_cast

While Jesus uses a term that typically means grass, in this context he must implicitly mean wild plants in general, since he is referring back to the wild lilies he has just mentioned. So you could express this with a general term in your translation. Alternate translation: [the wild plants, which are alive today and tomorrow are thrown into an oven]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

ἐν ἀγρῷ τὸν χόρτον ὄντα σήμερον, καὶ αὔριον εἰς κλίβανον βαλλόμενον

in /the/_field the grass being_‹here› today and tomorrow into /a/_furnace /being/_cast

It would be particularly appropriate to use a general term in your translation if your readers would not know what grass is. Alternate translation: [the wild plants, which are alive today and tomorrow are thrown into an oven]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐν ἀγρῷ τὸν χόρτον ὄντα σήμερον, καὶ αὔριον εἰς κλίβανον βαλλόμενον

in /the/_field the grass being_‹here› today and tomorrow into /a/_furnace /being/_cast

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who does the action. Alternate translation: [the grass in the field, which exists today, but tomorrow someone throws it into an oven] or, if you decided to say “plants,” “the wild plants, which exist today, but tomorrow someone throws them into an oven”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν ἀγρῷ τὸν χόρτον ὄντα σήμερον, καὶ αὔριον εἰς κλίβανον βαλλόμενον

in /the/_field the grass being_‹here› today and tomorrow into /a/_furnace /being/_cast

The implication is that dried plant matter would be used for fuel, for heating and cooking. If your readers would not be familiar with this practice, you could describe it explicitly. Alternate translation: [the grass in the field, which exists today, but tomorrow people use it for fuel] or, if you decided to say “plants,” “the wild plants, which exist today, but tomorrow people use them for fuel”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς

˱for˲_how_much rather you_all

Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from earlier in the sentence. Alternate translation: [how much more will God clothe you]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς

˱for˲_how_much rather you_all

This is an exclamation, not a question. Jesus is emphasizing that God will certainly take care of people even better than he takes care of grass. Alternate translation: [God will certainly clothe you even better]