OET interlinear LUKE 13:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

θυγατέρα Ἀβραὰμ

daughter ˱of˲_Abraham

Jesus is using the word daughter to mean “descendant.” Alternate translation: [a descendant of Abraham]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἣν ἔδησεν ὁ Σατανᾶς

whom bound ¬the Satan

Jesus speaks of the evil spirit causing the crippling disease as if Satan had tied the woman up. Alternate translation: [whom Satan kept crippled by this illness]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὁ Σατανᾶς

¬the Satan

Jesus calls the evil spirit Satan by association with the leader of the evil spirits. Alternate translation: [this evil spirit]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ, δέκα καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη

behold ten and eight years

Jesus uses the term behold to emphasize the fact that eighteen years was a very long time for the woman to suffer. Your language may have its own way of emphasizing this. Alternate translation: [for eighteen long years]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

οὐκ ἔδει λυθῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ δεσμοῦ τούτου τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ Σαββάτου?

not ˱it˲_/was/_fitting /to_be/_loosed from ¬the bond this ˱on˲_the day ˱of˲_the Sabbath

Jesus is using the question form to challenge the synagogue ruler’s assertion that people should not come for healing on the Sabbath. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate his words as a statement. Alternate translation: [it is right to free her from this bond on the day of the Sabbath!]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀπὸ τοῦ δεσμοῦ τούτου

from ¬the bond this

Jesus speaks again about the woman’s disease as if it had kept her tied up. Alternate translation: [from this crippling illness]

τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ Σαββάτου

˱on˲_the day ˱of˲_the Sabbath

Here your language might use an indefinite article rather than the definite article, since Jesus is not speaking of a specific Sabbath. Alternate translation: [on a Sabbath day]