OET interlinear LUKE 13:35

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ

behold

Jesus uses the term Behold to call attention to what he is about to say. Alternate translation: “Indeed”

Note 2 topic: translate-tense

ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν

/is_being/_left_‹desolate› ˱to˲_you_all the house ˱of˲_you_all

Jesus is using the present tense in order to refer to something that will happen in the future. He is doing this to show that the event will certainly happen. Alternate translation: “your house will be left to you alone”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν

/is_being/_left_‹desolate› ˱to˲_you_all the house ˱of˲_you_all

Jesus speaks of the city of Jerusalem as if it were a house in which its people lived. Alternate translation: “your city will be left to you alone”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν

/is_being/_left_‹desolate› ˱to˲_you_all the house ˱of˲_you_all

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who will do the action. Alternate translation: “God is going to leave your city to you alone”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν

/is_being/_left_‹desolate› ˱to˲_you_all the house ˱of˲_you_all

The implications of this statement are that God will no longer consider that Jerusalem belongs to him, as a holy city where he dwells in his temple, and that God will therefore not protect the people of Jerusalem from their enemies. Alternate translation: “God will not protect you from your enemies”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / you

ὑμῖν & ὑμῶν & ὑμῖν

˱to˲_you_all & ˱of˲_you_all & ˱to˲_you_all

Jesus is now speaking directly to the people who live in Jerusalem, so your and you would be plural. The pronoun you would also be a plural pronoun in any case where it is needed in your language as a pronoun for a verb, for example, “you say.”

λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν

˱I˲_/am/_saying and ˱to˲_you_all

Jesus says this to emphasize what he is telling the people of Jerusalem. Alternate translation: “I can assure you”

οὐ μὴ με ἴδητέ ἕως ἥξει ὅτε εἴπητε

by_no_means not (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἰδοὺ ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν οὐ μὴ ἴδητέ με ἕως εἴπητε εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this a positive statement. Alternate translation: “the next time you see me, you will say”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἕως ἥξει ὅτε εἴπητε

until (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἰδοὺ ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν οὐ μὴ ἴδητέ με ἕως εἴπητε εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου)

The expression it comes means “the time comes.” You could express that in your translation, or, if your language does not speak of time as “coming,” you can use an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: “until the time comes when you say” or “until the time when you say”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ὅτε εἴπητε, εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἰδοὺ ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν οὐ μὴ ἴδητέ με ἕως εἴπητε εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “when you say that the one who comes in the name of the Lord is blessed”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου

in /the/_name ˱of˲_/the/_Lord

God’s name represents his power and authority. Alternate translation: “as God’s representative”