OET interlinear LUKE 13:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

εἶπεν & πρὸς τὸν ἀμπελουργόν, ἰδοὺ, τρία ἔτη ἀφ’ οὗ ἔρχομαι ζητῶν καρπὸν ἐν τῇ συκῇ ταύτῃ, καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκω. ἔκκοψον αὐτήν, ἵνα τί καὶ τὴν γῆν καταργεῖ?

˱he˲_said & to the vinedresser behold three years from that ˱I˲_/am/_coming seeking fruit on ¬the fig_tree this and not ˱I˲_/am/_finding_‹any› cut_off it for_reason why even the ground ˱it˲_/is/_wasting

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “he told the gardener to pay attention, that he had been coming for three years to look for fruit on the fig tree, but he had not found any, and so the gardener should cut the tree down because it was keeping the ground from being productive.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ

behold

The man uses the term behold to get the gardener to pay attention to what he is about to say. Alternate translation: “Pay attention”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ἵνα τί καὶ τὴν γῆν καταργεῖ?

for_reason why even the ground ˱it˲_/is/_wasting

The man uses the question form to emphasize that the tree is useless and that the gardener should cut it down. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate his words as a statement. Alternate translation: “Do not let it keep the ground from being productive any longer.”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καὶ τὴν γῆν καταργεῖ

and even the ground ˱it˲_/is/_wasting

The man speaks of the tree as if it were keeping the ground from working, since the ground would be productive if a different tree that actually was bearing fruit were in its place. Alternate translation: “is it even keeping the ground from being productive”