OET interlinear LUKE 14:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

καὶ

and

The word And introduces a contrast between what was expected, that all the invited guests would come to the dinner, and what happened, that they all declined to do that. Alternate translation: “But”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἀπὸ μιᾶς πάντες

of one all

Jesus is leaving out a word that this sentence would need in many languages in order to be complete. This could mean a number of things, depending on what word is supplied, but the general sense is the same in every case: (1) “all from one mind” or “all from one voice,” that is, unanimously. Alternate translation: “all alike” (2) “all from one manner.” Alternate translation: “all in the same way” (3) “all from one time” Alternate translation: “all, as soon as the servant came to them”

παραιτεῖσθαι

/to_be/_excusing_‹themselves›

Alternate translation: “to give polite reasons why they could not come to the dinner”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ πρῶτος εἶπεν αὐτῷ

the first said ˱to˲_him

While him refers to the servant, the implication is that this first guest was giving the servant a message for his master, since it would be the master, not the servant, who would excuse him from attending the banquet. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “The first guest whom the servant approached told him to give this message to his master”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ὁ πρῶτος

the first

Jesus is using the adjective first as a noun in order to indicate a person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate the term with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “The first guest whom the servant approached”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ἀγρὸν ἠγόρασα καὶ ἔχω ἀνάγκην ἐξελθὼν ἰδεῖν αὐτόν; ἐρωτῶ σε ἔχε με παρῃτημένον

/a/_field ˱I˲_bought and ˱I˲_/am/_having necessity /having/_come_out /to/_see it ˱I˲_/am/_asking you /be/_holding me /having_been/_excused

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “that he had just bought a field and that he needed to go out and look at it, so he wanted to be excused”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐρωτῶ σε ἔχε με παρῃτημένον

˱I˲_/am/_asking you /be/_holding me /having_been/_excused

In this culture, this was a polite formula for declining a social invitation. If your language has a similar formula, you could use it in your translation. Alternate translation: “Please accept my apology for not being able to attend”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἔχε με παρῃτημένον

/be/_holding me /having_been/_excused

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: “excuse me from attending”