OET interlinear LUKE 15:32

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

εὐφρανθῆναι δὲ καὶ χαρῆναι ἔδει, ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου οὗτος, νεκρὸς ἦν καὶ ἔζησεν, καὶ ἀπολωλὼς καὶ εὑρέθη

˓to_be˒_gladdened (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εὐφρανθῆναι Δέ καί χαρῆναι ἔδει ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σοῦ οὗτος νεκρός ἦν καί ἔζησεν καί ἀπολωλώς καί εὑρέθη)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [But he insisted that it was right to have a celebration for his brother, since it was as if he had died and come back to life, and as if he had been lost and had been found]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

εὐφρανθῆναι & καὶ χαρῆναι

˓to_be˒_gladdened & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εὐφρανθῆναι Δέ καί χαρῆναι ἔδει ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σοῦ οὗτος νεκρός ἦν καί ἔζησεν καί ἀπολωλώς καί εὑρέθη)

The phrase celebrate and rejoice expresses a single idea emphatically by using two similar words connected with and. Alternate translation: [celebrate joyfully]

ὁ ἀδελφός σου οὗτος

¬the brother (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εὐφρανθῆναι Δέ καί χαρῆναι ἔδει ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σοῦ οὗτος νεκρός ἦν καί ἔζησεν καί ἀπολωλώς καί εὑρέθη)

The older son had referred to “this son of yours,” but the father wants him to recognize him as his brother. Alternate translation: [your very own brother]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ ἀδελφός σου οὗτος, νεκρὸς ἦν καὶ ἔζησεν

¬the brother (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εὐφρανθῆναι Δέ καί χαρῆναι ἔδει ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σοῦ οὗτος νεκρός ἦν καί ἔζησεν καί ἀπολωλώς καί εὑρέθη)

See how you translated this figurative expression in [15:24](../15/24.md). Alternate translation: [it is as if your very own brother had died and come back to life]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀπολωλὼς καὶ εὑρέθη

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εὐφρανθῆναι Δέ καί χαρῆναι ἔδει ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σοῦ οὗτος νεκρός ἦν καί ἔζησεν καί ἀπολωλώς καί εὑρέθη)

See how you translated this figurative expression in [15:24](../15/24.md). Alternate translation: [it is as if he had been missing and we found him again]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

καὶ εὑρέθη

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εὐφρανθῆναι Δέ καί χαρῆναι ἔδει ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σοῦ οὗτος νεκρός ἦν καί ἔζησεν καί ἀπολωλώς καί εὑρέθη)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. Alternate translation: [we found him again]