OET interlinear LUKE 19:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς

said and to him ¬the Jesus

Jesus spoke not just to Zacchaeus but also to the people from the crowd who were complaining that he had gone to visit him. In this culture, people were allowed to stand around the walls of the banquet room in a private home and listen to what an invited guest was saying. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “Then Jesus said to Zacchaeus and to the people from the crowd who were standing around the room”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

σωτηρία τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ ἐγένετο, καθότι καὶ αὐτὸς υἱὸς Ἀβραάμ ἐστιν

salvation ¬the ˱to˲_house this became as_much_as also he /a/_son ˱of˲_Abraham is

Jesus is speaking to Zacchaeus, but he addresses him in the third person because he is also speaking to the people from the crowd. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the second person here. Alternate translation: “salvation has come to your household, because you too are a son of Abraham”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

σωτηρία τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ ἐγένετο

salvation ¬the ˱to˲_house this became

Jesus speaks of salvation as if it were a living thing that could come to the house of Zacchaeus. Alternate translation: “God has brought salvation to this household”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

σωτηρία τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ ἐγένετο

salvation ¬the ˱to˲_house this became

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun salvation with a verb such as “save,” and show that God has done the action. Alternate translation: “God has saved this household”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ

¬the ˱to˲_house this

Jesus is using the word house to refer to the people living in the house. Alternate translation: “to this household” or “to this family”

καὶ αὐτὸς

also he

Alternate translation: “this man too” or “Zacchaeus also”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

υἱὸς Ἀβραάμ

/a/_son ˱of˲_Abraham

Jesus may be using the word son to mean “descendant.” Alternate translation: “a descendant of Abraham” or “one of our fellow Jews”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

υἱὸς Ἀβραάμ

/a/_son ˱of˲_Abraham

Alternatively, Jesus could be using the expression son of as an idiom to mean someone who shares the qualities of someone else. Alternate translation: “a person who has faith as Abraham did”