OET interlinear MAT 10:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

ὃ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτί; καὶ ὃ εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε, κηρύξατε ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτί καί ὅ εἰς τό οὖς ἀκούετε κηρύξατε ἐπί τῶν δωμάτων)

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the clauses with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [What I tell you in the darkness, say in the light. Again, what you hear in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ

in the darkness

Jesus uses the image of darkness to represent the idea of concealment or secrecy. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [secretly]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῇ σκοτίᾳ

the darkness

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of darkness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [in a dark place]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐν τῷ φωτί

in in the light

Jesus uses the image of light to represent the idea of no concealment or secrecy. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [openly]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ὃ εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτί καί ὅ εἰς τό οὖς ἀκούετε κηρύξατε ἐπί τῶν δωμάτων)

The phrase what you hear in your ear refers to something that a person told you quietly. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [what is whispered to you] or [what I say privately to you]

Note 6 topic: translate-unknown

ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτί καί ὅ εἰς τό οὖς ἀκούετε κηρύξατε ἐπί τῶν δωμάτων)

Houses in Israel had flat roofs that were reached by stairs or ladders, so people could easily go up and stand on top of them. If houses are different in your culture and you think your readers might wonder how people would get up onto housetops and stand there, you could translate this with a general expression. Alternate translation: [from a high place from which everyone will be able to hear]