OET interlinear MAT 10:42

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὃς ἐὰν ποτίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων ποτήριον ψυχροῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ὅς ἐάν ποτίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων ποτήριον ψυχροῦ μόνον εἰς ὄνομα μαθητοῦ ἀμήν λέγω ὑμῖν οὒ μή ἀπολέσῃ τόν μισθόν αὐτοῦ)

Jesus speaks about giving someone a cup of cold water to drink as an example of one small way in which a person can help another person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could indicate that this is an example, or you could use a more general expression. Alternate translation: [whoever, for example, gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water to drink] or [whoever helps one of these little ones in any way]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων

one ¬the ˱of˲_little_‹ones› ˱of˲_these

Jesus refers to people whom others consider unimportant or insignificant as if they were little. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [to any person whom people ignore] or [to an insignificant person]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

μόνον εἰς ὄνομα μαθητοῦ

only in ˓the˒_name ˱of˲_˓a˒_disciple

See how you translated the phrase in the name of in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [with only the knowledge that this person is a disciple] or [simply because this person is a disciple]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσῃ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ὅς ἐάν ποτίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων ποτήριον ψυχροῦ μόνον εἰς ὄνομα μαθητοῦ ἀμήν λέγω ὑμῖν οὒ μή ἀπολέσῃ τόν μισθόν αὐτοῦ)

Jesus is using a figure of speech here that expresses a strongly positive meaning by using a negative phrase, certainly not, together with an expression that is the opposite of the intended meaning, lose. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the positive meaning. Alternate translation: [he will most certainly receive]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσῃ & αὐτοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ὅς ἐάν ποτίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων ποτήριον ψυχροῦ μόνον εἰς ὄνομα μαθητοῦ ἀμήν λέγω ὑμῖν οὒ μή ἀπολέσῃ τόν μισθόν αὐτοῦ)

Although the term he is masculine, Jesus is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [that person will certainly not lose his or her]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

οὐ μὴ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ὅς ἐάν ποτίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων ποτήριον ψυχροῦ μόνον εἰς ὄνομα μαθητοῦ ἀμήν λέγω ὑμῖν οὒ μή ἀπολέσῃ τόν μισθόν αὐτοῦ)

The words translated as certainly not are two negative words. In this construction, the second negative does not cancel the first to create a positive meaning. Instead, it gives greater emphasis to the negative. If your language can use two negatives that do not cancel one another to create a positive meaning, you could use a double negative here. If your language does not use two negatives in that way, you could translate with one strong negative, as the ULT does. Alternate translation: [by no means]