OET interlinear MAT 10:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἀσθενοῦντας & νεκροὺς

ailing_‹ones› & /the/_dead

Matthew is using the adjectives sick and dead as nouns to mean people who are sick and dead. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “sick people … dead people”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

νεκροὺς ἐγείρετε

/the/_dead /be/_raising

Here, the phrase raise the dead refers to causing someone who has died to become alive again. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “cause the dead to live again”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

λεπροὺς καθαρίζετε

/the/_lepers /be/_cleansing

Jesus commands the disciples to ceremonially cleanse the lepers, but he implies that he wants them to heal people of skin diseases, since they are what make lepers unclean. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “heal lepers from their unclean diseases”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε

undeservedly ˱you_all˲_received undeservedly give

Here Jesus means that he has given things to them Freely, and so they should also give to others freely. The things that they have received and should give could be: (1) the power and authority to preach, heal, and cast out demons. Alternate translation: “Freely you have received power from me; freely use that power for others” (2) help and blessings from God. Alternate translation: “Freely you have received help from God; freely give help to other people”