OET interlinear MAT 11:22

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

πλὴν

however

Here, the word Nevertheless introduces a contrast with how people might think about the wicked people of Tyre and Sidon. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast, or you could leave Nevertheless untranslated. Alternate translation: “Yet” or “As a matter of fact”

λέγω ὑμῖν & ἔσται

˱I˲_/am/_saying ˱to˲_you_all & ˱it˲_will_be

Jesus uses the clause I say to you to emphasize what he is about to say. Use a natural form in your language for emphasizing the truth and importance of a statement. Alternate translation: “I want you to know that it will be”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

Τύρῳ καὶ Σιδῶνι ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως ἢ ὑμῖν

˱for˲_Tyre and Sidon more_tolerable ˱it˲_will_be in day ˱of˲_judgment than ˱for˲_you_all

Jesus assumes that his audience will know that God destroyed the cities of Tyre and Sidon because the people in them were so wicked. The implication is that it must therefore be an extremely grave offense to reject the messengers of the kingdom of God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “God will judge you more severely than he will judge the people who lived in Tyre and Sidon, even though he destroyed their cities because they were so wicked”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

Τύρῳ καὶ Σιδῶνι

˱for˲_Tyre and Sidon

Here, the words Tyre and Sidon refer to the people who live in those cities. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “for the people of Tyre and Sidon”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως

in day ˱of˲_judgment

Here, Jesus is using the possessive form to describe a day on which judgment will happen. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “on the day when God judges everyone”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

κρίσεως

˱of˲_judgment

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of judgment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “when people are judged”