OET interlinear MAT 13:39

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ & ἐχθρὸς, ὁ σπείρας αὐτά, ἐστιν ὁ διάβολος

the & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ δέ ἐχθρός ὁ σπείρας αὐτά ἐστίν ὁ διάβολος ὁ δέ θερισμός συντέλεια αἰῶνος ἐστίν οἱ δέ θερισταί ἄγγελοι εἰσίν)

Here Jesus speaks as if the enemy having sowed them were the devil. He means that the enemy represents or is like the devil. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in simile form or in another way. Alternate translation: [the enemy having sowed them represents the devil] or [the enemy having sowed them should be interpreted as the devil]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτά

them

The pronoun them refers to the darnel. If this is not clear for your readers, you could refer to the plant more directly. Alternate translation: [the darnel] or [the weeds]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ δὲ θερισμὸς συντέλεια αἰῶνός ἐστιν

the the_‹one› the the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ δέ ἐχθρός ὁ σπείρας αὐτά ἐστίν ὁ διάβολος ὁ δέ θερισμός συντέλεια αἰῶνος ἐστίν οἱ δέ θερισταί ἄγγελοι εἰσίν)

Here Jesus speaks as if the harvest were the end of the age. He means that the harvest represents or is like the end of the age. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in simile form or in another way. Alternate translation: [And the harvest represents the end of the age] or [the harvest should be interpreted as the end of the age]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

συντέλεια αἰῶνός

˓the˒_completion (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ δέ ἐχθρός ὁ σπείρας αὐτά ἐστίν ὁ διάβολος ὁ δέ θερισμός συντέλεια αἰῶνος ἐστίν οἱ δέ θερισταί ἄγγελοι εἰσίν)

The phrase the end of the age refers to when the current time period will cease and a new age will begin. If your language has a way to refer to the end of the way things are now, you could use it here, or you could use a descriptive phrase. Alternate translation: [the end of the world] or [the moment in the future when the current way of doing things will cease]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οἱ & θερισταὶ ἄγγελοί εἰσιν

the & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ δέ ἐχθρός ὁ σπείρας αὐτά ἐστίν ὁ διάβολος ὁ δέ θερισμός συντέλεια αἰῶνος ἐστίν οἱ δέ θερισταί ἄγγελοι εἰσίν)

Here Jesus speaks as if the reapers were angels. He means that the reapers represent or are like angels. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in simile form or in another way. Alternate translation: [the reapers represent angels] or [the reapers should be interpreted as angels]