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OET interlinear MAT 15:4

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SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

    1. Greek word
    2. Greek lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. ὁ
    2. ho
    3. the
    4. -
    5. 35880
    6. E····NMS
    7. ¬the
    8. ¬the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10007
    1. Γάρ
    2. gar
    3. For/Because
    4. -
    5. 10630
    6. C·······
    7. for
    8. for
    9. S
    10. Y32
    11. 10008
    1. Θεός
    2. theos
    3. god
    4. God
    5. 23160
    6. N····NMS
    7. god
    8. God
    9. GN
    10. Y32; Person=God
    11. 10009
    1. ἐνετείλατο
    2. entellō
    3. commanded
    4. told
    5. 17810
    6. VIAM3··S
    7. commanded
    8. commanded
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10010
    1. λέγων
    2. legō
    3. saying
    4. -
    5. 30040
    6. VPPA·NMS
    7. saying
    8. saying
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10011
    1. εἶπεν
    2. legō
    3. -
    4. -
    5. 30040
    6. VIAA3··S
    7. said
    8. said
    9. -
    10. -
    11. 10012
    1. Τίμα
    2. timaō
    3. Be honouring
    4. honour
    5. 50910
    6. VMPA2··S
    7. ˓be˒ honouring
    8. ˓be˒ honoring
    9. B
    10. Y32
    11. 10013
    1. τόν
    2. ho
    3. the
    4. -
    5. 35880
    6. E····AMS
    7. the
    8. the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10014
    1. πατέρα
    2. patēr
    3. father
    4. -
    5. 39620
    6. N····AMS
    7. father
    8. father
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10015
    1. σοῦ
    2. su
    3. -
    4. -
    5. 47710
    6. R···2G·S
    7. ˱of˲ you
    8. ˱of˲ you
    9. -
    10. -
    11. 10016
    1. καί
    2. kai
    3. and
    4. -
    5. 25320
    6. C·······
    7. and
    8. and
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10017
    1. τήν
    2. ho
    3. the
    4. -
    5. 35880
    6. E····AFS
    7. the
    8. the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10018
    1. μητέρα
    2. mētēr
    3. mother
    4. -
    5. 33840
    6. N····AFS
    7. mother
    8. mother
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10019
    1. σοῦ
    2. su
    3. -
    4. -
    5. 47710
    6. R···2G·S
    7. ˱of˲ you
    8. ˱of˲ you
    9. -
    10. -
    11. 10020
    1. καί
    2. kai
    3. and
    4. -
    5. 25320
    6. C·······
    7. and
    8. and
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10021
    1. Ὁ
    2. ho
    3. The one
    4. -
    5. 35880
    6. R····NMS
    7. the ‹one›
    8. the ‹one›
    9. B
    10. Y32
    11. 10022
    1. κακολογῶν
    2. kakologeō
    3. speaking evil
    4. speaks
    5. 25510
    6. VPPA·NMS
    7. speaking_evil
    8. speaking_evil
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10023
    1. πατέρα
    2. patēr
    3. of father
    4. -
    5. 39620
    6. N····AMS
    7. ˱of˲ father
    8. ˱of˲ father
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10024
    1. ἤ
    2. ē
    3. or
    4. -
    5. 22280
    6. C·······
    7. or
    8. or
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10025
    1. μητέρα
    2. mētēr
    3. mother
    4. -
    5. 33840
    6. N····AFS
    7. mother
    8. mother
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10026
    1. θανάτῳ
    2. thanatos
    3. in death
    4. death
    5. 22880
    6. N····DMS
    7. ˱in˲ death
    8. ˱in˲ death
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10027
    1. τελευτάτω
    2. teleutaō
    3. let be dying
    4. -
    5. 50530
    6. VMPA3··S
    7. ˓let_be˒ dying
    8. ˓let_be˒ dying
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10028

OET (OET-LV) For/Because the god commanded saying:
Be_honouring the father and the mother, and:
The one speaking_evil of_father or mother, let_be_dying in_death.

OET (OET-RV) “God told us to honour our fathers and mothers, and also that anyone who speaks evil about their father or mother deserves the death penalty.

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 15:1–20: The deeds that make someone unclean in God’s eyes

Over the years, Jewish religious leaders added many oral rules to God’s written laws. The Pharisees and teachers of the law considered these oral rules (also called traditions) to be as important as God’s written laws. One of their rules was that a person must wash his hands a certain way before he ate food. If a Jew did not follow this rule before he ate, they considered him ceremonially “unclean.” This meant that they did not allow him to worship God in public for a certain amount of time. Jesus made it clear that there was something far more important than how a person washed his hands. The important thing was the condition of his heart.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Jesus Challenges the Pharisees’ Traditions (GW)

Jesus Teaches about Inner Purity/Cleanliness

There are parallel passages for this section in Mark 7:1–23 and Luke 11:37–39.

15:4a

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’

For: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as For introduces an explanation of 15:3.

Here are some other ways to introduce this explanation:

For example (GW)

For instance (NLT)

In some languages, it may be natural to give an example without any conjunction to introduce it.

God said: There is a textual issue here:

  1. Some Greek manuscripts have God said. For example:

    God said (BSB) (BSB, NIV, GNT, NET, NRSV, GW, NLT, JBP, NCV, NASB, REB, NJB)

  2. Some Greek manuscripts have God commanded. For example:

    God commanded (RSV) (ESV, KJV, RSV, CEV)

In this case, it is recommended that you follow the option that is most natural in your language.

Honor your father and mother: This is the fifth of the ten commandments (Exodus 20:12). The Greek word that the BSB translates as Honor also means “respect.” To honor/respect your parents meant that you should help them with their needs.

Here are some other ways to translate this command:

Respect your father and your mother (GNT)

You(sing) must honor your father and your mother.

In Greek, this command is singular. But it is a command to each person. In some languages, it may be more natural to use a plural or another form. For example:

You(plur) must honor your father and your mother.

A person must respect his father and his mother.

15:4b

and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

Anyone who curses his father or mother: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as curses means “speaks evil of,” “insults,” or “reviles.”

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

Whoever reviles father or mother (ESV)

He who speaks evil of father or mother (RSV)

Whoever insults his father or mother (NET)

Anyone who says cruel things to his father or mother (NCV)

must be put to death: This phrase indicates that the person must be killed. It means that other Jews must kill the person who speaks evil of his parents.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

must surely die (ESV)

must be killed

people must kill him

General Comment on 15:4b

In some languages, it may be natural to change the order of the clauses in this part of the verse. For example:

They must kill him/the one who insults his father or mother

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Γάρ Θεός ἐνετείλατο λέγων Τίμα τόν πατέρα καί τήν μητέρα καί Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἤ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω)

Here, the word For introduces an explanation of how the scribes and Pharisees transgress God’s law. This explanation continues in [14:5–6](../14/05.md). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an explanation, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: [Here is how you do that:] or [What I mean is that]

Note 2 topic: translate-textvariants

ὁ & Θεὸς ἐνετείλατο λέγων

¬the & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Γάρ Θεός ἐνετείλατο λέγων Τίμα τόν πατέρα καί τήν μητέρα καί Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἤ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω)

Many ancient manuscripts read God commanded, saying. The ULT follows that reading. Other ancient manuscripts read “God said.” If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT.

Note 3 topic: writing-quotations

λέγων

saying

Here Jesus quotes from the Old Testament scriptures. The first quotation could be from [Exodus 20:12](../../exo/20/12.md) or [Deuteronomy 5:16](../../deu/05/16.md). The second quotation could be from [Exodus 21:17](../../exo/21/17.md) or [Leviticus 20:9](../../lev/20/09.md). If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a quotation from an important text, and you could include this information in a footnote. Alternate translation: [saying in the law he gave to Moses] or [speaking through Moses]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

λέγων, τίμα τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καί, ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα, θανάτῳ τελευτάτω

saying (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Γάρ Θεός ἐνετείλατο λέγων Τίμα τόν πατέρα καί τήν μητέρα καί Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἤ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω)

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there are not quotations within a quotation. Alternate translation: [saying that all people should honor their father and their mother and that everyone speaking evil of his father or mother should end in death]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

τίμα τὸν & τὴν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Γάρ Θεός ἐνετείλατο λέγων Τίμα τόν πατέρα καί τήν μητέρα καί Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἤ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω)

Since God is addressing each specific person who is part of God’s people, the command the words your and your are singular.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative3p

ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα, θανάτῳ τελευτάτω

¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Γάρ Θεός ἐνετείλατο λέγων Τίμα τόν πατέρα καί τήν μητέρα καί Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἤ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω)

If your language does not use the third-person imperative in this way, you could state this in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [The one speaking evil of his father or mother, he should end in death] or [Anyone who speaks evil of his father or mother must end in death]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ὁ κακολογῶν

¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Γάρ Θεός ἐνετείλατο λέγων Τίμα τόν πατέρα καί τήν μητέρα καί Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἤ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of evil, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [The one saying evil things about]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

θανάτῳ τελευτάτω

˱in˲_death ˓let_be˒_dying

Here, the phrase end in death means that the person is killed or executed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [let him be put to death] or [let him be killed]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τελευτάτω

˓let_be˒_dying

Although the term him 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: [let that person end]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Greek word
    5. Greek lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. For/Because
    2. -
    3. 10630
    4. S
    5. gar
    6. C-·······
    7. for
    8. for
    9. S
    10. Y32
    11. 10008
    1. the
    2. -
    3. 35880
    5. ho
    6. E-····NMS
    7. ¬the
    8. ¬the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10007
    1. god
    2. God
    3. 23160
    4. GN
    5. theos
    6. N-····NMS
    7. god
    8. God
    9. GN
    10. Y32; Person=God
    11. 10009
    1. commanded
    2. told
    3. 17810
    5. entellō
    6. V-IAM3··S
    7. commanded
    8. commanded
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10010
    1. saying
    2. -
    3. 30040
    5. legō
    6. V-PPA·NMS
    7. saying
    8. saying
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10011
    1. Be honouring
    2. honour
    3. 50910
    4. B
    5. timaō
    6. V-MPA2··S
    7. ˓be˒ honouring
    8. ˓be˒ honoring
    9. B
    10. Y32
    11. 10013
    1. the
    2. -
    3. 35880
    5. ho
    6. E-····AMS
    7. the
    8. the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10014
    1. father
    2. -
    3. 39620
    5. patēr
    6. N-····AMS
    7. father
    8. father
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10015
    1. and
    2. -
    3. 25320
    5. kai
    6. C-·······
    7. and
    8. and
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10017
    1. the
    2. -
    3. 35880
    5. ho
    6. E-····AFS
    7. the
    8. the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10018
    1. mother
    2. -
    3. 33840
    5. mētēr
    6. N-····AFS
    7. mother
    8. mother
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10019
    1. and
    2. -
    3. 25320
    5. kai
    6. C-·······
    7. and
    8. and
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10021
    1. The one
    2. -
    3. 35880
    4. B
    5. ho
    6. R-····NMS
    7. the ‹one›
    8. the ‹one›
    9. B
    10. Y32
    11. 10022
    1. speaking evil
    2. speaks
    3. 25510
    5. kakologeō
    6. V-PPA·NMS
    7. speaking_evil
    8. speaking_evil
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10023
    1. of father
    2. -
    3. 39620
    5. patēr
    6. N-····AMS
    7. ˱of˲ father
    8. ˱of˲ father
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10024
    1. or
    2. -
    3. 22280
    5. ē
    6. C-·······
    7. or
    8. or
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10025
    1. mother
    2. -
    3. 33840
    5. mētēr
    6. N-····AFS
    7. mother
    8. mother
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10026
    1. let be dying
    2. -
    3. 50530
    5. teleutaō
    6. V-MPA3··S
    7. ˓let_be˒ dying
    8. ˓let_be˒ dying
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10028
    1. in death
    2. death
    3. 22880
    5. thanatos
    6. N-····DMS
    7. ˱in˲ death
    8. ˱in˲ death
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 10027

OET (OET-LV) For/Because the god commanded saying:
Be_honouring the father and the mother, and:
The one speaking_evil of_father or mother, let_be_dying in_death.

OET (OET-RV) “God told us to honour our fathers and mothers, and also that anyone who speaks evil about their father or mother deserves the death penalty.

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

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