OET interlinear MAT 16:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

and

Here, the word But introduces the next thing that happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: “Then”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

μακάριος εἶ, Σίμων Βαριωνᾶ, ὅτι σὰρξ καὶ αἷμα οὐκ ἀπεκάλυψέν σοι, ἀλλ’ ὁ Πατήρ μου, ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς

blessed ˱you˲_are Simon Barjonah because flesh and blood not ˱it˲_revealed ˱to˲_you but the Father ˱of˲_me who_‹is› in the heavens

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses since the last clauses gives the reason for the result that the first clause describes. Alternate translation: “Because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in the heavens, you are blessed, Simon Bar Jonah”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

μακάριος εἶ

blessed ˱you˲_are

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was God. Alternate translation: “God will bless you”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

εἶ & σοι

˱you˲_are & ˱to˲_you

Since Jesus is talking to Peter, the word you throughout this verse is singular.

Note 5 topic: translate-transliterate

Σίμων Βαριωνᾶ

Simon Barjonah

Bar is a word borrowed from Aramaic. You will need to decide if you will also borrow this word into your language or if you will translate the meaning. Either approach has broad support. If you borrow the word, you could spell it the way it sounds in your language and then put the translation in a footnote. Alternative translation: “Simon son of Jonah”

Note 6 topic: translate-names

Βαριωνᾶ

Barjonah

The word Jonah is the name of a man.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

σὰρξ καὶ αἷμα οὐκ ἀπεκάλυψέν σοι, ἀλλ’ ὁ Πατήρ μου, ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς

flesh and blood not ˱it˲_revealed ˱to˲_you but the Father ˱of˲_me who_‹is› in the heavens

If your language would not naturally put the negative statement before the positive statement, you could reverse the two clauses here. Alternate translation: “my Father in the heavens revealed this to you, not flesh and blood”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

σὰρξ καὶ αἷμα οὐκ ἀπεκάλυψέν

flesh and blood not ˱it˲_revealed

This phrase expresses a single idea by using two words connected with and. The words flesh and blood together identify what it means to be human. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this meaning with an equivalent phrase that does not use and. Alternate translation: “humans did not reveal this” or “no human being revealed this”

Note 9 topic: writing-pronouns

οὐκ ἀπεκάλυψέν σοι

not ˱it˲_revealed ˱to˲_you

The pronoun this refers to Peter’s pronouncement in the previous verse that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. If this is not clear for your readers, you could refer to that pronouncement more directly. Alternate translation: “did not reveal to you that I am the Christ” or “did not reveal to you what you just said”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἀλλ’ ὁ Πατήρ μου, ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς

but the Father ˱of˲_me who_‹is› in the heavens

Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “but my Father in the heavens revealed it to you”

Note 11 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

ὁ Πατήρ μου

¬the the Father ˱of˲_me

Father is an important title that describe the relationship between God the Father and Jesus his Son.

Note 12 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς

¬the the who_‹is› in the heavens

Here, the phrase in the heavens identifies the location in which God the Father is specially present and from which he rules. If it would be helpful in your language, you make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “who is in the heavens”