OET interlinear MAT 16:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces another basis for what Jesus said in 16:24. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis for a claim, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “Another reason I say that is because” or “Even further,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τί & ὠφεληθήσεται ἄνθρωπος, ἐὰν τὸν κόσμον ὅλον κερδήσῃ, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ζημιωθῇ?

what & /will_be_being/_benefited /a/_person if the world whole ˱he˲_/may/_gain the but soul ˱of˲_him /may_be/_lost

Jesus is using the question form to teach his disciples. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “a man will benefit nothing if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life.” or “a man will never benefit anything if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

τί & ὠφεληθήσεται ἄνθρωπος, ἐὰν τὸν κόσμον ὅλον κερδήσῃ, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ζημιωθῇ

what & /will_be_being/_benefited /a/_person if the world whole ˱he˲_/may/_gain the but soul ˱of˲_him /may_be/_lost

Here Jesus uses an imaginary situation to show that forfeiting one’s life is bad enough that gaining anything else cannot make up for it. Use a natural method in your language for introducing an imaginary situation. Alternate translation: “image a man who gained the whole world but forfeited his life. What will that man benefit”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἄνθρωπος & κερδήσῃ & αὐτοῦ & ἄνθρωπος & αὐτοῦ

/a/_person & ˱he˲_/may/_gain & ˱of˲_him & /a/_person & ˱of˲_him

Although the terms man, he, and his are masculine, Jesus is using the words in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use phrases that make this clear. Alternate translation: “a person … he or she gains … his or her … a person … his or her”

τὴν & ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ & τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ

the & soul ˱of˲_him & ˱for˲_the soul ˱of˲_him

Alternate translation: “his soul … for his soul”

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

ἢ

or

Here, the word Or introduces a second question that again emphasizes how important a person’s life is. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a similar idea, or you could leave Or untranslated. Alternate translation: “Again,” or “Even further,”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ἢ τί δώσει ἄνθρωπος ἀντάλλαγμα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ?

or what /will_be/_giving /a/_person ˱as˲_/an/_exchange ˱for˲_the soul ˱of˲_him

Jesus is using the question form to teach his disciples. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “a man can give nothing in exchange for his life.” or “a man cannot give anything in exchange for his life!”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀντάλλαγμα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ

˱as˲_/an/_exchange ˱for˲_the soul ˱of˲_him

Here Jesus could be implying: (1) that there is nothing that is worth as much as a person’s life. Alternate translation: “that is as worth as much as his soul” (2) that there is nothing that is valuable enough to redeem one’s life when it has been forfeited. Alternate translation: “that can buy back his soul”