OET interlinear MAT 16:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a basis for what Jesus has said. 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. More specifically, the word For could introduce the basis for: (1) what Jesus said in 16:26 about how nothing is as valuable as a person’s soul. Alternate translation: “You should be thinking about your soul because” (2) what Jesus has said in 16:24–26. Alternate translation: “I have said all those things because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

μέλλει & ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου & αὐτοῦ & αὐτοῦ & ἀποδώσει

/is/_going & the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man & ˱of˲_him & ˱of˲_him & ˱he˲_/will_be/_giving_back

Here Jesus speaks about himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the first person. Alternate translation: “I, who am the Son of Man, am about … my … my … I will repay”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μέλλει & ἔρχεσθαι

/is/_going & /to_be/_coming

Here Jesus implies that he, the Son of Man, will come back to this world at some point in the future. He is also implying that he will leave this world before he comes back. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make some or all of those ideas more explicit. Alternate translation: “is about to come back to this world” or “will leave this world, but he is about to come back”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ Πατρὸς αὐτοῦ

in the glory ˱of˲_the Father ˱of˲_him

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of glory, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “in a way that his Father has made glorious along” or “as one who is as great as his Father”

Note 5 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

τοῦ Πατρὸς αὐτοῦ

¬the ˱of˲_the Father ˱of˲_him

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

Note 6 topic: writing-pronouns

τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ

the angels ˱of˲_him

The pronoun his could refer to: (1) the Son of Man. Alternate translation: “the angels of the Son of Man” (2) the Father. Alternate translation: “his Father’s angels”

Note 7 topic: writing-pronouns

ἀποδώσει

˱he˲_/will_be/_giving_back

The pronoun he refers to the Son of Man. If this is not clear for your readers, you could use the person's name here. Alternate translation: “the Son of Man will repay”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀποδώσει

˱he˲_/will_be/_giving_back

Here Jesus uses repay to refer to appropriately punishing or rewarding someone as if the punishment or reward was payment for that person’s deeds. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he will decide how to treat people,”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν πρᾶξιν αὐτοῦ

the practice ˱of˲_him

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of action, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “the things he did”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

(Occurrence 3) αὐτοῦ

˱of˲_him

Although the term his 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: “his or her”