OET interlinear MAT 17:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / go

καταβαινόντων αὐτῶν

coming_down them

In a context such as this, your language might say “going” instead of coming. Alternate translation: [as they were going down]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

λέγων, μηδενὶ εἴπητε τὸ ὅραμα, ἕως οὗ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ

saying (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί καταβαινόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγων Μηδενί εἴπητε τό ὅραμα ἕως οὗ ὁ Υἱός τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ)

It may be more natural in your language to have an indirect quotation here. Alternate translation: [saying that they should tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead]

Note 3 topic: writing-quotations

λέγων

saying

Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [and he said]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου

¬the the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί καταβαινόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγων Μηδενί εἴπητε τό ὅραμα ἕως οὗ ὁ Υἱός τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ)

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,]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ

from from ˓the˒_dead ˓may˒_rise_up

Here, the phrase risen from the dead refers to people who had died and then returned to being alive again. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: [might have been restored to life] or [might have resurrected]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

νεκρῶν

˓the˒_dead

Jesus is using the adjective dead as a noun to mean people who are dead. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [the dead people] or [the corpses]