OET interlinear MAT 18:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

δὲ

but

Here the word But introduces the fact that the brother might not listen in contrast with the brother “listening” to the reproof (see 18:16). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast. Alternate translation: “On the other hand,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

μὴ ἀκούσῃ

not ˱he˲_/may/_hear

Although the term he 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: “he or she does not listen”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

παράλαβε μετὰ σοῦ ἔτι, ἕνα ἢ δύο

take with you more one or two

Here Jesus implies that you will go back to the other person and “reprove” them again. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make some or all of those ideas more explicit. Alternate translation: “go back to him, and take with you yet one or two others” or “take with you yet one or two others and reprove him again”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / youcrowd

σοῦ

you

Even though Jesus is speaking to many disciples, he is addressing an individual situation, so you is singular throughout this verse. But if the singular form would not be natural in your language for someone who was speaking to a group of people, you could use the plural form of you in your translation. If you do so, you may also need to make some other words plural.

Note 5 topic: writing-quotations

ἵνα ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων ἢ τριῶν, σταθῇ πᾶν ῥῆμα

in_order_that on /the/_mouth ˱of˲_two witnesses or three /may_be/_established every word

Here Jesus quotes from the Old Testament scriptures, specifically from Deuteronomy 19:15. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could format these words in a different way and include this information in a footnote. Alternate translation: “so that, as you can read in the Scriptures, ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be verified’” or “so that you are doing what God required in the law, that is, that every word might be verified by the mouth of two or three witnesses”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων ἢ τριῶν, σταθῇ πᾶν ῥῆμα

on /the/_mouth ˱of˲_two witnesses or three /may_be/_established every word

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. Alternate translation: “the mouth of two or three witnesses might verify every word”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

στόματος

/the/_mouth

Here, mouth represents what a person says. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the words” or “the testimony”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

πᾶν ῥῆμα

every word

Here, word represents what a person says using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “every statement” or “everything that people claim”