OET interlinear MAT 18:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

and

Here, the word But introduces the next thing that could happen. 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: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

παρακούσῃ & καὶ & παρακούσῃ & ἔστω

˱he˲_/may/_refuse_to_hear & also & ˱he˲_/may/_refuse_to_hear & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐὰν δὲ παρακούσῃ αὐτῶν εἰπὲ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐὰν δὲ καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας παρακούσῃ ἔστω σοι ὥσπερ ὁ ἐθνικὸς καὶ ὁ τελώνης)

Although the terms he, he, and him 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: “he or she refuses to listen to … he or she also refuses to listen to … let him or her be”

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτῶν

˱from˲_them

The pronoun them refers to the “one or two others” whom the person who was sinned against took along to meet the person who committed the sin (see 18:16). If this is not clear for your readers, you could refer to these people more directly. Alternate translation: “the one or two others whom you took with you”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εἰπὲ

tell

Here Jesus implies that the person should speak about how he or she was sinned against and how he or she has tried to speak to the other person about it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “speak about it” or “speak about the sin and what has happened since”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / youcrowd

σοι

˱to˲_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 6 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

(Occurrence 2) δὲ

and

Here, the word But introduces the next thing that could happen. 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 7 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ἔστω σοι ὥσπερ ὁ ἐθνικὸς καὶ ὁ τελώνης

˱him˲_let_be ˱to˲_you as the pagan and the tax_collector

Jesus is saying that the person who sinned and refused to listen should be treated like the Gentile and the tax collector because they are all people who are not treated like members of God’s people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “let him be to you even as the Gentile and the tax collector who are not fellow believers” or “let him be to you as a non-believer, like a Gentile or tax collector”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative3p

ἔστω

˱him˲_let_be

If your language does not use the third-person imperative in this way, you could state this in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “he should be”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

ὁ ἐθνικὸς καὶ ὁ τελώνης

the pagan and the tax_collector

The words Gentile and tax collector represent Gentiles and tax collectors in general, not one particular Gentile and one particular tax collector. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “the Gentiles and the tax collectors” or “any Gentile or any tax collector”