OET interlinear MAT 18:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

μὴ ἔχοντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποδοῦναι, & ὁ κύριος

not having_‹means› but ˱of˲_him /to/_give_back & the master

Here, the word But introduces the fact that the servant could not repay in contrast to how much he owed the king. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different word or phrase that introduces a contrast, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: “Although he had that debt, he was not able to repay, so the master”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ κύριος

the master

Here Jesus refers to the king as the master. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make it more explicit that this is the same man as the one referred to as “king” in 18:23. Alternate translation: “his master the king”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν & πραθῆναι, καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ τὰ τέκνα, καὶ πάντα ὅσα εἶχεν, καὶ ἀποδοθῆναι

commanded him & /to_be/_sold and the wife and the children and all_‹things› as_many_as /was/_having and_‹payment› /to_be/_given_back

It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: “commanded, ‘Let him be sold, together with his wife and children and everything, as much as he had, and let repayment be made’”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

αὐτὸν & πραθῆναι, καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ τὰ τέκνα, καὶ πάντα ὅσα εἶχεν, καὶ ἀποδοθῆναι

him & /to_be/_sold and the wife and the children and all_‹things› as_many_as /was/_having and_‹payment› /to_be/_given_back

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. If you need to say who would do the action, it is clear from the context that it was some of the king’s other servants. Alternate translation: “some other servants to sell him, together with his wife and children and everything, as much as he had, and to make repayment”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

πάντα ὅσα εἶχεν

all_‹things› as_many_as /was/_having

The expression everything, as much as he had contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in some languages. If this is true of your language, you could shorten the expression. Alternate translation: “everything that he had”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἀποδοθῆναι

/to_be/_given_back

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of repayment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “to be repaid”