OET interlinear MAT 18:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

but

Here, the word But introduces the next thing that happened. 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 / go

ἐξελθὼν

/having/_come_out

In a context such as this, your language might say “come” instead of gone. Alternate translation: [having come out]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εὗρεν

found

Here Jesus could mean that the slave: (1) happened to meet the fellow slave. Alternate translation: [encountered] (2) intentionally looked for the fellow slave. Alternate translation: [looked for]

Note 4 topic: translate-bmoney

ἑκατὸν δηνάρια

/a/_hundred denarii

A denarius was a silver coin equivalent to about one day’s wage for a hired worker. You could try to express this amount in terms of current monetary values, but that might cause your Bible translation to become outdated and inaccurate, since those values can change over time. So instead you might state something more general or give the equivalent in wages. This is a much smaller amount than the 10,000 talents that the first slave owed, so make sure that is clear in your translation. Alternate translation: [100 silver coins] or [just 100 days’ wages]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κρατήσας αὐτὸν ἔπνιγεν

/having/_apprehended him ˱he˲_/was/_strangling_‹him›

Here Jesus could be indicating that the slave took: (1) one action, which was seizing his fellow slave around the neck so that he choked him. Alternate translation: [he choked him by seizing him around the neck] (2) two actions, one of which was seizing his fellow slave and the other of which was chocking him. Alternate translation: [he seized him and was choking him]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἔπνιγεν

˱he˲_/was/_strangling_‹him›

Here Jesus means that the slave seized his fellow slave by the throat and made it hard for him to breath. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [he began to strangle him]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

λέγων, ἀπόδος εἴ τι ὀφείλεις

saying give_back if anything ˱you˲_/are/_owing

It may be more natural in your language to have an indirect quotation here. Alternate translation: [saying that he needed to repay whatever he owed]

Note 8 topic: writing-quotations

λέγων

saying

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