OET interlinear MAT 19:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces an explanation of what Jesus said about how only some people can “receive” what the disciples said (see 19:11). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an explanation, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “More specifically,” or “Indeed,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οἵτινες ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς ἐγεννήθησαν οὕτως

who from womb ˱of˲_mother /were/_born thus

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: “whose mothers gave birth to them thus”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς

from womb ˱of˲_mother

Here, the phrase from their mother’s womb indicates that these people were eunuchs already when they were born. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “from their birth” or “from the beginning of their lives”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οἵτινες εὐνουχίσθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων

who who /were/_castrated by ¬the people

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: “whom men made eunuchs”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τῶν ἀνθρώπων

¬the people

Although the term men 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: “humans”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

εὐνοῦχοι οἵτινες εὐνούχισαν ἑαυτοὺς

eunuchs who eunuchs who eunuchs who castrated themselves

Here Jesus speaks as if people physically made themselves eunuchs in order to describe people who live like eunuchs, that is, they do not marry or have children. Since this is an important metaphor in the context, if possible preserve the metaphor or express the idea in simile form. Alternate translation: “people like eunuchs who made themselves that way” or “people who made themselves like eunuchs”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

διὰ

because_of

Here, the phrase because of could mean that: (1) they are making themselves eunuchs in order to act for or in service of the kingdom of the heavens. Alternate translation: “for the sake of” or “in order to work for” (2) they are making themselves eunuchs in order to enter the kingdom of the heavens. Alternate translation: “to participate in” or “in order to enter”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative3p

ὁ δυνάμενος χωρεῖν, χωρείτω

the_‹one› being_able /to_be/_accepting_‹it› ˱him˲_/let_be/_accepting_‹it›

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: “The one being to accept this must accept it”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

χωρείτω

˱him˲_/let_be/_accepting_‹it›

Although the term him 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: “let that person accept it”