OET interlinear MAT 20:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

ἢ

or

Here, the word Or introduces a contrasting alternative to what the master of the house has said about what he wants to do. He then uses the question form to show that this alternate is wrong. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a false alternative, or you could leave Or untranslated. Alternate translation: [Indeed,] or [As a matter of fact,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ἢ οὐκ ἔξεστίν μοι, ὃ θέλω ποιῆσαι ἐν τοῖς ἐμοῖς?

or not ˱it˲_/is/_permitting ˱for˲_me what ˱I˲_/am/_willing /to/_do with ¬the mine

The master of the house is using the question form to remind the worker that can do what he wants with his own things. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [Remember that it is lawful for me to do what I desire with what is mine.] or [It is certainly lawful for me to do what I desire with what is mine!]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

(Occurrence 2) ἢ

or

Here, the word Or introduces a second question that again shows that the worker should not complain about how the master of the house is behaving. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a similar idea, or you could leave Or untranslated. Alternate translation: [Again,] or [Even further,]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ἢ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρός ἐστιν, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀγαθός εἰμι?

or or the eye ˱of˲_you evil is because I good am

The master of the house is using the question form to rebuke the worker. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [Your eye should not be evil because I am good.] or [Do not let your eye be evil because I am good!]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρός ἐστιν

the eye ˱of˲_you evil is

Here, when the master of the house speaks of a person’s eye as evil, he means that the person is jealous or envious. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [do you feel jealousy] or [are you envious]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

σου

˱of˲_you

Because the master of the house is speaking to one of the workers, the word your is singular.