OET interlinear MAT 20:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-tense

λέγουσιν & λέγει

˱they˲_/are/_saying & ˱he˲_/is/_saying

To call attention to a development in the story, Jesus uses the present tense in past narration. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: “They said … He said”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

αὐτῷ, ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἡμᾶς ἐμισθώσατο λέγει αὐτοῖς, ὑπάγετε καὶ ὑμεῖς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα

˱to˲_him because no_one us hired ˱he˲_/is/_saying ˱to˲_them /be/_going also you_all into the vineyard

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there are not quotations within a quotation. Alternate translation: “to him that it was because no one hired them. He says to them that they too should go into the vineyard.”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὑπάγετε & εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα

/be/_going & into the vineyard

Here the master of the house implies that he wants these people to work in the vineyard along with the other people he already hired. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “go into the vineyard and work there”