OET interlinear MAT 20:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος

the master ˱of˲_the vineyard

Here, the owner of the vineyard is the same person whom Jesus previously called “the master of the house” (see [20:1](../20/01.md)). If it would be helpful in your language, you could make it more explicit that this is the same person. Alternate translation: [the master of the house, who owned the vineyard,] or [the master of the house, who was in charge of the vineyard,]

Note 2 topic: translate-tense

λέγει

˓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: [said]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῷ ἐπιτρόπῳ αὐτοῦ

˱to˲_the manager ˱of˲_him

Here, the word manager is referring to a worker who supervised or managed the other workers. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [to his manager, who was in charge of the workers]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

κάλεσον & ἀπόδος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὀψίας Δέ γενομένης λέγει ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος τῷ ἐπιτρόπῳ αὐτοῦ Κάλεσον τούς ἐργάτας καί ἀπόδος αὐτοῖς τόν μισθόν ἀρξάμενος ἀπό τῶν ἐσχάτων ἕως τῶν πρώτων)

Because the master of the house is speaking to his manager, the commands throughout this verse are singular.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τῶν ἐσχάτων ἕως τῶν πρώτων

˓having˒_begun (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὀψίας Δέ γενομένης λέγει ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος τῷ ἐπιτρόπῳ αὐτοῦ Κάλεσον τούς ἐργάτας καί ἀπόδος αὐτοῖς τόν μισθόν ἀρξάμενος ἀπό τῶν ἐσχάτων ἕως τῶν πρώτων)

Here the owner of the vineyard means that he wants his manager to pay the workers in the reverse order in which they were hired. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [beginning with the last who was hired and ending with the first who was hired] or [beginning from the last and going backwards to the first]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τῶν ἐσχάτων & τῶν πρώτων

the last & the first

The owner of the vineyard is using the adjectives first and last as nouns to mean the workers who were hired last and the workers who were hired first. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: [the last workers … the first workers] or [the workers hired last … the workers hired first]