OET interlinear MAT 21:33

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parables

ἄλλην παραβολὴν ἀκούσατε: ἄνθρωπος ἦν

another parable hear /a/_man was

To teach the chief priests and the elders, Jesus offers a story or illustration. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “Now listen to this story: There was a man”

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

ἄνθρωπος ἦν οἰκοδεσπότης, ὅστις

/a/_man was /a/_home_owner who

Matthew is using the phrase There was a man, a landowner to introduce this person into the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “A man, a landowner,”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

φραγμὸν

/a/_fence

A hedge is a thick wall made out of busy plants that were planted close together. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of wall, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “a wall made of bushes” or “wall of plants”

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

ἐξέδετο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς

rented_out it ˱to˲_tenant_farmers

As the rest of the story shows, the man rented the vineyard not for regular cash payments but under an arrangement that entitled him to a share of the crop in exchange for the use of the land. If an arrangement like that would not be familiar to your readers, you could translate this in a way that explains it. Alternate translation: “allowed some farmers to use it in exchange for a share of the crop”