OET interlinear MAT 21:34

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

and

Here, the word Now introduces the next thing that happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave Now untranslated. Alternate translation: “Then,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἤγγισεν ὁ καιρὸς τῶν καρπῶν

neared the season ˱of˲_the fruits

Here, the phrase the time of the fruits refers to the time of year when the grape vines produced grapes. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “it was almost harvest time” or “the grapes were almost ripe”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

λαβεῖν τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτοῦ

/to/_receive the fruits ˱of˲_him

Here the master of the house wants to receive the share of the fruits that the farmers agreed to pay him when he rented the vineyard to them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “to receive his portion of the fruit” or “to receive the fruits that they agreed to pay him”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτοῦ

the the the fruits ˱of˲_him

Here, the word fruits could refer: (1) directly to the grapes that the vineyard produced. Alternate translation: “his grapes” (2) figuratively to what the farmers made when they sold the grapes. Alternate translation: “his money”

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

καρποὺς αὐτοῦ

fruits ˱of˲_him

Here, the word translated his could refer to: (1) the master of the house, who owned the vineyard. Alternate translation: “the fruits that were his” (2) the vineyard. Alternate translation: “its fruits” or “the fruits of the vineyard”