OET interlinear MAT 21:37

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential

ὕστερον δὲ

later but

Here, the phrase But afterward introduces something that happened after the man sent many servants to the farmers. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different word or phrase that introduces something that happened later. Alternate translation: “After all that happened”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ λέγων, ἐντραπήσονται τὸν υἱόν μου

˱he˲_sent_out to them the son ˱of˲_him saying ˱they˲_/will_be_being/_swayed ˱by˲_the son ˱of˲_me

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these two clauses. Alternate translation: “saying, ‘They will respect my son,’ he sent to them his son.”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

λέγων, ἐντραπήσονται τὸν υἱόν μου

saying ˱they˲_/will_be_being/_swayed ˱by˲_the son ˱of˲_me

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “saying that they would respect his son”

Note 4 topic: writing-quotations

λέγων

saying

If you keep the direct quotation, consider natural ways of introducing it in your language. Alternate translation: “and he thought”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐντραπήσονται τὸν υἱόν μου

˱they˲_/will_be_being/_swayed ˱by˲_the son ˱of˲_me

Here, the man implies that respecting his son would also mean giving him the portion of the fruits that he and the farmers had agreed upon. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “They will respect my son and give him my portion of the fruits”