OET interlinear MAT 23:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι, ὑποκριταί! ὅτι καθαρίζετε τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τῆς παροψίδος, ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς καὶ ἀκρασίας

woe ˱to˲_you_all scribes and Pharisees hypocrites because ˱you_all˲_/are/_cleansing the_‹part› outside ˱of˲_the cup and ˱of˲_the dish inside but ˱they˲_/are/_being_full of theft and intemperance

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these sentences, since the second sentence gives the reason for the result that the first sentence describes. Alternate translation: “You, scribes and Pharisees, clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of greed and lack of self-control. So woe to you, hypocrites!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καθαρίζετε τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τῆς παροψίδος, ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς καὶ ἀκρασίας

˱you_all˲_/are/_cleansing the_‹part› outside ˱of˲_the cup and ˱of˲_the dish inside but ˱they˲_/are/_being_full of theft and intemperance

Here Jesus speaks of the scribes and Pharisees as if they were a cup and a plate. When he says that they clean the outside of these dishes, he means that they make sure that they appear to be doing what is right. When he says that inside the dishes are full of greed and lack of self-control, he means that they are full of these things. If it would be helpful for your readers, you could express the idea in simile form or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you are like cups and plates whose outside you clean but whose inside is dirty, just as you are full of greed and lack of self-control” or “on the outside you look like you do what is right, but on the inside you are full of greed and lack of self-control”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τῆς παροψίδος

˱of˲_the cup and ˱of˲_the dish

A cup is a dish from which people drink. A plate is a dish on which food is served. If your readers would not be familiar with these types of dishes, you could use the names of similar things in your area or you could use more general terms. Alternate translation: “of the glass and of the bowl” or “of eating utensils”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

γέμουσιν ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς καὶ ἀκρασίας

˱they˲_/are/_being_full of theft and intemperance

Here Jesus could mean that the cup and plate: (1) figuratively have greed and self-indulgence inside them. Alternate translation: “they are characterized by greed and lack of self-control” (2) are full of what the scribes and Pharisees gained through greed and lack of self-control. Alternate translation: “they are full of what you took through greed and lack of self-control”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

γέμουσιν ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς καὶ ἀκρασίας

˱they˲_/are/_being_full of theft and intemperance

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of greed and self-control, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “they are characterized by being greedy and not controlling themselves”