OET interlinear MAT 24:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος, μὴ καταβάτω ἆραι τὰ ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ

the_‹one› on the housetop not /let/_come_down /to/_take_away the_‹things› out_of the house ˱of˲_him

Here Jesus gives a command to one person, but he implies that it applies to any of his disciples who are in the situation that he describes. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [let the ones on the housetops not go down to take anything from their houses]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος, μὴ καταβάτω ἆραι τὰ ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ

the_‹one› on the housetop not /let/_come_down /to/_take_away the_‹things› out_of the house ˱of˲_him

Where Jesus lived, the tops of houses were flat. People would eat and do other activities on top of their houses. Jesus assumes that his hearers know this and that they know that the roofs were accessed by an exterior staircase at the back of the house, distant from the entry at the front. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make those ideas more explicit. Alternate translation: [let the one who is on top of his roof escape immediately by the back stairway and not enter his house to get anything]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative3p

ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος, μὴ καταβάτω

the_‹one› on the housetop not /let/_come_down

If your language does not use the third-person imperative in this way, you could state this in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the one on the housetop must not go down]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος, μὴ καταβάτω

the_‹one› on the housetop not /let/_come_down

In a context such as this, your language might say “come” instead of go. Alternate translation: [let the one on the housetop not come down]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

αὐτοῦ

˱of˲_him

Although the term his is masculine, Jesus is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [his or her]