OET interlinear MAT 25:24

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

σε & εἶ & οὐκ ἔσπειρας & οὐ διεσκόρπισας

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: προσελθών Δέ καί ὁ τό ἕν τάλαντον εἰληφώς εἶπεν Κύριε ἔγνων σέ ὅτι σκληρός εἶ ἄνθρωπος θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας καί συνάγων ὅθεν οὒ διεσκόρπισας)

Since the slave is talking to his master, the word you throughout this verse is singular.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας, καὶ συνάγων ὅθεν οὐ διεσκόρπισας

reaping where not ˱you˲_sowed (Some words not found in SR-GNT: προσελθών Δέ καί ὁ τό ἕν τάλαντον εἰληφώς εἶπεν Κύριε ἔγνων σέ ὅτι σκληρός εἶ ἄνθρωπος θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας καί συνάγων ὅθεν οὒ διεσκόρπισας)

The clauses reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter mean similar things. The servant is using the two clauses together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single clause. Alternate translation: [always harvesting where you did not plant] or [consistently gathering where you did not sow]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας, καὶ συνάγων ὅθεν οὐ διεσκόρπισας

reaping where not ˱you˲_sowed (Some words not found in SR-GNT: προσελθών Δέ καί ὁ τό ἕν τάλαντον εἰληφώς εἶπεν Κύριε ἔγνων σέ ὅτι σκληρός εἶ ἄνθρωπος θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας καί συνάγων ὅθεν οὒ διεσκόρπισας)

The slave speaks as if his master were a farmer who reaps and gathers crops that someone else sowed and scattered. He means that his master benefits from what other people, his employees, have worked hard to produce. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use simile form or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [like a farmer who reaps where he did not sow and who gathers where he did not scatter] or [benefitting from what you have not labored for, and taking what you have not earned]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας

reaping where not ˱you˲_sowed

The servant implies that the master is reaping crops where he did not sow seed. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [reaping crops where you did not sow seed]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

συνάγων ὅθεν οὐ διεσκόρπισας

gathering_together whence (Some words not found in SR-GNT: προσελθών Δέ καί ὁ τό ἕν τάλαντον εἰληφώς εἶπεν Κύριε ἔγνων σέ ὅτι σκληρός εἶ ἄνθρωπος θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας καί συνάγων ὅθεν οὒ διεσκόρπισας)

The servant could be implying that the master is: (1) gathering crops where he did not scatter seed. Alternate translation: [gathering crops where you did not scatter seed] (2) gathering grain kernels where he did not scatter the chaff. Alternate translation: [gathering grain where you did not scatter chaff]