OET interlinear MAT 25:24

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

and

Here, the word But 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 But untranslated. Alternate translation: “Next,” or “Finally,”

Note 2 topic: translate-bmoney

τὸ ἓν τάλαντον

˱with˲_the one talent

See how you translated talent in 25:15. Alternate translation: “about 18 years’ wages”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

εἶπεν, Κύριε, ἔγνων σε, ὅτι σκληρὸς εἶ ἄνθρωπος, θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας, καὶ συνάγων ὅθεν οὐ διεσκόρπισας & καὶ φοβηθεὶς ἀπελθὼν, ἔκρυψα τὸ τάλαντόν σου ἐν τῇ γῇ & ἴδε, ἔχεις τὸ σόν

said Master ˱I˲_knew you that /a/_hard ˱you˲_are man reaping where not ˱you˲_sowed and gathering_together whence not ˱you˲_scattered (Some words not found in SR-GNT: προσελθὼν δὲ καὶ ὁ τὸ ἓν τάλαντον εἰληφὼς εἶπεν Κύριε ἔγνων σε ὅτι σκληρὸς εἶ ἄνθρωπος θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας καὶ συνάγων ὅθεν οὐ διεσκόρπισας)

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “said to his master that he knew that he was a harsh man, reaping where he did not sow, and gathering where he did not scatter. He told his master that having become afraid, having gone away, he hid his master’s talent in the ground. Then he said to his master that he was giving him back what was his”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

σε & εἶ & οὐκ ἔσπειρας & οὐ διεσκόρπισας

you & ˱you˲_are & not ˱you˲_sowed & not ˱you˲_scattered

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

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας, καὶ συνάγων ὅθεν οὐ διεσκόρπισας

reaping where not ˱you˲_sowed and gathering_together whence not ˱you˲_scattered

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 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας, καὶ συνάγων ὅθεν οὐ διεσκόρπισας

reaping where not ˱you˲_sowed and gathering_together whence not ˱you˲_scattered

Here 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 takes what other people have worked hard to earn. 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 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας

reaping where not ˱you˲_sowed

He the servant implies that the master is reaping crops where he did not sow seed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “reaping crops where you did not sow seed”