OET interlinear MAT 25:33

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

στήσει & αὐτοῦ & εὐωνύμων

˓will_be˒_standing & ˱of˲_him & ˓the˒_left

Jesus continues to speak about himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the first person. Alternate translation: [I will place … my … my left]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τὰ & πρόβατα & τὰ & ἐρίφια

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί στήσει τά μέν πρόβατα ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ τά δέ ἐρίφια ἐξ εὐωνύμων)

Here, as the following verses make clear, Jesus speaks of people who do what is right as if they were sheep and of people who do what is wrong as if they were goats. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use simile form or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the people who are like sheep … people who are like goats] or [the righteous people … the wicked people]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ & εὐωνύμων

˓the˒_right ˱of˲_him & ˓the˒_left

Jesus uses the adjectives right and left as nouns to refer to his right and left sides. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: [his right side … his left side]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ & ἐξ εὐωνύμων

on ˓the˒_right ˱of˲_him & on ˓the˒_left

In Jesus’ culture, the right side was considered to be more honorable or important than the left side. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [on the honorable right … on less honorable left]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

τὰ δὲ ἐρίφια

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί στήσει τά μέν πρόβατα ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ τά δέ ἐρίφια ἐξ εὐωνύμων)

Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [but he will place the goats]