OET interlinear MAT 4:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-tense

λέγει

˱he˲_˓is˒_saying

To call attention to a development in the story, Matthew uses the present tense in past narration. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: [he said]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί λέγει αὐτοῖς Δεῦτε ὀπίσω μού καί ποιήσω ὑμᾶς ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων)

Here, the phrase Come after me is a command to travel with Jesus and be his disciples. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Be my disciples] or [Travel with me as my students]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ποιήσω ὑμᾶς ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων

˱I˲_˓will_be˒_making you_all fishermen ˱of˲_people

Here Jesus speaks of preaching the gospel and helping people believe in Jesus as if it were fishing. He means that, just as fishermen catch many fish, so Simon and Andrew will help many people believe. If possible, preserve the metaphor here, since it relates directly to what Simon and Andrew were doing when Jesus saw them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea as a simile. Alternate translation: [I will make you into people who collect men for me, just as you now collect fish]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

ὑμᾶς

you_all

Because Jesus is speaking to Simon and Andrew, the word you is plural here.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἀνθρώπων

˱of˲_people

Although the term men 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: [of humans] or [of men and women]