OET interlinear MAT 5:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἴσθι εὐνοῶν

be agreeing

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of agreement, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [Agree]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / youcrowd

ἴσθι & σου & εἶ & σε & ὁ & βληθήσῃ

be & ˱of˲_you & ˱you˲_are & you & the & ˱you˲_/will_be_being/_cast

Even though Jesus is speaking to many disciples, he is addressing an individual situation, so you and your are singular throughout this verse. But if the singular form would not be natural in your language for someone who is speaking to a group of people, you could use the plural forms of you and your in your translation.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τῷ ἀντιδίκῳ σου & ὁ ἀντίδικος

˱with˲_the opponent ˱of˲_you & the opponent

Here, Jesus is using the possessive form to describe someone who accuses another person (“you”). If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [with the one who is accusing you … the one who is accusing you]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εἶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ

˱you˲_are with him on the way

Here, on the way is referring to the time when the person and the person’s accuser are walking to the place where the judge is. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [you are walking with him on the road to the law court]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

αὐτοῦ

him

Although the term him 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: [him or her]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

σε παραδῷ

you /may/_give_over

Here, the phrase hand you over refers to putting someone under the authority and control of another person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [might transfer you] or [might entrust you]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ὁ κριτὴς τῷ ὑπηρέτῃ

the the judge ˱to˲_the attendant

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: [the judge might hand you over to the officer]

Note 8 topic: translate-unknown

τῷ ὑπηρέτῃ

˱with˲_the ˱to˲_the ˱to˲_the attendant

Here, the officer is a person who has authority to carry out the decisions of a judge. Usually this involves bringing people to jail if they have been declared guilty by the judge. Alternate translation: [to the one who carries out the judge’s orders]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

εἰς φυλακὴν βληθήσῃ

into prison ˱you˲_/will_be_being/_cast

Here, the phrase thrown into prison refers to someone being locked up in prison. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you will be put into prison] or [you will be locked up in prison]

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

βληθήσῃ

˱you˲_/will_be_being/_cast

If your language does not use the passive form, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the officer will throw you]