OET interlinear MAT 5:29

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

and

Here, the word But introduces a further development in what Jesus has been speaking about. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a development, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: “Now”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / youcrowd

σου & σε, ἔξελε & βάλε & σοῦ & σοι & σου & σου

˱of˲_you & you pluck_out & cast_‹it› & you & ˱for˲_you & ˱of˲_you & ˱of˲_you

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: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

εἰ & ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ὁ δεξιὸς σκανδαλίζει σε

if & the eye ˱of˲_you ¬the right /is/_stumbling you

Jesus is suggesting that this is a hypothetical condition, that people in his audience might experience their right eye causing them to stumble. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a situation that could happen. Alternate translation: “consider this situation: your right eye causes you to stumble. If that were to happen”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ὁ δεξιὸς σκανδαλίζει σε

the eye ˱of˲_you ¬the right /is/_stumbling you

Here, Jesus speaks of your right eye as if it were a person who could cause you to stumble. He means that the right eye is the part of the body that is involved in the stumbling. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “it is your right eye’s fault that you stumble” or “you stumble with your right eye”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

σκανδαλίζει σε

/is/_stumbling you

Here, Jesus is speaking of sinning as if it were stumbling. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “causes you to sin”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

ἔξελε αὐτὸν καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ

pluck_out it and cast_‹it› from you

Here Jesus provides the most extreme response to sinning. He does not mean that this should be the normal way to deal with sin. You should preserve the extreme language Jesus uses, but use a form that indicates that this is the most extreme example. Alternate translation: “if necessary you should even pluck it out and throw it away from you!”

Note 7 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γάρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a reason why people should pluck out their eyes. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis for a command, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “That is because” or “Indeed,”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἓν τῶν μελῶν σου

one ˱of˲_the members ˱of˲_you

Here, the phrase one of your members refers to a body part. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “one of your body parts”

Note 9 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

(Occurrence 2) καὶ

and

Here, the word and introduces the result of one of your members perishing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a result. Alternate translation: “so” or “with the result that”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

μὴ ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου βληθῇ εἰς Γέενναν

not all the body ˱of˲_you /may_be/_cast into Gehenna

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was God. Alternate translation: “God would not throw your whole body into Gehenna”

Note 11 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Γέενναν

Gehenna

Here Jesus uses the name Gehenna to refer to hell. Translate the name as you did in 5:22. Alternate translation: “a place like the valley of Gehenna” or “hell, which is like Gehenna valley”