OET interlinear MAT 5:32

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

δὲ

but

Here, the word But introduces a contrast with what Jesus said in the previous verse (5:31). Jesus is not contradicting what he said. Rather, he is making it stronger. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast. Alternate translation: “However,” or “Even more,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐγὼ & λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι

I & /am/_saying ˱to˲_you_all that

Jesus uses the clause I say to you to emphasize what he is about to say and to contrast it with the command he quoted in the previous verse (5:31). See how you translated the same phrase in 5:28. Alternate translation: “listen to this:” or “here is what you need to know:”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions

πᾶς ὁ ἀπολύων τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας, ποιεῖ αὐτὴν μοιχευθῆναι

everyone ¬which sending_away the wife ˱of˲_him except ˱on˲_account ˱of˲_sexual_immorality /is/_making her /to_be/_committing_adultery

If it would appear in your language that Jesus was making a statement here and then contradicting it, you could reword this to avoid using an exception clause. Alternate translation: “the only time a man is allowed to divorce his wife is when there is a report of sexual immorality. Otherwise, when he divorces her, he causes her to commit adultery”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

λόγου πορνείας

˱on˲_account ˱of˲_sexual_immorality

Here Jesus implies that the report is about the wife having done something that is sexually immoral. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “a report that she has been sexually immoral”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

πορνείας

˱of˲_sexual_immorality

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind immorality, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “concerning what is sexually immoral” or “of sexually immoral behavior”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ποιεῖ αὐτὴν μοιχευθῆναι

/is/_making her /to_be/_committing_adultery

Here, the phrase causes her to commit adultery could imply that: (1) the wife marries again, since that was expected in Matthew’s culture. When she does, she commits adultery. Alternate translation: “causes her to commit adultery when she marries another man” (2) the man marries again, since that was expected in Matthew’s culture. When he does, he makes his previous wife the victim of adultery. Alternate translation: “commits adultery against her when he marries another woman”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

μοιχευθῆναι & μοιχᾶται

/to_be/_committing_adultery & /is/_causing_adultery

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of adultery, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “to become an adulteress … becomes an adulterer” or “to do what is adulterous … does what is adulterous”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀπολελυμένην

/having_been/_sent_away_‹her›

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this 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 the woman’s husband. Alternate translation: “her after her husband has divorced her”