OET interlinear MAT 6:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὖν

therefore

Here, the word So introduces an application of the general principle that Jesus gave in 6:1. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an application. Alternate translation: “Therefore,” or “So then,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / youcrowd

ποιῇς & μὴ σαλπίσῃς & σου

˱you˲_/may_be/_doing & not ˱you˲_/may/_trumpet & you

Even though Jesus is speaking to many disciples, he is addressing an individual situation, so you and yourself are singular throughout this sentence. 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 yourself in your translation.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

μὴ σαλπίσῃς ἔμπροσθέν σου

not ˱you˲_/may/_trumpet before you

Here Jesus could be referring to: (1) how people actually had someone with a trumpet announce that they were giving alms. This would be an extreme example of calling attention to oneself. Alternate translation: “do not have someone with a trumpet announce it before you” (2) how people draw attention to how they give alms, and he describes it as if they were sounding a trumpet. Alternate translation: “do not draw attention to yourself” or “do not announce it publicly, as if you were using a trumpet,”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μὴ σαλπίσῃς ἔμπροσθέν σου

not ˱you˲_/may/_trumpet before you

Here Jesus implies that people would have someone else sound a trumpet in front of them as they went to give alms. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “do not have someone sound a trumpet in front of you”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς ῥύμαις

in the synagogues and in the streets

These locations were public places where many people would hear the trumpet. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “in public areas like synagogues and streets”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὅπως δοξασθῶσιν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων

so_that ˱they˲_/may_be/_glorified by the people

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. Alternate translation: “so that men may glorify them”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τῶν ἀνθρώπων

the 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: “men and women” or “people”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀπέχουσιν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν

˱they˲_/are/_receiving_fully the reward ˱of˲_them

Here Jesus means that they have received their entire reward from men, and God will not reward them any further. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “they have already received all the reward they will get” or “God will not give them any reward beyond that”