OET interlinear MAT 6:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐμβλέψατε εἰς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐμβλέψατε εἰς τά πετεινά τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὅτι οὒ σπείρουσιν οὐδέ θερίζουσιν οὐδέ συνάγουσιν εἰς ἀποθήκας καί ὁ Πατήρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τρέφει αὐτά οὐχ ὑμεῖς μᾶλλον διαφέρετε αὐτῶν)

Here, Jesus uses the phrase Look at to represent thinking about or considering something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Consider] or [Pay attention to]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐμβλέψατε εἰς τά πετεινά τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὅτι οὒ σπείρουσιν οὐδέ θερίζουσιν οὐδέ συνάγουσιν εἰς ἀποθήκας καί ὁ Πατήρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τρέφει αὐτά οὐχ ὑμεῖς μᾶλλον διαφέρετε αὐτῶν)

Here, Jesus is using the possessive form to describe birds that fly in the sky. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the birds in the sky] or [the birds flying in the sky]

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

ἀποθήκας

barns

The word barns refers to places where food is stored. If your readers would not be familiar with this term, you could use a more general one. Alternate translation: [places where food is stored]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος

the ¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐμβλέψατε εἰς τά πετεινά τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὅτι οὒ σπείρουσιν οὐδέ θερίζουσιν οὐδέ συνάγουσιν εἰς ἀποθήκας καί ὁ Πατήρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τρέφει αὐτά οὐχ ὑμεῖς μᾶλλον διαφέρετε αὐτῶν)

This is a figurative expression. God is not the Father of humans in the same actual way that he is the Father of Jesus. Even so, it would probably be best to translate Father with the same word that your language would naturally use to refer to a human father. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that this means God. Alternate translation: [God your heavenly Father]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

οὐχ ὑμεῖς μᾶλλον διαφέρετε αὐτῶν?

not you_all more_‹than› ˓are˒_carrying_value them

Jesus is using the question form to show that you are more important than them, the birds. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [You are more valuable than they.] or [You are certainly more valuable than they!]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

αὐτῶν

them

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: [they are]