OET interlinear MAT 9:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐδείς Δέ ἐπιβάλλει ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπί ἱματίῳ παλαιῷ αἴρει γάρ τό πλήρωμα αὐτοῦ ἀπό τοῦ ἱματίου καί χεῖρον σχίσμα γίνεται)

Here, the word Now introduces another example that Jesus uses to explain why his disciples do not fast. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces another example, or you could leave Now untranslated. Alternate translation: [Further,] or [Again,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parables

οὐδεὶς & ἐπιβάλλει ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπὶ ἱματίῳ παλαιῷ; αἴρει γὰρ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱματίου, καὶ χεῖρον σχίσμα γίνεται

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐδείς Δέ ἐπιβάλλει ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπί ἱματίῳ παλαιῷ αἴρει γάρ τό πλήρωμα αὐτοῦ ἀπό τοῦ ἱματίου καί χεῖρον σχίσμα γίνεται)

To help John’s disciples understand why his own disciples do not fast, Jesus offers another brief illustration. He wants John’s disciples to think of the new things that he teaches and does as a patch of unshrunk cloth and of the current ways of doing things as if they were an old garment. You should preserve the form of the parable, but if it would be helpful in your language, you could state explicitly that what Jesus does and teaches is like the patch of unshrunk cloth, and the normal way of doing things is like an old garment. Alternate translation: [no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for its patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear happens. What I say and do is like the unshrunk cloth, and the normal way of doing things is like an old garment]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐδεὶς & ἐπιβάλλει ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπὶ ἱματίῳ παλαιῷ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐδείς Δέ ἐπιβάλλει ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπί ἱματίῳ παλαιῷ αἴρει γάρ τό πλήρωμα αὐτοῦ ἀπό τοῦ ἱματίου καί χεῖρον σχίσμα γίνεται)

Here Jesus refers to the practice of patching a hole or tear in a garment by sewing or attaching a patch to the garment to cover the hole or tear. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [no one patches an old garment with a patch of unshrunk cloth]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

αἴρει & τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱματίου

˓is˒_tearing_away & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐδείς Δέ ἐπιβάλλει ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπί ἱματίῳ παλαιῷ αἴρει γάρ τό πλήρωμα αὐτοῦ ἀπό τοῦ ἱματίου καί χεῖρον σχίσμα γίνεται)

Here Jesus implies that the patch will tear away when the garment is washed, because the patch will shrink and rip the old garment. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [when the garment is washed, its patch will shrink and tear away from the garment]