OET interlinear MAT 9:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γάρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a reason why the scribes should not be thinking evil in their hearts (9:4). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis for a claim, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “In fact,” or “I say that because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τί & ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον εἰπεῖν, ἀφέωνται σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν, ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει?

which & is easier /to/_say (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τί γάρ ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον εἰπεῖν ἀφίονται σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἢ εἰπεῖν ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει)

Jesus is using the question form to show the scribes which of these things is easier to say. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. He could mean: (1) that saying Your sins have been forgiven is easier than saying Get up and walk. This is because it is easy to show that someone is lying when they try to heal a paralytic, but it is not easy to show that someone is lying when they claim to forgive sins. Alternate translation: “it is easier to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven,’ than to say, ‘Get up and walk.’” (2) that both things are equally easy to say. Alternate translation: “saying ‘Your sins have been forgiven’ is just as easy as saying, ‘Get up and walk.’”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

εἰπεῖν, ἀφέωνται σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν, ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει?

/to/_say /to/_say (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τί γάρ ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον εἰπεῖν ἀφίονται σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἢ εἰπεῖν ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει)

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this sentence so that there are no quotations within a quotation. Alternate translation: “to say that a person’s sins have been forgiven or to tell a person to get up and walk”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀφέωνται σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: τί γάρ ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον εἰπεῖν ἀφίονται σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἢ εἰπεῖν ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει)

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 does the action, it is clear from the context that it is the person speaking. Alternate translation: “I have forgiven your sins”