OET interlinear MARK 9:37

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὃς ἂν ἓν τῶν τοιούτων παιδίων δέξηται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐμὲ δέχεται

whoever ¬wishfully one ¬the ˱of˲_such little_children /may/_receive in the name ˱of˲_me me /is/_receiving

Here Jesus speaks as if people who receive one of these little children were actually receiving him. He means that these people, by receiving the little children, show that they would receive Jesus too. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in simile form or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “whoever receives one of these little children in my name, it is as if he or she received me” or “whoever receives one of these little children in my name proves that he or she would receive me”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἓν τῶν τοιούτων παιδίων

one ¬the ˱of˲_such little_children

Here Jesus is referring to little children like the little child whom he set in their midst (see 9:36). If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “any little child like the one standing here” or “any little child, like this one here,”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου

in the name ˱of˲_me

Here, the phrase in my name could mean that: (1) the person receives a little child because the person follows Jesus. Alternate translation: “because that person is acting as my disciple” (2) the person receives the little child because the little child follows Jesus. Alternate translation: “because the child is my disciple”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὃς ἂν ἐμὲ δέχηται, οὐκ ἐμὲ δέχεται, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με

whoever ¬wishfully whoever ¬wishfully me (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὃς ἂν ἓν τῶν τοιούτων παιδίων δέξηται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου ἐμὲ δέχεται καὶ ὃς ἂν ἐμὲ δέξηται οὐκ ἐμὲ δέχεται ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με)

Here Jesus speaks as if people who receive him were actually receiving God, who sent him. He means that these people, by receiving him, show that they would receive God too. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in simile form or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “whoever receives me, it is as if he or she did not receive me but the one having sent me” or “the one receiving me proves that he or she would not only receive me but also the one having sent me”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

οὐκ ἐμὲ δέχεται, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με

not me /is/_receiving but the_‹one› /having/_sent_out me

Jesus says does not receive me here as an overstatement for emphasis. He means that the people who receive him are not just receiving him but are also receiving God, who sent him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: “receives not just me but also the one having sent me” or “does not receive me only but also the one having sent me”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με

the_‹one› /having/_sent_out me

Here Jesus implies that the one having sent him is God the Father. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “God, the one who sent me”