OET interlinear ROM 11:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

μὴ κατακαυχῶ τῶν κλάδων

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: μή κατακαυχῶ τῶν κλάδων εἰ Δέ κατακαυχᾶσαι οὒ σύ τήν ῥίζαν βαστάζεις ἀλλά ἡ ῥίζα σέ)

This is the end of a factual conditional sentence that began in the previous verse. You may need to adjust the words if you make this clause into a separate sentence. Alternate translation: [Since this is true, do not boast over the branches]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exmetaphor

μὴ κατακαυχῶ τῶν κλάδων εἰ δὲ κατακαυχᾶσαι, οὐ σὺ τὴν ῥίζαν βαστάζεις, ἀλλὰ ἡ ῥίζα σέ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: μή κατακαυχῶ τῶν κλάδων εἰ Δέ κατακαυχᾶσαι οὒ σύ τήν ῥίζαν βαστάζεις ἀλλά ἡ ῥίζα σέ)

Paul continues using the metaphor of a tree from the previous two verses. Here, branches represents those Jews whom God rejected because they did not believe in Jesus. The root represents either the ancestors of the Israelites (like in [11:16](../11/16.md)) or the Jewish people in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this metaphor as a simile. See also the discussion of this metaphor in the General Notes for this chapter. Alternate translation: [do not boast over the unbelieving Jews whom God rejected, like branches were broken off of a tree. But if you boast, you yourself do not sustain God's people, like branches cannot sustain the root, but the first Israelites sustain you, like the root sustains the branches]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / youcrowd

κατακαυχᾶσαι & σὺ & βαστάζεις & σέ

˱you˲_˓are˒_boasting & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: μή κατακαυχῶ τῶν κλάδων εἰ Δέ κατακαυχᾶσαι οὒ σύ τήν ῥίζαν βαστάζεις ἀλλά ἡ ῥίζα σέ)

See how you translated you in the previous verse.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐ σὺ τὴν ῥίζαν βαστάζεις, ἀλλὰ ἡ ῥίζα σέ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: μή κατακαυχῶ τῶν κλάδων εἰ Δέ κατακαυχᾶσαι οὒ σύ τήν ῥίζαν βαστάζεις ἀλλά ἡ ῥίζα σέ)

Paul implies that Gentile believers who boast should remember that they are supported by the root of the faith of Abraham and the first Israelites. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [remember that you yourself do not support the root, but the root supports you]