OET interlinear ROM 12:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

παρακαλῶ

˱I˲_˓am˒_exhorting

The pronoun I here and throughout this chapter refers to Paul. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [I, Paul, urge]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

ὑμᾶς & ὑμῶν & ὑμῶν

you_all & ˱of˲_you_all & ˱of˲_you_all

The pronouns you and your here and throughout most of this chapter are plural and refer to the believers in Rome to whom Paul wrote this letter. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: [you believers … your … your]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς

˱I˲_˓am˒_exhorting (Some words not found in SR-GNT: παρακαλῶ Οὖν ὑμᾶς ἀδελφοί διά τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ παραστῆσαι τά σώματα ὑμῶν θυσίαν ζῶσαν ἁγίαν τῷ Θεῷ εὐάρεστον τήν λογικήν λατρείαν ὑμῶν)

The word Therefore indicates that what follows is a logical conclusion. Here, therefore indicates that what follows in the rest of this letter is what Paul wants his readers to do in response to what he has written in chapters 1–11. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a fuller expression. Alternate translation: [Since everything I have said is true, I urge you]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἀδελφοί

brothers

See how you translated this word in [1:13](../01/13.md).

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν & θυσίαν ζῶσαν & τὴν λογικὴν λατρείαν ὑμῶν

the compassions & ˓a˒_sacrifice living & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: παρακαλῶ Οὖν ὑμᾶς ἀδελφοί διά τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ παραστῆσαι τά σώματα ὑμῶν θυσίαν ζῶσαν ἁγίαν τῷ Θεῷ εὐάρεστον τήν λογικήν λατρείαν ὑμῶν)

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of compassions, sacrifice, and service, you could express the same ideas in another way. These words indicate different ways in which people serve God. Alternate translation: [the ways that God is compassionate … a living one that is sacrificed … which is how you reasonably serve]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

παραστῆσαι τὰ σώματα ὑμῶν θυσίαν ζῶσαν

˓to˒_present (Some words not found in SR-GNT: παρακαλῶ Οὖν ὑμᾶς ἀδελφοί διά τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ παραστῆσαι τά σώματα ὑμῶν θυσίαν ζῶσαν ἁγίαν τῷ Θεῷ εὐάρεστον τήν λογικήν λατρείαν ὑμῶν)

Here Paul refers to a believer in Christ who obeys God as if that person were one of the animals that the Jews killed and then offered to God as a sacrifice, except that this sacrifice is still living. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: [to offer yourselves completely to God while you are alive, as if you were a living sacrifice on the temple altar]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

τὰ σώματα ὑμῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: παρακαλῶ Οὖν ὑμᾶς ἀδελφοί διά τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ παραστῆσαι τά σώματα ὑμῶν θυσίαν ζῶσαν ἁγίαν τῷ Θεῷ εὐάρεστον τήν λογικήν λατρείαν ὑμῶν)

Here, bodies refers to whole people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [your whole selves]