OET interlinear ROM 3:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

τί οὖν

what therefore_‹is›

Here, then indicates that what follows is a response to what Paul said in the previous chapter, especially what he said in 2:28–29. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “If these things are true, then what is”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου, ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλια τῆς περιτομῆς?

what therefore_‹is› the additional_‹thing› ˱of˲_the Jew or what_‹is› the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλεια τῆς περιτομῆς)

This verse contains two rhetorical questions connected by or. Paul is not asking for information, but here he is using these two questions to express the objections that a Jew might have to what Paul said in the previous chapter, especially what he said in 2:28–29. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “Then the Jew certainly has no advantage, and circumcision certainly has no benefit!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου, ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλια τῆς περιτομῆς

what therefore_‹is› the additional_‹thing› ˱of˲_the Jew or what_‹is› the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλεια τῆς περιτομῆς)

In this verse Paul is speaking as if he were a non-Christian Jew arguing against Paul. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off all of this material with quotation marks or with whatever punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου, ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλια τῆς περιτομῆς

what therefore_‹is› the additional_‹thing› ˱of˲_the Jew or what_‹is› the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλεια τῆς περιτομῆς)

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of advantage or benefit, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “How then is being a Jew advantageous, or how is being circumcised beneficial”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τοῦ Ἰουδαίου

˱of˲_the Jew

Paul is using the possessive form of the Jew to describe for whom there is the advantage. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “for the Jew”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τῆς περιτομῆς

¬the ˱of˲_circumcision

Paul is using the possessive form of the circumcision to describe from where the benefit comes. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “that comes from circumcision” or “from being circumcised”