OET interlinear ROM 3:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὖν

therefore_‹is›

Here, then indicates that what follows is a response to what Paul said in 3:21–26. If it might be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly, inserting a parenthetical phrase between commas. Alternate translation: “, if it is God who makes people righteous through faith in Jesus,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ποῦ οὖν ἡ καύχησις?

where therefore_‹is› the boasting

Paul is not asking for information, but is using this question to express an objection that a Jew might have to what Paul said in 3:21–26. If you would not use rhetorical questions 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: “There then is no grounds for boasting!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ποῦ οὖν ἡ καύχησις

where therefore_‹is› the boasting

Here Paul speaks of boasting as if it were an object that could be in a location. He means that no one can boast, because only God makes people righteous. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “Then can anyone boast”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ποῦ οὖν ἡ καύχησις

where therefore_‹is› the boasting

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of boasting, you could express the same idea with a different form. Alternate translation: “Who then can boast”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐξεκλείσθη

˱it˲_/was/_excluded

In this sentence Paul responds to the rhetorical question in the previous sentence. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “I would respond by saying, ‘It is excluded!’”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐξεκλείσθη

˱it˲_/was/_excluded

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God has excluded it” or “God does not allow it”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

διὰ ποίου νόμου? τῶν ἔργων? & διὰ νόμου πίστεως

through what law ¬The ˱of˲_works & through /a/_law ˱of˲_faith

Paul is leaving out some of the words that these sentences would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: “Through what kind of law is a person made righteous? Is a person made righteous through the works of the law? … a person is made righteous through a law of faith”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

διὰ ποίου νόμου? τῶν ἔργων?

through what law ¬The ˱of˲_works

In these two sentences Paul is not asking for information, but is using these two questions to express the objections that a Jew might have to what Paul said in the previous sentence and in 3:21–26. 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: “Surely through a kind of law! Surely through the works!” or “Surely a person is made righteous through a kind of law! Surely a person is made righteous through works!”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τῶν ἔργων?

¬The ˱of˲_works

Paul is using the possessive form to describe a law that is characterized by works. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “Through a law characterized by works?” or “By doing what the law requires?”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐχί, ἀλλὰ διὰ νόμου πίστεως

no but through /a/_law ˱of˲_faith

In this sentence Paul responds to the rhetorical questions in the previous two sentences. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “I would respond by saying, ‘No! But through a law of faith.’”

Note 11 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

οὐχί

no

No! is an exclamation that communicates a strong contrast to the previous statement. Use an exclamation that is natural in your language for communicating a strong contrast. Alternate translation: “Not at all!”

Note 12 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

διὰ νόμου πίστεως

through through /a/_law ˱of˲_faith

Paul is using the possessive form to describe a law that is characterized by faith. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “through a law characterized by faith” or “by doing what faith requires”

Note 13 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

πίστεως

˱of˲_faith

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of faith, you could express the same idea with a different form. Alternate translation: “of trusting in God”