OET interlinear ROM 3:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

τί οὖν? προεχόμεθα?

what therefore ˱we˲_/are/_having_advantage

Here Paul concludes his series of rhetorical questions by using the same phrase What then he used to begin this discussion. See how you translated this phrase in 3:1.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

προεχόμεθα?

˱we˲_/are/_having_advantage

Paul is using the question form to express an objection that a Jew might have to what Paul has said previously. 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 we are not better off!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

προεχόμεθα

˱we˲_/are/_having_advantage

Here, we is used exclusively to speak of Paul and his fellow Jews. Your language may require you to mark these forms. Alternate translation: [Are we Jews better off]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

οὐ πάντως

not certainly

Not at all is an exclamation that communicates a strong negative response to the previous statement. Use an exclamation that is natural in your language for communicating this idea. Alternate translation: [Absolutely not!] or [In no way!]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

οὐ πάντως

not certainly

Paul is leaving out some of the words that a sentence 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: [We are not better off at all]

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

προῃτιασάμεθα γὰρ

˱we˲_previously_charged for

For here indicates that what follows is the reason why the previous statement is true. Use a natural way in your language for indicating a reason. Alternate translation: [We are not better off because we have already accused]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

προῃτιασάμεθα

˱we˲_previously_charged

Here, we could mean: (1) Paul is speaking only of himself in a formal manner. Alternate translation: [I have already accused] (2) Paul is speaking of himself and other Christians. Alternate translation: [we Christians have already accused] See how you translated we in the previous verse.

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

Ἕλληνας

Greeks

Here, Greeks refers to non-Jewish people in general. It does not refer only to people from the country of Greece. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [non-Jewish people]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ὑφ’ ἁμαρτίαν

under sin

The phrase under sin is an idiom that means “under the power of sin” or “controlled by one’s desire to sin.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [controlled by sin] or [unable to stop sinning]