OET interlinear ROM 6:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

συνετάφημεν οὖν

˱we˲_/were/_buried_with therefore

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases. Alternate translation: [We were buried, therefore]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

συνετάφημεν οὖν αὐτῷ

˱we˲_/were/_buried_with therefore ˱with˲_him

Paul speaks of Christians as if they were buried with Jesus when they were baptized. Paul mentions burial because it emphasizes that Jesus did indeed die. Here he means that Christians are indeed united with Christ’s death and share in its spiritual benefits. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [We are indeed united, then, with Christ’s death] or [We are so united, then, with Christ’s death that it is as if we were really buried with him]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

διὰ τοῦ βαπτίσματος εἰς τὸν θάνατον

through ¬the baptism into ¬the death

Here, through indicates that the following phrase is the means by which Christians were buried with Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [by means of the baptism into his death]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

εἰς τὸν θάνατον

into ¬the death

See how you translated this phrase in the previous verse.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὸν θάνατον & τῆς δόξης & ζωῆς

¬the death & the glory & ˱of˲_life

See how you translated death in 6:3, glory in 5:2, and life in 5:21.

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

ἵνα ὥσπερ ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ἐκ νεκρῶν διὰ τῆς δόξης τοῦ Πατρός, οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐν καινότητι ζωῆς περιπατήσωμεν

in_order_that as /was/_raised Christ from dead by the glory ˱of˲_the Father thus also we in newness ˱of˲_life /may/_walk

Here, so that indicates that what follows is a purpose clause. Paul is stating one purpose for which God instituted baptism. If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases to make this explicit. Alternate translation: [in order for us to walk in newness of life, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father]

Note 7 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

ὥσπερ & οὕτως καὶ

as & thus also

See how you translated just as and so also in the 5:19.

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ὥσπερ ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ἐκ νεκρῶν διὰ τῆς δόξης τοῦ Πατρός, οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐν καινότητι ζωῆς περιπατήσωμεν

as /was/_raised Christ from dead by the glory ˱of˲_the Father thus also we in newness ˱of˲_life /may/_walk

The point of this comparison is that the new way a Christian should live after being baptized is similar to being raised from the dead, as Christ was. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent comparison or express this meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [we should live in a new way, similar to when Christ was raised from death through the glory of the Father]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ἐκ νεκρῶν διὰ τῆς δόξης τοῦ Πατρός

/was/_raised Christ from dead by the glory ˱of˲_the Father

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: [the glory of the Father raised Christ from dead ones]

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ἐκ νεκρῶν

/was/_raised Christ from dead

See how you translated this phrase in 4:24.

Note 11 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐκ νεκρῶν

from dead

See how you translated this phrase in 4:24.

Note 12 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

διὰ τῆς δόξης τοῦ Πατρός

through by the glory ˱of˲_the Father

Paul is using the possessive form to describe glory that comes from or characterizes the Father. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: [through the glory from the Father] or [through the Father’s glory]

Note 13 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῆς δόξης

the glory

Here, the glory refers specifically to God’s glorious power. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [the glorious power]

Note 14 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

τοῦ Πατρός

¬the ˱of˲_the Father

Father is an important title for God.

Note 15 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἡμεῖς & περιπατήσωμεν

we & /may/_walk

Here Paul uses walk to refer to how a person lives and behaves. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: [we … might act]

Note 16 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἐν καινότητι ζωῆς

in newness ˱of˲_life

Paul is using the possessive form to describe life that is characterized by newness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: [with a new life] or [like those made newly alive]