OET interlinear ROM 6:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

For indicates that what follows this word explains what came before it. For here indicates that what follows explains what Paul said in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “So then,”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

εἰ

if

Paul is making a conditional statement that sounds hypothetical, but he is already convinced that the condition is true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might misunderstand and think that what Paul is saying is not certain, then you can translate his words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: “because”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

σύμφυτοι γεγόναμεν τῷ ὁμοιώματι τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ

grown_together ˱we˲_/have/_become ˱in˲_the likeness ˱of˲_the death ˱of˲_him

Here Paul speaks of death as if it were something with which Christians could be physically planted together. He means that by being baptized, Christians show that they participate in the spiritual benefits obtained by Christ’s death. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “we participate in Christ’s death through baptism”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῷ ὁμοιώματι τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ & τῆς ἀναστάσεως

˱in˲_the likeness ˱of˲_the death ˱of˲_him & ˱of˲_the resurrection

If your language does not use abstract nouns for these ideas of likeness and resurrection, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “in what is like his death … his resurrecting from the dead”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῷ ὁμοιώματι τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ

˱in˲_the likeness ˱of˲_the death ˱of˲_him

Here Paul implies that likeness of his death refers to the “baptism” referred to in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “in the likeness of his death that is represented by baptism” or “in baptism, which represents dying with him”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως ἐσόμεθα

but also ˱of˲_the resurrection ˱we˲_will_be

Here Paul speaks of resurrection as if it were something of which Christians could become part. He means that Christians will one day rise from the dead like Christ did. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “we will also certainly be resurrected like Christ”