OET interlinear 1TIM 5:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a support for the command that Paul gave in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces support or basis for a command, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “In fact,” or “Here is why:”

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

λέγει & ἡ Γραφή, βοῦν ἀλοῶντα οὐ φιμώσεις, καί, ἄξιος ὁ ἐργάτης τοῦ μισθοῦ αὐτοῦ

/is/_saying & the Scripture /an/_ox threshing not ˱you˲_/will_be/_muzzling and worthy_‹is› the worker ˱of˲_the wage ˱of˲_him

Here Paul quotes from the Old Testament Scriptures, specifically from Deuteronomy 25:4. Then he quotes something that Jesus said, which can be found in Luke 10:7. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could format these words in a different way and include this information in a footnote. Alternate translation: “the Scripture says in Deuteronomy, ‘You will not muzzle an ox threshing,’ and in the Gospel of Luke, ‘The worker is worthy of his wages’”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

λέγει & ἡ Γραφή

/is/_saying & the Scripture

Here, Paul speaks of the Scripture as if it were a person who could say something. He means that these words can be read in the Scripture. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you can read in the Scripture” or “it is written in the Scripture”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

οὐ φιμώσεις

not ˱you˲_/will_be/_muzzling

The author of the quotation is using the future form to give a command. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea using a form that expresses a command or obligation. Alternate translation: “You should not muzzle” or “You must not muzzle”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

βοῦν ἀλοῶντα οὐ φιμώσεις, καί

/an/_ox threshing not ˱you˲_/will_be/_muzzling and

When he quotes this passage, Paul is implying that the leaders of the church are like an ox that is threshing. Both are doing work, and both deserve to be supported as they do that work. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make the comparison between the ox and the church leaders more explicit. Alternate translation: “‘You will not muzzle an ox threshing,’ and this applies to the elders as well, who should be supported for the work they do. Also,”

Note 6 topic: translate-unknown

βοῦν ἀλοῶντα οὐ φιμώσεις

/an/_ox threshing not ˱you˲_/will_be/_muzzling

In Paul’s culture, farmers often would make oxen thresh, that is, walk on harvested wheat to separate the kernels of grain from the wheat stalks. Some people would muzzle an ox while it was threshing in order to keep the ox from eating the grain. The point of the command is that the ox should be allowed to eat what it is working to produce: the grain. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of farming practice, you could give more information about what the ox is doing, or you could use a more general description. Alternate translation: “You will not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating the grain it is threshing” or “You will not prevent an animal from eating while it is working to produce food”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἄξιος & τοῦ μισθοῦ αὐτοῦ

worthy_‹is› & ˱of˲_the wage ˱of˲_him

Here, Paul is using the possessive form to describe someone who is worthy to receive his wages. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “deserves his wages” or “should receive his wages”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

αὐτοῦ

˱of˲_him

Although the term his is masculine, Paul is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: “his or her”