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AICNT His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.’
OEB “Well done, good, trustworthy servant!” said his master. “You have been trustworthy with a small sum; now I will place a large one in your hands; come and share your master’s joy!”
WEBBE “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
WMBB (Same as above)
NET His master answered, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
LSV And his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant, you were faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.
FBV His master said to him, ‘You've done well—you are a good, faithful servant. You have proved yourself trustworthy over small things, so now I'm placing you in charge over many things. Be happy because I'm really pleased with you!’
TCNT His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! Yoʋ have been faithful over a few things; I will set yoʋ over many things. Enter into the joy of yoʋr master.’
T4T His boss replied, ‘You are a very good and faithful servant! You have done very well! You have faithfully handled a small amount of money, so I will put you in charge of a lot of things. Come and be happy with me!’
LEB His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge over many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
BBE His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
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Wymth "`You have done well, good and trustworthy servant,' replied his master; `you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: share your master's joy.'
ASV His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
DRA His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
YLT 'And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.
Drby His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter into the joy of thy lord.
RV His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Wbstr His lord said to him, Well done thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
KJB-1769 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
( His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou/you hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee/you ruler over many things: enter thou/you into the joy of thy/your lord. )
KJB-1611 His lord said vnto him, Well done, thou good and faithfull seruant, thou hast been faithfull ouer a few things, I wil make thee ruler ouer many things: enter thou into the ioy of thy lord.
(His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant, thou/you hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee/you ruler over many things: enter thou/you into the joy of thy/your lord.)
Bshps His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.
(His Lord said unto him: Well done, thou/you good and faithful servant. Thou hast been faithful over few things, I will make thee/you ruler over many things: enter thou/you into the joy of thy/your Lord.)
Gnva Then his master saide vnto him, It is well done good seruant and faithfull, Thou hast bene faithfull in litle, I will make thee ruler ouer much: enter into thy masters ioy.
(Then his master said unto him, It is well done good servant and faithfull, Thou hast been faithful in little, I will make thee/you ruler over much: enter into thy/your masters ioy. )
Cvdl Then sayde his lorde vnto hi: wel thou good & faithfull seruaunt, thou hast bene faithfull ouer litle, I wil set the ouer moch: entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde.
(Then said his lord unto him: well thou/you good and faithful servant, thou/you hast been faithful over little, I will set the over much: enter thou/you in to the joy of thy/your lorde.)
TNT The his master sayde vnto him: well good servaut and faithfull. Thou hast bene faithfull in lytell I will make the ruler over moche: entre in into thy masters ioye.
(The his master said unto him: well good servant and faithfull. Thou hast been faithful in little I will make the ruler over much: enter in into thy/your masters ioye. )
Wyc His lord seide to hym, Wel be thou, good seruaunt and feithful; for on fewe thingis thou hast be trewe, Y schal ordeyne thee on manye thingis; entre thou in to the ioye of thi lord.
(His lord said to him, Wel be thou/you, good servant and faithful; for on few things thou/you hast be true, I shall ordain thee/you on many things; enter thou/you in to the joy of thy/your lord.)
Luth Da sprach sein Herr zu ihm: Ei, du frommer und getreuer Knecht, du bist über wenigem getreu gewesen; ich will dich über viel setzen. Gehe ein zu deines Herrn Freude!
(So spoke his Lord to him: Ei, you frommer and getreuer Knecht, you are above wenigem getreu gewesen; I will you/yourself above many setzen. Gehe a to yours Lord Freude!)
ClVg Ait illi dominus ejus: Euge serve bone, et fidelis: quia super pauca fuisti fidelis, super multa te constituam; intra in gaudium domini tui.[fn]
(He_said illi dominus his: Euge serve bone, and fidelis: because over pauca fuisti fidelis, over multa you(sg) constituam; intra in gaudium master tui. )
UGNT ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ, εὖ, δοῦλε ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ! ἐπὶ ὀλίγα ἦς πιστός, ἐπὶ πολλῶν σε καταστήσω; εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου.
(efaʸ autōi ho kurios autou, eu, doule agathe kai piste! epi oliga aʸs pistos, epi pollōn se katastaʸsō; eiselthe eis taʸn ⱪaran tou kuriou sou.)
SBL-GNT ⸀ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ· Εὖ, δοῦλε ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ, ἐπὶ ὀλίγα ἦς πιστός, ἐπὶ πολλῶν σε καταστήσω· εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου.
(⸀efaʸ autōi ho kurios autou; Eu, doule agathe kai piste, epi oliga aʸs pistos, epi pollōn se katastaʸsō; eiselthe eis taʸn ⱪaran tou kuriou sou.)
TC-GNT Ἔφη [fn]δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ, Εὖ, δοῦλε ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ, ἐπὶ ὀλίγα ἦς πιστός, ἐπὶ πολλῶν σε καταστήσω· εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου.
(Efaʸ de autōi ho kurios autou, Eu, doule agathe kai piste, epi oliga aʸs pistos, epi pollōn se katastaʸsō; eiselthe eis taʸn ⱪaran tou kuriou sou. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
ἔφη αὐτῷ & εὖ, δοῦλε ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ! ἐπὶ ὀλίγα ἦς πιστός, ἐπὶ πολλῶν σε καταστήσω; εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου
/was/_saying ˱to˲_him & well_‹done› slave good and faithful over /a/_few_‹things› ˱you˲_were faithful over many_‹things› you ˱I˲_/will_be/_appointing come_in into the joy ˱of˲_the master ˱of˲_you
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “said to him that he had done well and that he was a good and faithful slave. His master also said that he had been faithful over a few things and that he would appoint him over many things. His master told him to enter into the joy of his master”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations
εὖ
well_‹done›
Your language may have a phrase that an employer would use to show approval. If so, you could use it in your translation. Alternate translation: “Good work”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
ἦς & σε & εἴσελθε & σου
˱you˲_were & you & come_in & ˱of˲_you
Since the master is talking to his slave, the words You, you, and your and the imperative are singular.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
εἴσελθε εἰς
come_in into
Here, the master uses the phrase Enter into to represent experiencing or participating in something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Experience” or “Participate in”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου
the joy ˱of˲_the master ˱of˲_you
The master is speaking about himself in the third person. If this would not be natural in your language, you could use the first person form. Alternate translation: “my joy” or “the joy of me, your master”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου
the joy ˱of˲_the master ˱of˲_you
Here, the master is using the possessive form to describe the joy that the master experiences. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “the joy that your master experiences”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου
the joy ˱of˲_the master ˱of˲_you
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of joy, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “how joyfully your master lives”
