en_tn/rev/22/17.md

# Connecting Statement:

This verse is a response to what Jesus said.

# the Bride

Believers are spoken of as if they were a bride about to be married to her groom, Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# Come!

Possible meanings are 1) that this is an invitation for people to come and drink the water of life. AT: "Come and drink!" or 2) that this is a polite request for Jesus to return. AT: "Please come!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# Whoever is thirsty ... the water of life

A person's desire for eternal life is spoken of as if it were thirst and of that person receiving eternal life as if he were drinking life-giving water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# the water of life

Eternal life is spoken of as if it were provided by life-giving water. See how you translated this in [Revelation 21:6](../21/05.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holyspirit]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bride]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/free]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This verse is a response to what Jesus said.`

			`# the Bride`

			`Believers are spoken of as if they were a bride about to be married to her groom, Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# Come!`

			`Possible meanings are 1) that this is an invitation for people to come and drink the water of life. AT: "Come and drink!" or 2) that this is a polite request for Jesus to return. AT: "Please come!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# Whoever is thirsty ... the water of life`

			`A person's desire for eternal life is spoken of as if it were thirst and of that person receiving eternal life as if he were drinking life-giving water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# the water of life`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`Eternal life is spoken of as if it were provided by life-giving water. See how you translated this in [Revelation 21:6](../21/05.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holyspirit]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bride]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/free]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]`