en_tn/rom/02/17.md

translationWords

• en:tw:confidence
• en:tw:darkness
• en:tw:foolish
• en:tw:jew
• en:tw:lawofmoses
• en:tw:light
• en:tw:rejoice
• en:tw:teacher
• en:tw:test
• en:tw:true
• en:tw:willofgod

translationNotes

• Paul continues his imaginary argument with a Jewish person.
• If you call yourself a Jew - This begins a new section of the letter. Here the word "if" does not mean Paul doubts or is unsure. He is emphasizing that these statement are true. AT: "Now you think of yourself as member of the Jewish people"
• rest upon the Law, rejoice proudly in God - AT: "and you rely on the Law of Moses and rejoice proudly because of God"
• know his will - This could be translated as a new sentence. AT: "And you know God's will"
• having been instructed by the Law - This could be translated with an active verb. AT: "because you understand what the Law of Moses teaches"
• if you are confident…and of the truth - If your language has a way to mark that 2:19-20 interrupts Paul's main argument of :en:bible🎶rom:02:17, and :en:bible🎶rom:02:21, use it here. You might have to place 2:19-20 before 2:17.
• if you are confident - AT: "You are sure"
• that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness - Both of these phrases mean basically the same thing. Paul compares a Jewish person teaching someone about the Law to helping a person that cannot see. AT: "that you yourself are like a guide to someone who is blind, and you are like a light to someone lost in the dark" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_parallelism and en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
• a corrector of the foolish - This could be translated as a new sentence. AT: "You correct those who do wrong" (See:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
• a teacher of babies - Here Paul compares those who do not know anything about the Law to babies. AT: "and you teach those who do not know the Law" (See:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
• and that you have in the Law the form of knowledge and of the truth - AT: "because you are sure you understand the truth written in the Law"