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translationWords
- en:tw:authority
- en:tw:demon
- en:tw:heaven
- en:tw:joy
- en:tw:lord
- en:tw:name
- en:tw:power
- en:tw:rejoice
- en:tw:satan
- en:tw:spirit
translationNotes
- (After some time passes, the seventy disciples return to where Jesus was.)
- seventy - You may want to add a footnote: "Some versions have '72' instead of '70.'"
- The seventy returned - Some languages will need to say that the seventy actually went out first as the UDB does. This is implicit information that can be made explicit. (See en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_explicit.)
- I was watching Satan fall from heaven as lightening - Jesus used a simile to describe how God was defeating Satan when his 70 disciples were preaching in the towns.
- authority to tread on serpents and scorpions - "authority to step on snakes and crush scorpions." Possible meanings are 1) this refers to actual snakes and scorpions or 2) snakes and scorpions are a metaphor for evil spirits. The UDB translates this as referring to evil spirits: "I have given you the right to attack evil spirits." (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- tread on serpents and scorpions - This implies that they would do this and not be injured. You can make this explicit: "walk on snakes and scorpions and not be hurt."
- over all the power of the enemy - "I have given you authority to crush the power of the enemy" or "I have given you authority to defeat the enemy." The enemy is Satan.
- rejoice in this - The words "in this" refer to the following phrase "that the spirits submit to you."
- your names are engraved in heaven - This can be translated as an active verb "God has written your names in heaven" or "your names are on the list of people who are citizens of heaven."