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# Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
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Jesus speaks as if the people of the cities of Chorazin and Bethsaida were there listening to him, but they were not. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]])
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# Woe to you
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"How terrible it will be for you." Here "you" is singular and refers to the city. If it is more natural to refer to the people instead of a city, you could translate with a plural "you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# Chorazin ... Bethsaida ... Tyre ... Sidon
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The names of these cities are used as metonyms for the people living in these cities. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# If the mighty deeds ... in sackcloth and ashes
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Jesus is describing a hypothetical situation that could have happened in the past, but it did not. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
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# If the mighty deeds had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you
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This can be translated with active forms. Alternate translation: "If I had done the mighty deeds among the people of Tyre and Sidon that I have done among you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# which were done in you ... than for you
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Here the "you" is plural and refers to Chorazin and Bethsaida. If it is more natural for your language, you could use a dual "you" to refer to the two cities, or a plural "you" to refer to the people of the cities. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# they would have repented long ago
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The pronoun "they" refers to the people of Tyre and Sidon.
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# would have repented
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"would have shown they were sorry for their sins"
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