en_tn/mat/06/16.md

# Connecting Statement:

Jesus begins to teach about fasting.

# General Information:

Jesus is talking to a group of people about what they as individuals should or should not do. All occurrences of "you" and "your" in verses 17 and 18 are singular, but you may want to translate them as plural to match the plural "you" in verse 16. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])

# Moreover

"Also"

# they disfigure their faces

The hypocrites would not wash their faces or comb their hair. They did this purposely to draw attention to themselves so that people would see them and give them honor for fasting.

# Truly I say to you

"I tell you the truth." This phrase adds emphasis to what Jesus says next.

# anoint your head

"put oil in your hair" or "groom your hair." To "anoint" the head here is to take normal care of one's hair. It has nothing to do with "Christ" meaning "anointed one." Jesus means that people should look the same whether they are fasting or not.

# Father who is in secret

Possible meanings are 1) no one can see God, or 2) God is with that person who fasts secretly. See how you translated this in [Matthew 6:6](./05.md).

# Father

This is an important title for God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples]])

# who sees in secret

"who sees what you do in private." See how you translated this in [Matthew 6:6](./05.md).

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fast]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hypocrite]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/amen]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/receive]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reward]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/anoint]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/godthefather]]
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			`Jesus begins to teach about fasting.`

			`# General Information:`

Changed "what might happen to them" to "what they should or should not do" 2017-08-15 21:00:43 +00:00			`Jesus is talking to a group of people about what they as individuals should or should not do. All occurrences of "you" and "your" in verses 17 and 18 are singular, but you may want to translate them as plural to match the plural "you" in verse 16. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# Moreover`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`"Also"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# they disfigure their faces`

			`The hypocrites would not wash their faces or comb their hair. They did this purposely to draw attention to themselves so that people would see them and give them honor for fasting.`

			`# Truly I say to you`

			`"I tell you the truth." This phrase adds emphasis to what Jesus says next.`

			`# anoint your head`

			`"put oil in your hair" or "groom your hair." To "anoint" the head here is to take normal care of one's hair. It has nothing to do with "Christ" meaning "anointed one." Jesus means that people should look the same whether they are fasting or not.`

			`# Father who is in secret`

Fixed note, tN Issue 74 2017-08-17 12:55:39 +00:00			`Possible meanings are 1) no one can see God, or 2) God is with that person who fasts secretly. See how you translated this in [Matthew 6:6](./05.md).`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# Father`

			`This is an important title for God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples]])`

			`# who sees in secret`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"who sees what you do in private." See how you translated this in [Matthew 6:6](./05.md).`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fast]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hypocrite]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/amen]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/receive]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reward]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/anoint]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/godthefather]]`