en_tn/luk/15/31.md

# The father said to him

The word "him" refers to the older son.

# this brother of yours

The father was reminding the older son that the one who just came home was his brother.

# this brother of yours was dead, and is now alive

This metaphor speaks of the brother being gone as if he was dead. See how you translated this phrase in [Luke 15:24](./22.md). AT: "it was as if this brother of yours was dead and became alive again" or "had died, but he is now alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# he was lost, and has now been found

This metaphor speaks of the son being gone as if he was lost. See how you translated this phrase in [Luke 15:24](./22.md). AT: "it is as if this brother of yours was lost and now I found him" or "this brother of yours was lost and has returned home" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/death]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The father said to him`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The word "him" refers to the older son.`

			`# this brother of yours`
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			`The father was reminding the older son that the one who just came home was his brother.`
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 brother of yours was dead, and is now alive`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This metaphor speaks of the brother being gone as if he was dead. See how you translated this phrase in [Luke 15:24](./22.md). AT: "it was as if this brother of yours was dead and became alive again" or "had died, but he is now alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# he was lost, and has now been found`
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			`This metaphor speaks of the son being gone as if he was lost. See how you translated this phrase in [Luke 15:24](./22.md). AT: "it is as if this brother of yours was lost and now I found him" or "this brother of yours was lost and has returned home" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/death]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]`