# When he comes to the house

"When the owner of the sheep comes home" or "When you come home." Refer to the owner of the sheep as you did in the previous verse.

# even so

"in the same way" or "as the shepherd and his friends and neighbors would rejoice"

# there will be joy in heaven

"everyone in heaven will rejoice"

# ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent

Jesus uses sarcasm to say that the Pharisees were wrong to think that they did not need to repent. Your language may have a different way to express this idea. AT: "ninety-nine persons like you, who think they are righteous and do not need to repent" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])

# ninety-nine

"99" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])