en_tn_lite_do_not_use/mat/09/14.md

translationWords

• en:tw:Pharisee
• en:tw:bridegroom
• en:tw:disciple
• en:tw:fast
• en:tw:johnthebaptist

translationNotes

• The disciples of John the Baptist question the fact that Jesus' disciples do not fast.
• Can wedding attendants be sorrowful...them? - No one would expect the wedding attendants to fast while the bridegroom was with them. (See en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)
• wedding attendants - a metaphor for Jesus' disciples (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
• the bridegroom is still with them...when the bridegroom will be taken away - The "bridegroom" is Jesus, who is still alive and so "is still with" his disciples. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
• the bridegroom will be taken away - "someone will take the bridegroom away." This is a metaphor for being killed. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor, en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive)
• be sorrowful - "mourn...be sad" (UDB)