OET interlinear MARK 12:42

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

ἐλθοῦσα μία χήρα πτωχὴ ἔβαλεν

/having/_come one widow poor cast

Here Mark introduces one poor widow as a new participant in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “a woman arrived. She was a widow, and she was poor. She put in”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐλθοῦσα

/having/_come

In a context such as this, your language might say “gone” instead of come. Alternate translation: “having gone”

Note 3 topic: translate-bmoney

λεπτὰ δύο

leptons two

The word lepta is the plural of “lepton.” A lepton was a small bronze or copper coin equivalent to a few minutes’ wages. It was the least valuable coin that people used in this culture. You could try to express this amount in terms of current monetary values, but that might cause your Bible translation to become outdated and inaccurate, since those values can change over time. So instead you might use the name of the least valuable coin in your culture, or a general expression. Alternate translation: “two pennies” or “two small coins of little value”

Note 4 topic: translate-bmoney

ὅ ἐστιν κοδράντης

which is /a/_quadran

A quadrans was one of the smallest and least valuable coins in circulation in this place and time. It was equivalent to about an eighth of an hour’s wage. You could try to express this amount in terms of current monetary values, but that might cause your Bible translation to become outdated and inaccurate, since those values can change over time. So instead you might use the name of one of the least valuable coins in your culture, or a general expression. Alternate translation: “which is a nickel” or “which is not even an hour’s wage”