OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 4:52

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

ἐπύθετο οὖν τὴν ὥραν παρ’ αὐτῶν ἐν ᾗ κομψότερον ἔσχεν

˱he˲_inquired therefore the hour from them in which better ˱he˲_had

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this as a direct quotation. Alternate translation: “So he asked from them, ‘In what hour did he begin to improve?’”

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

ἔσχεν

˱he˲_had

Here, he refers to the royal official’s son who was ill. If it would be misunderstood to your readers, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “his son began to improve”

ὥραν ἑβδόμην

hour ˱at˲_/the/_hour seventh

In this culture, people began counting the hours each day beginning around daybreak at six o’clock in the morning. Here, the seventh hour indicates a time in the middle of the day. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this in the way the people of your culture reckon time. Alternate translation: “at about one o’clock in the afternoon”