OET interlinear LUKE 1:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἡρῴδου βασιλέως τῆς Ἰουδαίας

in the days ˱of˲_Herod king ¬the ˱of˲_Judea

This time reference introduces a new event. Alternate translation: [During the time when King Herod ruled over Judea]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις

in the days

Here, Luke uses the term days to refer to a particular period of time. Alternate translation: [During the time when]

Note 3 topic: writing-participants

ἐγένετο & ἱερεύς τις

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἡρῴδου βασιλέως τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἱερεύς τὶς ὀνόματι Ζαχαρίας ἐξ ἐφημερίας Ἀβιά καί γυνή αὐτῷ ἐκ τῶν θυγατέρων Ἀαρών καί τό ὄνομα αὐτῆς Ἐλισάβετ)

This phrase introduces a new character in a story. If your language has an expression of its own that serves this purpose, you could use it here.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐξ ἐφημερίας Ἀβιά

of division ˱of˲_Abijah

Luke assumes that his readers will know that this expression refers one of the different groups of priests who each served in the temple for a certain number of days at a time, and that the name of the group means that Abijah was the ancestor of these priests. Alternate translation: [who belonged to the group of priests who were descended from Abijah]

Note 5 topic: translate-names

Ἀβιά

˱of˲_Abijah

Abijah is the name of a man.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

γυνὴ αὐτῷ ἐκ τῶν θυγατέρων Ἀαρών

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἡρῴδου βασιλέως τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἱερεύς τὶς ὀνόματι Ζαχαρίας ἐξ ἐφημερίας Ἀβιά καί γυνή αὐτῷ ἐκ τῶν θυγατέρων Ἀαρών καί τό ὄνομα αὐτῆς Ἐλισάβετ)

Here, the word daughters means “descendants.” Alternate translation: [his wife was a descendant of Aaron]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐκ τῶν θυγατέρων Ἀαρών

of the daughters ˱of˲_Aaron

This means implicitly that she, like Zechariah, was descended from the line of priests going back to Aaron, the first high priest. Alternate translation: [his wife also came from the line of priests]