OET interlinear LUKE 21:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

εἶδεν δέ τινα χήραν πενιχρὰν

˱he˲_saw and /a/_certain widow poor

Luke uses this phrase to introduce a new character into the story. If your language has its own way of doing that, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “There was also a poor widow there, and Jesus saw her”

Note 2 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try to express this amount in terms of current monetary values, but that might cause your Bible translation to become outdated and inaccurate, since those values can change over time.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”