OET interlinear LUKE 2:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἦλθεν ἐν τῷ Πνεύματι

˱he˲_came in the Spirit

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: “he came as the Holy Spirit directed him”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἦλθεν & εἰς τὸ ἱερόν

˱he˲_came & into the temple

Your language may say “went” in contexts such as this. Alternate translation: “he went … into the temple”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

εἰς τὸ ἱερόν

into the temple

Since only priests could enter the temple building, this means the temple courtyard. Luke is using the word for the entire building to refer to one part of it. Alternate translation: “into the temple courtyard”

Note 4 topic: writing-participants

τοὺς γονεῖς

the parents

This means the parents of Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use their names here. Alternate translation: “Mary and Joseph”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτοὺς κατὰ τὸ εἰθισμένον τοῦ νόμου περὶ αὐτοῦ

˱of˲_the_‹thing› /to/_do them according_to the_‹thing› /having_been/_accustomed ˱by˲_the law for him

The phrase to do according to the custom of the law refers to the ceremony of dedication that Luke described in 2:22–25. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “to perform the ceremony of dedication that the law of God required”