OET interlinear LUKE 2:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

δὲ

and

The word And introduces the results of what the previous sentences described. Alternate translation: “And so”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἀνέβη

went_up

Luke says went up because Joseph had to go up into the mountains to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Alternate translation: “traveled”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εἰς πόλιν Δαυεὶδ, ἥτις καλεῖται Βηθλέεμ

to to /the/_city (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀνέβη δὲ καὶ Ἰωσὴφ ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ἐκ πόλεως Ναζαρὲτ εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν εἰς πόλιν Δαυὶδ ἥτις καλεῖται Βηθλέεμ διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐξ οἴκου καὶ πατριᾶς Δαυίδ)

Bethlehem was known as the city of David because King David had come from there. Luke includes this detail because it indicates why Bethlehem was important, even though it was a small town. Not only had the line of David’s dynasty originated there, the prophet Micah had said that the future Messiah would be born there. Alternate translation: “to the town known as Bethlehem, where King David had come from”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἥτις καλεῖται Βηθλέεμ

which /is_being/_called Bethlehem

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: “whose name is Bethlehem”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐξ οἴκου καὶ πατριᾶς Δαυείδ

to_be him from /the/_household and family (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀνέβη δὲ καὶ Ἰωσὴφ ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ἐκ πόλεως Ναζαρὲτ εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν εἰς πόλιν Δαυὶδ ἥτις καλεῖται Βηθλέεμ διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐξ οἴκου καὶ πατριᾶς Δαυίδ)

Luke is expressing a single idea by using two terms, house and family line, connected with and. The term family line indicates the significance of Joseph being a descendant of David. It means that any son of his, natural or adopted, would be an eligible successor to King David as the Messiah. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning of these two terms with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “he was descended from the royal line of David”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐξ οἴκου καὶ πατριᾶς Δαυείδ

to_be him from /the/_household and family (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀνέβη δὲ καὶ Ἰωσὴφ ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ἐκ πόλεως Ναζαρὲτ εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν εἰς πόλιν Δαυὶδ ἥτις καλεῖται Βηθλέεμ διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐξ οἴκου καὶ πατριᾶς Δαυίδ)

As in 1:27, the word house describes all the people descended from a particular person. Alternate translation: “he was descended from the royal line of David”