OET interlinear LUKE 2:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ἐσπαργάνωσεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἀνέκλινεν αὐτὸν ἐν φάτνῃ, διότι οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς τόπος ἐν τῷ καταλύματι

swaddled him and laid him in /a/_manger because not was ˱for˲_them /a/_place in the guest_room

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could put the second phrase before the first one, since it gives the reason for the action that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: “because there was no guest room available for them, she wrapped cloths tightly around him and put him in a box that held hay for animals”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐσπαργάνωσεν αὐτὸν

swaddled him

In some cultures, mothers help their babies feel secure by wrapping them tightly in cloth or in a blanket. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly Alternate translation: “wrapped cloths tightly around him to make him feel secure”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

ἀνέκλινεν αὐτὸν ἐν φάτνῃ

laid him in /a/_manger

A manger was a box or frame in which people put hay or other food for animals to eat. It was most likely clean, and it may have had something soft and dry like hay in it that would have provided a cushion for the baby. In this culture, animals were often kept near a home to keep them safe and so that their owners could feed them easily. Mary and Joseph stayed in a space that was ordinarily used for animals for those reasons. Alternate translation: “put him in a box that held hay for animals”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

διότι οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς τόπος ἐν τῷ καταλύματι

because not was ˱for˲_them /a/_place in the guest_room

There was probably no room because so many people had come to Bethlehem to register. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “there was no other place available for them to stay, because so many people had come there to register”

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

διότι οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς τόπος ἐν τῷ καταλύματι

because not was ˱for˲_them /a/_place in the guest_room

The word inn could mean a place of lodging where travelers stayed overnight. However, Luke uses the same term in 22:11 to refer to a room in a house. So it could also mean “guest room.” Alternate translation: “there was no other place available for them to stay, because so many people had come there to register”