OET interlinear LUKE 3:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

ἐν ἔτει δὲ πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας Τιβερίου Καίσαρος

in ˓the˒_year (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐν ἔτει Δέ πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας Τιβερίου Καίσαρος ἡγεμονεύοντος Ποντίου Πιλάτου τῆς Ἰουδαίας καί τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Γαλιλαίας Ἡρῴδου Φιλίππου Δέ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Ἰτουραίας καί Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας καί Λυσανίου τῆς Ἀβιληνῆς τετραρχοῦντος)

This verse and the beginning of the next one are an extended time reference that introduces a new event. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [Everything that the angels and inspired people had said about John and Jesus began to come true during the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar]

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

ἐν ἔτει δὲ πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ

in ˓the˒_year (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐν ἔτει Δέ πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας Τιβερίου Καίσαρος ἡγεμονεύοντος Ποντίου Πιλάτου τῆς Ἰουδαίας καί τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Γαλιλαίας Ἡρῴδου Φιλίππου Δέ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Ἰτουραίας καί Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας καί Λυσανίου τῆς Ἀβιληνῆς τετραρχοῦντος)

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you can use a cardinal number here. Alternate translation: [in year 15]

Note 3 topic: writing-participants

Τιβερίου Καίσαρος

˱of˲_Tiberias Caesar

As in [2:1](../02/01.md), Caesar is the title of the emperor of the Roman Empire. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express this explicitly. Alternate translation: [King Tiberius, who ruled the Roman Empire]

Note 4 topic: translate-names

Τιβερίου

˱of˲_Tiberias

Tiberius is the name of a man.

Note 5 topic: translate-names

Ποντίου Πειλάτου & Ἡρῴδου & Φιλίππου & Λυσανίου

Pontius (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐν ἔτει Δέ πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας Τιβερίου Καίσαρος ἡγεμονεύοντος Ποντίου Πιλάτου τῆς Ἰουδαίας καί τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Γαλιλαίας Ἡρῴδου Φιλίππου Δέ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Ἰτουραίας καί Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας καί Λυσανίου τῆς Ἀβιληνῆς τετραρχοῦντος)

These are the names of men. Here, the Herod mentioned is not the same one as in [1:5](../01/05.md). Rather, it is his son. Luke makes further mention of him many times in this book.

Note 6 topic: translate-names

τῆς Ἰουδαίας & τῆς Γαλιλαίας & τῆς Ἰτουραίας καὶ Τραχωνίτιδος & τῆς Ἀβειληνῆς

˱of˲_the ¬the ˱of˲_Judea & ¬the ˱of˲_Galilee & ¬the ˱of˲_Iturea ¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐν ἔτει Δέ πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας Τιβερίου Καίσαρος ἡγεμονεύοντος Ποντίου Πιλάτου τῆς Ἰουδαίας καί τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Γαλιλαίας Ἡρῴδου Φιλίππου Δέ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Ἰτουραίας καί Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας καί Λυσανίου τῆς Ἀβιληνῆς τετραρχοῦντος)

These are names of territories. Like Galilee, the name Judea occurs many times in this book.

Note 7 topic: translate-unknown

τετραρχοῦντος

being_tetrarch

In the Roman Empire, a tetrarch was the governor of one of four divisions of a country or province. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a general term. Alternate translation: [ruler]