OET interlinear LUKE 4:25

uW Translation Notes:

ἐπ’ ἀληθείας δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν

in truth (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπʼ ἀληθείας Δέ λέγω ὑμῖν πολλαί χῆραι ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἠλίου ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανός ἐπί ἔτη τρία καί μῆνας ἕξ ὡς ἐγένετο λιμός μέγας ἐπί πασᾶν τήν γῆν)

Jesus uses this phrase to emphasize the truth of the statement that follows. Alternate translation: [What I am about to tell you is very true]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἠλείου

in the days in (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπʼ ἀληθείας Δέ λέγω ὑμῖν πολλαί χῆραι ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἠλίου ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανός ἐπί ἔτη τρία καί μῆνας ἕξ ὡς ἐγένετο λιμός μέγας ἐπί πασᾶν τήν γῆν)

Jesus is using the term days to refer to a particular time. Alternate translation: [during the time when Elijah was prophesying]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἠλείου

in the days in (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπʼ ἀληθείας Δέ λέγω ὑμῖν πολλαί χῆραι ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἠλίου ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανός ἐπί ἔτη τρία καί μῆνας ἕξ ὡς ἐγένετο λιμός μέγας ἐπί πασᾶν τήν γῆν)

The people to whom Jesus was speaking would have known that Elijah was one of God’s prophets. If your readers would not know that, you could make this implicit information explicit, as UST does. Alternate translation: [during the time when Elijah was prophesying]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανὸς

when ˓was˒_shut the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπʼ ἀληθείας Δέ λέγω ὑμῖν πολλαί χῆραι ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἠλίου ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανός ἐπί ἔτη τρία καί μῆνας ἕξ ὡς ἐγένετο λιμός μέγας ἐπί πασᾶν τήν γῆν)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. Alternate translation: [when God shut up the sky]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανὸς

when ˓was˒_shut the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπʼ ἀληθείας Δέ λέγω ὑμῖν πολλαί χῆραι ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἠλίου ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανός ἐπί ἔτη τρία καί μῆνας ἕξ ὡς ἐγένετο λιμός μέγας ἐπί πασᾶν τήν γῆν)

Jesus describes the sky as if God had closed it so that no rain could fall from it. Alternate translation: [when no rain fell from the sky]

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

λιμὸς μέγας

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπʼ ἀληθείας Δέ λέγω ὑμῖν πολλαί χῆραι ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἠλίου ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανός ἐπί ἔτη τρία καί μῆνας ἕξ ὡς ἐγένετο λιμός μέγας ἐπί πασᾶν τήν γῆν)

A famine is a long period of time when the people in an area cannot produce or acquire enough food to feed themselves. Alternate translation: [a serious lack of food]