OET interlinear MAT 10:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

τῶν δὲ δώδεκα ἀποστόλων τὰ ὀνόματά

¬the and ˱of˲_/the/_twelve ambassadors the names

Matthews uses the word Now to introduce background information that will help readers understand who the 12 disciples were. The word does not introduce another event in the story. Use a natural form in your language for introducing background information. Alternate translation: “As for these 12 apostles, their names”

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

πρῶτος

first

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could use a cardinal number here or an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: “one”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

πρῶτος

first

Here Matthew introduces the first item in the list with the word first, but then he does not number any other items in the list. If it would be unnatural in your language to number the first item in a list but then omit other numbers, you could use another form that introduces the first item in a list, or you could leave first untranslated. Alternate translation: “at the beginning”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὁ λεγόμενος Πέτρος

¬which /being/_called Peter

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “whose other name was Peter”

Note 5 topic: translate-kinship

ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ

¬which the brother ˱of˲_him

Matthew never says whether Simon or Andrew was older, but he mentions Simon first, which could imply that he was the older brother. If you have to use a form that refers to an older or younger brother, you could state that Andrew was younger. Alternate translation: “his younger brother”

Note 6 topic: translate-kinship

(Occurrence 2) ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ

the brother ˱of˲_him

Matthew never says whether James or John was older, but he mentions James first, which could imply that he was the older brother. If you have to use a form that refers to an older or younger brother, you could state that John was younger. Alternate translation: “his younger brother”