OET interlinear MAT 12:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τόν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ καί τούς ἄρτους τῆς Προθέσεως ἔφαγον ὅ οὐκ ἐξόν ἦν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν οὐδέ τοῖς μετʼ αὐτοῦ εἰ μή τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν μόνοις)

Jesus uses the phrase the house of God to refer to the tabernacle, the place where God’s presence was. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the tabernacle] or [the sanctuary]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς Προθέσεως

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τόν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ καί τούς ἄρτους τῆς Προθέσεως ἔφαγον ὅ οὐκ ἐξόν ἦν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν οὐδέ τοῖς μετʼ αὐτοῦ εἰ μή τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν μόνοις)

The phrase the loaves of the Presence refers to loaves of bread that were placed every day on a table in the tabernacle or temple as an offering to God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [the loaves that were presented to God] or [the bread that was placed in God’s presence every morning]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions

εἰ μὴ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν μόνοις

except (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τόν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ καί τούς ἄρτους τῆς Προθέσεως ἔφαγον ὅ οὐκ ἐξόν ἦν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν οὐδέ τοῖς μετʼ αὐτοῦ εἰ μή τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν μόνοις)

Jesus indicates that the only people who were allowed to eat this bread were the priests. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that introduces this kind of exception. Alternate translation: [since only the priests could eat it] or [which was lawful only for the priests to eat]