OET interlinear MAT 12:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ἢ οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ἐν τῷ νόμῳ, ὅτι τοῖς Σάββασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τὸ Σάββατον βεβηλοῦσιν, καὶ ἀναίτιοί εἰσιν?

or not ˱you_all˲_read in the law that ˱on˲_the Sabbaths the priests in the temple the Sabbath /are/_profaning and innocent ˱they˲_are

Jesus is using the question form to show the Pharisees that they should have learned a principle from the laws about priests working on the Sabbath that indicates that they are wrong to criticize the disciples. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “Again, you have not understood what you have read in the law about how on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, but are innocent.”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

ἢ

or

Here, the word Or introduces a second example from the Scriptures that Jesus uses to prove his point. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces another example. Alternate translation: “Similarly,” or “Further,”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸ Σάββατον βεβηλοῦσιν

the Sabbath /are/_profaning

The priests were said to profane the Sabbath because they had to fulfill their priestly duties on the Sabbath. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “profane the Sabbath by doing priestly work”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀναίτιοί εἰσιν

innocent ˱they˲_are

Here Jesus means that, although the priests do work on the Sabbath, the law does not condemn them, since doing priestly work on the Sabbath is an exception to the Sabbath requirements. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “are innocent, since God permits this kind of work on the Sabbaths”