OET interlinear MAT 13:55

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ τέκτονος υἱός? οὐχ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ λέγεται Μαριὰμ, καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, Ἰάκωβος, καὶ Ἰωσὴφ, καὶ Σίμων, καὶ Ἰούδας?

not this is the ˱of˲_the carpenter son not the mother ˱of˲_him /is_being/_called Mary and the brothers ˱of˲_him Jacobus and Joseph and Simon and Judas

The people are using the question form to show that they know Jesus’ family. They mean that Jesus is just an ordinary person. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate these questions as statements or exclamations. Alternate translation: [He is just the son of a carpenter. We know his mother Mary, and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas.] or [He is only the son of the carpenter! His mother is called Mary, and his brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas!]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

τοῦ τέκτονος

˱of˲_the carpenter

The word carpenter refers to someone who builds things with wood. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of worker, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [of the man who builds with wood] or [of the construction worker]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οὐχ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ λέγεται

not not the mother ˱of˲_him /is_being/_called

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. If you need to say who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: [Do they not call his mother] or [Is not the name of his mother]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, Ἰάκωβος

and the brothers ˱of˲_him Jacobus

The people are leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and are not his brothers called James]

Note 5 topic: translate-kinship

οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ

the brothers ˱of˲_him

These were Jesus' younger brothers. They were sons of Mary and Joseph. Since the Father of Jesus was God, and their father was Joseph, they were actually his half-brothers. That detail is not normally translated, but if your language has a specific word for “younger brother,” you could use it here.

Note 6 topic: translate-names

Ἰωσὴφ & Σίμων & Ἰούδας

Joseph & Simon & Judas

The words Joseph, Simon, and Judas are the names of men.