OET interlinear MAT 14:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

κελεύσας τοὺς ὄχλους ἀνακλιθῆναι ἐπὶ τοῦ χόρτου, λαβὼν

/having/_commanded the crowds /to_be/_sat_down on the grass (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ κελεύσας τοὺς ὄχλους ἀνακλιθῆναι ἐπὶ τοῦ χόρτου καὶ λαβὼν τοὺς πέντε ἄρτους καὶ τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εὐλόγησεν καὶ κλάσας ἔδωκεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς τοὺς ἄρτους οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ τοῖς ὄχλοις)

It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: “he commanded the crowds, ‘Recline on the grass!’ Then, having taken”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀνακλιθῆναι

/to_be/_sat_down

In Jesus’ culture, people would usually recline, or lay on one side, when they were eating. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to the position in which people eat in your culture, or you could just refer to eating. Alternate translation: “to sit down to eat” or “to get ready to eat”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

ἄρτους & τοὺς ἄρτους

loaves & the loaves & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ κελεύσας τοὺς ὄχλους ἀνακλιθῆναι ἐπὶ τοῦ χόρτου καὶ λαβὼν τοὺς πέντε ἄρτους καὶ τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εὐλόγησεν καὶ κλάσας ἔδωκεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς τοὺς ἄρτους οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ τοῖς ὄχλοις)

See how you translated loaves in 14:17. Alternate translation: “large chunks of bread … the large chunks of bread”

Note 4 topic: translate-symaction

ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν

/having/_looked_up to the sky

In Jesus’ culture, most people thought that heaven was up above the earth. Looking up towards heaven was a common posture for someone who was praying. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to a common posture for prayer in your culture, or you could explain the meaning of this posture. Alternate translation: “having raised his arms in prayer” or “having looked up to heaven to pray”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εὐλόγησεν

˱he˲_blessed

Here Matthew could be implying that Jesus blessed: (1) God for providing the food. Alternate translation: “he blessed God” or “he praised God” (2) the food. Alternate translation: “he blessed the food” or “he asked God to make the food holy”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κλάσας, ἔδωκεν & τοὺς ἄρτους

/having/_broke gave & the loaves

Here Matthew means that Jesus broke the loaves of bread in pieces so that they could be served to the crowds. This was a normal practice in his culture. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “having divided the loaves into servings, he gave them” or “having broken the loaves into smaller pieces, he gave the pieces”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

οἱ & μαθηταὶ τοῖς ὄχλοις

the & disciples ˱to˲_the crowds

Matthew is 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: “the disciples gave them to the crowds”