OET interlinear MAT 14:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἱ Δέ μαθηταί ἰδόντες αὐτόν ἐπί τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα ἐταράχθησαν λέγοντες ὅτι φάντασμα Ἐστίν καί ἀπό τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν)

Here, the word But introduces the next thing that happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: [Then]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἱ Δέ μαθηταί ἰδόντες αὐτόν ἐπί τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα ἐταράχθησαν λέγοντες ὅτι φάντασμα Ἐστίν καί ἀπό τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν)

See how you translated this phrase in [14:25](../14/25.md). Alternate translation: [walking on the surface of the sea] or [miraculously walking on top of the sea]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐταράχθησαν

˓were˒_disturbed

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: [were very nervous] or [were very anxious]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

λέγοντες, ὅτι φάντασμά ἐστιν

saying ¬that (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἱ Δέ μαθηταί ἰδόντες αὐτόν ἐπί τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα ἐταράχθησαν λέγοντες ὅτι φάντασμα Ἐστίν καί ἀπό τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν)

It may be more natural in your language to have an indirect quotation here. Alternate translation: [saying that he was a ghost,]

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

φάντασμά

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἱ Δέ μαθηταί ἰδόντες αὐτόν ἐπί τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα ἐταράχθησαν λέγοντες ὅτι φάντασμα Ἐστίν καί ἀπό τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν)

Here, the word ghost refers to an spiritual or supernatural being that people see. In Jesus’ culture, when people saw a ghost, they usually assumed that something bad was going to happen. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of unusual experience, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [an apparition] or [some powerful and dangerous being]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἱ Δέ μαθηταί ἰδόντες αὐτόν ἐπί τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα ἐταράχθησαν λέγοντες ὅτι φάντασμα Ἐστίν καί ἀπό τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of fear, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [because they were afraid]