OET interlinear MAT 22:43

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-tense

λέγει

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Λέγει αὐτοῖς πῶς Οὖν Δαυίδ ἐν Πνεύματι καλεῖ Κύριον αὐτόν λέγων)

To call attention to a development in the story, Matthew uses the present tense in past narration. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: [He said]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πῶς οὖν Δαυεὶδ ἐν Πνεύματι καλεῖ Κύριον αὐτὸν

how (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Λέγει αὐτοῖς πῶς Οὖν Δαυίδ ἐν Πνεύματι καλεῖ Κύριον αὐτόν λέγων)

In Jesus’ culture, people would not call any of their descendants Lord, since this title was used for people who were more important or older. Jesus’ question assumes this practice. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [Then, since no one calls his son ‘Lord,’ how does David in the Spirit call him ‘Lord]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

πῶς οὖν

how (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Λέγει αὐτοῖς πῶς Οὖν Δαυίδ ἐν Πνεύματι καλεῖ Κύριον αὐτόν λέγων)

The word then introduces an question based on the fact that the Messiah is the “son” of David (see [22:42](../22/42.md)). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of question, or you could leave then untranslated. Alternate translation: [Given that, how] or [Because of that, how]

Note 4 topic: translate-tense

Δαυεὶδ ἐν Πνεύματι καλεῖ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Λέγει αὐτοῖς πῶς Οὖν Δαυίδ ἐν Πνεύματι καλεῖ Κύριον αὐτόν λέγων)

In many languages, it is conventional to use the present tense to describe what a writer does within a composition. However, if that would not be natural in your language, you could use the past tense here. Alternate translation: [did David in the Spirit call]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

Δαυεὶδ ἐν Πνεύματι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Λέγει αὐτοῖς πῶς Οὖν Δαυίδ ἐν Πνεύματι καλεῖ Κύριον αὐτόν λέγων)

The phrase in the Spirit indicates that David called the Messiah ‘Lord’ as the Spirit inspired him. In other words, the Spirit prompted David to say this. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [David, by the inspiration of the Spirit,] or [David, prompted by the Spirit,]

Note 6 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτὸν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Λέγει αὐτοῖς πῶς Οὖν Δαυίδ ἐν Πνεύματι καλεῖ Κύριον αὐτόν λέγων)

The pronoun him refers to the Christ. If this is not clear for your readers, you could use the person’s title here. Alternate translation: [the Christ]

Note 7 topic: writing-quotations

λέγων

saying

Jesus introduces a quotation from an important text, in this case, the Old Testament book of Psalms (see [Psalm 110:1](../../psa/110/001.md)). This Psalm was written by David. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that Jesus is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: [as you can read in the book of Psalms] or [writing in the Scriptures]