OET interlinear MAT 25:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-bmoney

πέντε τάλαντα & δύο, ᾧ

five talents & two ˱to˲_one

The word talents refers to units of money equivalent to about 6,000 denarii, that is, about 6,000 days’ wages for a hired worker. You could try to express this amount in terms of current monetary values, but that might cause your Bible translation to become outdated and inaccurate, since those values can change over time. So instead you might state something more general or give the equivalent in wages. Alternate translation: [about 90 years’ wages … about 35 years’ wages … about 18 years’ wages]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ᾧ δὲ δύο, ᾧ δὲ ἕν

˱to˲_one ˱to˲_one ˱to˲_one (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ᾧ μέν ἔδωκεν πέντε τάλαντα ᾧ δέ δύο ᾧ δέ ἕν ἑκάστῳ κατά τήν ἰδίαν δύναμιν καί ἀπεδήμησεν εὐθέως)

Jesus is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the first half of the sentence. Alternate translation: [and to one he gave two talents, and to one he gave one talent]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν ἰδίαν δύναμιν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ᾧ μέν ἔδωκεν πέντε τάλαντα ᾧ δέ δύο ᾧ δέ ἕν ἑκάστῳ κατά τήν ἰδίαν δύναμιν καί ἀπεδήμησεν εὐθέως)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of ability, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [what he was able to do] or [what he was qualified to handle]