OET interlinear MAT 26:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τί θέλετέ μοι δοῦναι

what ˱you_all˲_/are/_willing ˱to˲_me /to/_give

Here Judas is asking how much money they will give to him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “What sum of money are you willing to pay me”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

κἀγὼ

and_I

Here, the word and introduces what Judas is offering to do if they give him enough money. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a goal or result. If you use the following alternate translations, you may need to delete the comma before and. Alternate translation: “so that I” or “in order that I”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οἱ & ἔστησαν αὐτῷ τριάκοντα ἀργύρια

they & ˱they˲_set ˱to˲_him thirty silver_coins

Here Matthew refers to a procedure in which pieces of silver would be weighed to so that all the people involved in the transaction would be sure that the correct amount of money had been payed. Matthew means that they offered to pay Judas 30 pieces of silver. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “they counted out 30 pieces of silver for him” or “they offered 30 pieces of silver to him”

Note 4 topic: translate-bmoney

τριάκοντα ἀργύρια

thirty silver_coins

Each of these pieces of silver was a coin equivalent to about four days’ wages. 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try to express this amount in terms of current monetary values, but that might cause your Bible translation to become outdated and inaccurate, since those values can change over time.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: “30 coins made out of silver” or “about four months’ wages”