OET interlinear MAT 26:37

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

παραλαβὼν τὸν Πέτρον καὶ τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς Ζεβεδαίου, ἤρξατο λυπεῖσθαι καὶ ἀδημονεῖν

/having/_taken ¬the Peter and the two sons ˱of˲_Zebedee ˱he˲_began /to_be_being/_sorrowed and /to_be/_distressing

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. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was something that Jesus was thinking about. Alternate translation: “he took along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. Now something began to grieve and greatly trouble Jesus” or “as he took along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, what he was thinking began to grieve and greatly trouble him”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς Ζεβεδαίου

the two sons ˱of˲_Zebedee

The two sons of Zebedee were James and John (see 4:21). If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to them by name. Alternate translation: “James and John, the two sons of Zebedee”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

λυπεῖσθαι καὶ ἀδημονεῖν

/to_be_being/_sorrowed and /to_be/_distressing

The terms grieved and greatly troubled mean similar things. Matthew is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “to be extremely grieved” or “to be very troubled”