OET interlinear MAT 26:55

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ

in that ¬the hour

Here, the word hour refers to a specific moment in time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “At that moment” or “Then”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν ἐξήλθατε μετὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων συνλαβεῖν με?

as against /a/_robber ˱you_all˲_came_out with swords and clubs (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς ὄχλοις ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν ἐξήλθατε μετὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων συλλαβεῖν με καθʼ ἡμέραν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἐκαθεζόμην διδάσκων καὶ οὐκ ἐκρατήσατέ με)

Jesus is using the question form to rebuke the crowds for how they have acted. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “It was not necessary for you to come out as against a robber, bringing swords and clubs to seize me.” or “There was no reason for you to come out with swords and clubs to seize me, as if I were a robber!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν

as against /a/_robber

Jesus is saying that the crowds are acting like he is a dangerous robber because they have come to arrest him with many weapons. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “As you arm yourselves to seize a robber,” or “As if I were a bandit who needed to be subdued with force”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐξήλθατε

˱you_all˲_came_out

In a context such as this, your language might say “gone” instead of come. Alternate translation: “have you gone out”

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

ξύλων

clubs

See how you translated clubs in 26:47. Alternate translation: “sticks for hitting people”

Note 6 topic: translate-symaction

ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, ἐκαθεζόμην διδάσκων

in in the temple ˱I˲_/was/_sitting teaching

In Jesus’ culture, teachers usually sat down when they were going to teach. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make the connection between sitting and teaching more explicit. Alternate translation: “I was sitting in the temple to teach” or “I was sitting as a teacher in the temple, instructing people”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῷ ἱερῷ

the temple

Here Matthew means that Jesus entered into the temple area. He does not mean that Jesus went into the most sacred parts of the temple building. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “the temple courtyard”