OET interlinear MAT 27:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

but

Here, the word Now introduces the next thing that happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave Now untranslated. Alternate translation: “Then”

Note 2 topic: translate-symaction

καθημένου & αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος

sitting & him on the tribunal

When a leader was sitting on the judgment seat, it meant that the leader was ready to make judgments and legal decisions. If it would be helpful in your language, you could explain what sitting in this place means. Alternate translation: “he sitting on the judgment seat to judge” or “he sitting on the judgment seat, ready to make legal decisions”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος

on the tribunal

The judgment seat was a special chair in which a leader sat when making an official judgment. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of seat, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “at the judge’s bench” or “on the seat used for judgment”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τοῦ βήματος

the tribunal

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of judgment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “the seat for judging”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς αὐτὸν & λέγουσα

sent_out to him & saying

Here Matthew implies that Pilate’s wife sent someone to Pilate to say the words that follow. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “sent someone to him to say”

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

μηδὲν σοὶ καὶ τῷ δικαίῳ ἐκείνῳ, πολλὰ γὰρ ἔπαθον σήμερον κατ’ ὄναρ δι’ αὐτόν

nothing_‹let_be› ˱to˲_you and ¬the righteous_‹man› that many_‹things› for ˱I˲_suffered today in /a/_dream because_of him

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the second clause gives the reason for the result that the first clause describes. Alternate translation: “I suffered many things today because of him by means of a dream. So, nothing to you and to that righteous one.”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

μηδὲν σοὶ καὶ τῷ δικαίῳ ἐκείνῳ

nothing_‹let_be› ˱to˲_you and ¬the righteous_‹man› that

Here, the phrase Nothing to you and to that righteous one is a request to avoid doing anything with and to Jesus, the righteous one. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Have nothing to do with that righteous one” or “Avoid doing anything to that righteous one”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πολλὰ & ἔπαθον σήμερον

many_‹things› & ˱I˲_suffered today

Here Pilate’s wife means that the dream upset her or caused her distress. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “I was very distressed” or “I have been miserable”