OET interlinear MAT 27:45

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

and

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: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἕκτης ὥρας & ὥρας ἐνάτης

/the/_sixth hour & /the/_hour ninth

In this culture, people began counting the hours each day beginning around daybreak at six o’clock in the morning. So, the sixth hour would be around noon, and the ninth hour would be around three o’clock in the afternoon. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this in the way the people of your culture reckon time. See how you translated these time references in 20:5. Alternate translation: “about 12:00 PM … about 3:00 PM”

Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal

ἕκτης ὥρας & ὥρας ἐνάτης

/the/_sixth hour & /the/_hour ninth

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could use cardinal numbers here or equivalent expressions. Alternate translation: “hour six … hour nine”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

σκότος ἐγένετο

darkness became

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of darkness, you could express it in a different way. Alternate translation: “the sky darkened” or “the light dimmed”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν

over all the land

Here, all the land could refer to: (1) the entire area around where Jesus was crucified. This could include just the city of Jerusalem or all of Palestine. Alternate translation: “over all that region” (2) the entire earth. Alternate translation: “over the whole earth”