OET interlinear MAT 27:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous

τότε

then

Here, the word Then indicates that the prophecy was fulfilled at the time when the chief priests and elders bought the field of the potter with the 30 silver coins that they had paid Judas. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces something that happens at the same time. Alternate translation: [And so] or [It was then that]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐπληρώθη τὸ ῥηθὲν

/was/_fulfilled the_‹word› /having_been/_spoken

See how your translated the similar passive forms in 2:17. Alternate translation: [these events fulfilled what God spoke]

Note 3 topic: writing-quotations

λέγοντος

saying

In Matthew’s culture, saying was a normal way to introduce a quotation from an important text. In this case, Matthew paraphrases or summarizes several passages from the Old Testament, including Zechariah 11:12–13, Jeremiah 19:1–13, and Jeremiah 32:6–9. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that Matthew is paraphrasing an important texts. Alternate translation: [who wrote in the book of Jeremiah] or [as I summarize it:]

Note 4 topic: translate-bmoney

τὰ τριάκοντα ἀργύρια

the thirty silver_coins

Each of these pieces of silver was a coin equivalent to about four days’ wages. See how you expressed the idea in 26:15. Alternate translation: [30 coins made out of silver] or [the money worth about four months’ wages]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὴν τιμὴν τοῦ τετιμημένου, ὃν ἐτιμήσαντο ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ

the price ˱of˲_the_‹one› /having_been/_priced whom ˱they˲_priced by /the/_sons ˱of˲_Israel

Here the author of the quotation means that the 30 pieces of silver were the price that some from sons of Israel decided was the correct price for the person whom they were buying or paying for. Some of the words here may be redundant in your language. If it would be helpful in your language, you could omit any redundant information and make the idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [which was the price that some of the sons of Israel set for the person] or [which some from the sons of Israel set as the price for the one whom they were buying]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

τοῦ τετιμημένου, ὃν ἐτιμήσαντο ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ

the ˱of˲_the_‹one› /having_been/_priced whom ˱they˲_priced by /the/_sons ˱of˲_Israel

If your language does not use this passive form, you could state this in active form. Alternate translation: [of the one whom they from the sons of Israel priced]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ

/the/_sons ˱of˲_Israel

Here the author of the quotation uses the word sons to refer in general to all the descendants of Israel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that refers to descendants in general. Alternate translation: [the descendants of Israel] or [those descended from Israel]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

υἱῶν

/the/_sons

Although the word sons is masculine, the author of the quotation is using it to refer to any children or descendants, both men and women. If you preserve the metaphor, and if it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [the sons and daughters] or [the children]