OET interlinear MAT 28:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ

behold

Here, the word behold draws the attention of the audience and asks them to listen carefully. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express behold with a word or phrase that asks the audience to listen, or you could draw the audience’s attention in another way. Alternate translation: “picture this” or “suddenly”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

σεισμὸς ἐγένετο μέγας; ἄγγελος γὰρ Κυρίου καταβὰς ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ προσελθὼν, ἀπεκύλισε τὸν λίθον καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ

/an/_earthquake became great /an/_angel for ˱of˲_/the/_Lord /having/_come_down from heaven and /having/_approached (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ἰδοὺ σεισμὸς ἐγένετο μέγας ἄγγελος γὰρ Κυρίου καταβὰς ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ προσελθὼν ἀπεκύλισεν τὸν λίθον καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ)

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clause, since the last clauses give the reason for the result that the first clause describes. Alternate translation: “an angel of the Lord, having come down from heaven and having approached, rolled away the stone and sat on it. That caused a great earthquake”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / go

καταβὰς

/having/_come_down

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

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

προσελθὼν

/having/_approached

Here Matthew implies that the angel approached Jesus’ tomb. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “having approached the tomb”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀπεκύλισε τὸν λίθον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ἰδοὺ σεισμὸς ἐγένετο μέγας ἄγγελος γὰρ Κυρίου καταβὰς ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ προσελθὼν ἀπεκύλισεν τὸν λίθον καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ)

Here Matthew implies that the angel rolled away the large stone from the opening of the tomb to open it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “having rolled the stone away from the door of the tomb to open it up”