OET interlinear MAT 28:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

δὲ

and

Here, the word But introduces what the angel says in contrast to the fear that the soldiers felt. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: [However,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀποκριθεὶς

answering

Here the angel is answering or responding to a situation, not to something that someone has asked. More specifically, the angel is responding to the fear of the guards by telling the women that they do not need to be afraid. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make it more explicit that the angel is responding to what is happening, or you could leave answering untranslated. Alternate translation: [seeing that the the people nearby were afraid] or [responding to how the soldiers were afraid]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ταῖς γυναιξίν

˱to˲_the women

Here, the phrase the women refers to Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, whom Matthew mentioned in 28:1. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to them more explicitly. Alternate translation: [to Mary Magdalene and the other Mary]

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

μὴ φοβεῖσθε ὑμεῖς; οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι Ἰησοῦν, τὸν ἐσταυρωμένον, ζητεῖτε

not /be/_fearing you_all ˱I˲_/have/_known for that Jesus the_‹one› /having_been/_crucified ˱you_all˲_/are/_seeking

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 know that you seek Jesus, the one having been crucified; therefore, do not be afraid]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

τὸν ἐσταυρωμένον

the_‹one› /having_been/_crucified

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was Pilate’s soldiers. Alternate translation: [the one whom Pilate’s soldiers crucified]