OET interlinear MAT 2:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἰδὼν

/having/_seen

Here, Matthew speaks of knowing as if it were seeing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “having learned” or “having known”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐνεπαίχθη ὑπὸ τῶν μάγων

˱he˲_/was/_mocked by the magi

Matthew implies that Herod realized that the learned men were not going to visit him and tell him where Jesus was. That is why he felt mocked. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “he had been mocked by the learned men, who were not going to return” or “the learned men had deceived him by not coming back to him”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐνεπαίχθη ὑπὸ τῶν μάγων

˱he˲_/was/_mocked by the magi

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. Alternate translation: “the learned men had mocked him”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀποστείλας, ἀνεῖλεν

/having/_sent_out ˱he˲_killed

Here Matthew implies that Herod sent other people to kill the children. He did not kill the children himself. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express this idea more explicitly. Alternate translation: “he sent forth his soldiers to kill”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἀπὸ διετοῦς καὶ κατωτέρω

from two_year and lower

Here, the phrase from two years and under identifies children that are two years old or younger than two years old. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase in your language. Alternate translation: “from those who were just born to those who were two years old” or “those who were younger than three years old”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κατὰ τὸν χρόνον ὃν ἠκρίβωσεν παρὰ τῶν μάγων

according_to the time which ˱he˲_ascertained from the magi

Here Matthew implies that Herod decided what ages of baby boys to have killed based on when the learned men first saw the star. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “basing this decision on the time of the star’s appearance that he had determined exactly from the learned men”