OET interlinear MAT 2:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

φωνὴ ἐν Ῥαμὰ ἠκούσθη, κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὀδυρμὸς πολύς, Ῥαχὴλ κλαίουσα τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν παρακληθῆναι

/a/_voice in Rama /was/_heard weeping and mourning great Rachel weeping ˱for˲_the children ˱of˲_her and not /was/_wanting /to_be/_comforted

This prophecy speaks of women who live in Ramah as if they were Rachel, their ancestor. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer directly to the women who are descended from Rachel. Alternate translation: “Voices were heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, women descended from Rachel weeping for their children, and not willing to be comforted”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

φωνὴ & ἠκούσθη

/a/_voice & /was/_heard

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: “There was a voice” or “People heard a voice”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὀδυρμὸς πολύς

weeping and mourning great

The terms weeping and great mourning mean similar things. Matthew is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “much weeping” or “deep mourning”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὐκ ἤθελεν παρακληθῆναι, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσίν

not /was/_wanting /to_be/_comforted because not ˱they˲_are

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: “because they are no more, she is not willing to be comforted”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οὐκ ἤθελεν παρακληθῆναι

not /was/_wanting /to_be/_comforted

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: “she was not willing to receive comfort” or “no one could comfort her”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

οὐκ εἰσίν

not not ˱they˲_are

The author of the quotation is referring to the death of the children in a polite way by using the phrase they are no more. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a polite way of referring to this in your language, or you could state this plainly. Alternate translation: “they had passed away” or “because they had died”