OET interlinear MAT 2:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐπορεύθησαν

˱they˲_/were/_gone

Here Matthew implies that they went to Bethlehem. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “went to Bethlehem”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

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 “pay attention”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ

in the east

Translate this phrase as you did in 2:2. Alternate translation: “when it rose” or “as it rose in the east”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

προῆγεν αὐτούς ἕως ἐλθὼν ἐστάθη ἐπάνω οὗ ἦν τὸ παιδίον

/was/_going_before them until /having/_come ˱it˲_/was/_stood over where was the little_child

Here Matthew speaks as if the star were a person who could go somewhere and stand there. He means that the star moved in the sky until it was directly above the place where Jesus was staying. We do not know exactly how the star moved or what it looked like. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state directly that the star moved and then stopped. Alternate translation: “was moving in the sky ahead of them until it was above where the young child was. Then it stopped moving”