OET interlinear MAT 3:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous

τότε

then

Here, the word Then refers to the period of time in which John was preaching in the wilderness (see 3:1). If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “While John was preaching,” or “During the time when John was in the wilderness,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐξεπορεύετο

/was/_going_out

In a context such as this, your language might say “coming” instead of going. Alternate translation: “were coming out”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

Ἱεροσόλυμα, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ Ἰουδαία, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ περίχωρος τοῦ Ἰορδάνου

Jerusalem and all ¬the Judea and all the surrounding_region ˱of˲_the Jordan

Here, the terms Jerusalem, Judea, and the region around the Jordan represent the people who lived in those areas. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “people from Jerusalem, and people from all Judea, and people from all the region around the Jordan”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

πᾶσα ἡ Ἰουδαία, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ περίχωρος τοῦ Ἰορδάνου

all ¬the Judea and all the surrounding_region ˱of˲_the Jordan

Matthew twice says all as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: “most of Judea, and most of the region around the Jordan”