OET interlinear MAT 9:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐλθὼν

/having/_come

In a context such as this, your language might say “gone” instead of come. Alternate translation: “having gone”

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

τοὺς αὐλητὰς

the flute_players

A flute is a musical instrument. It is a thin, hollow rod, and people blow into one end of it to make sounds. In Jesus’ culture, people often hired flute players to play music at funerals. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of instrument or why people are playing it when someone dies, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “people playing funeral songs” or “the musicians for the funeral”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸν ὄχλον θορυβούμενον

the crowd /being/_distressed

Here Matthew refers to how people make much noise when they are grieving or mourning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “the crowd grieving loudly” or “the crowd being very loud as they mourned”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

θορυβούμενον

/being/_distressed

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: “making a commotion” or “being noisy”