OET interlinear MARK 11:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀποκριθεὶς

answering

Here, the word answering indicates that Jesus was responding to what he saw. He was not answering a question. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “in response” or “when he saw that”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe

μηκέτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ἐκ σοῦ μηδεὶς καρπὸν φάγοι

no_longer for the age of you no_one fruit /might/_eat

Jesus is speaking to the fig tree that he knows cannot hear him. He is doing this to communicate to the people listening to him what he is going to do the tree. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate these words as if he were speaking about the fig tree. Alternate translation: “May no one any longer eat fruit from this tree to eternity” or “As for this tree, may no one any longer eat fruit from it to eternity”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μηκέτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ἐκ σοῦ μηδεὶς καρπὸν φάγοι

no_longer for the age of you no_one fruit /might/_eat

Here Jesus implies that the fig tree will stop producing fruit, and that is why no one will eat fruit from the tree ever again. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “May you no longer produce fruit that people will eat to eternity”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

μηκέτι & μηδεὶς & φάγοι

no_longer & no_one & /might/_eat

The words translated No one and any longer are two negative words. In this construction, the second negative does not cancel the first to create a positive meaning. Instead, it gives greater emphasis to the negative. If your language can use two negatives that do not cancel one another to create a positive meaning, you could use a double negative here. If your language does not use two negatives in that way, you could translate with one strong negative, as the ULT does. Alternate translation: “May people no longer eat” or “No longer may there be anyone who will eat”

Note 5 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

καρπὸν

fruit

In this verse, the word fruit is singular in form, but it refers to any fruits that the tree might produce as a group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this plainly. Alternate translation: “fruits”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

σοῦ

you

Because Jesus is speaking to the fig tree, the word you here is singular.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα

for the age

Here, the phrase to eternity means that something lasts forever. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “forever” or “again”