OET interlinear MARK 16:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ἐξελθοῦσαι, ἔφυγον ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου; εἶχεν γὰρ αὐτὰς τρόμος καὶ ἔκστασις

/having/_come_out ˱they˲_fled from the tomb /was/_having for them trembling and amazement

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: “because trembling and amazement was gripping them, having gone out, they ran from the tomb”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐξελθοῦσαι

/having/_come_out

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

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

εἶχεν & αὐτὰς τρόμος καὶ ἔκστασις

/was/_having & them trembling and amazement

Here, when trembling and amazement are gripping people, it means that these people are overcome by trembling and amazement. In other words, they cannot help but experience these things. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “they were overcome by trembling and amazement” or “they could not help but experience trembling and amazement”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

εἶχεν & αὐτὰς τρόμος καὶ ἔκστασις

/was/_having & them trembling and amazement

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of amazement, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “they were trembling and greatly amazed”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

τρόμος καὶ ἔκστασις

trembling and amazement

Here Mark implies that the women were trembling because of their amazement. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “trembling because of amazement”

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὐδενὶ οὐδὲν εἶπον; ἐφοβοῦντο γάρ

˱to˲_no_one nothing spoke ˱they˲_/were/_fearing for

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: “because they were afraid, they said nothing to anyone”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

οὐδενὶ οὐδὲν εἶπον

˱to˲_no_one nothing spoke

The words translated nothing and to anyone 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: “they told no one anything”