OET interlinear MARK 2:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἔρχονται φέροντες πρὸς αὐτὸν παραλυτικὸν, αἰρόμενον ὑπὸ τεσσάρων

˱they˲_/are/_coming bringing to him /a/_paralytic /being/_carried by four

Here Mark could be implying that: (1) more than four people came, but only four of them were carrying the paralytic. Alternate translation: “people come bringing to him a paralytic, being carried by four of them” (2) four people came and were carrying the paralytic. Alternate translation: “four men come bringing to him a paralytic, whom they were carrying”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἔρχονται

˱they˲_/are/_coming

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

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

παραλυτικὸν

/a/_paralytic

A paralytic is someone who is not able to use or control some or all of his or her arms and legs because of injury or sickness. If your readers would not be familiar with this sickness, you could use the name of something like this in your language, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “a paralyzed person” or “a person who could not move his limbs”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

αἰρόμενον ὑπὸ τεσσάρων

/being/_carried by four

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: “whom four men were carrying”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

αἰρόμενον

/being/_carried

As the next verse states, the four men carried the paralytic on a “mat.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea explicit here. Alternate translation: “being carried on a mat”