OET interlinear MARK 4:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δέ

and

Here, the word Now introduces the next thing that Jesus wants to say. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next topic, or you could leave Now untranslated. Alternate translation: “Next,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οὗτοι & εἰσιν οἱ παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν

these & are the_‹ones› along the road

Here Jesus speaks about what happens to these people as if it were what happened in the parable when the seeds were sown beside the road. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in simile form. Alternative translation: “what happens to some people is like what happened to the seeds that were sown beside the road”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

σπείρεται ὁ λόγος & τὸν ἐσπαρμένον

/is_being/_sown the word & the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὗτοι δέ εἰσιν οἱ παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ὅπου σπείρεται ὁ λόγος καὶ ὅταν ἀκούσωσιν εὐθὺς ἔρχεται ὁ Σατανᾶς καὶ αἴρει τὸν λόγον τὸν ἐσπαρμένον εἰς αὐτούς)

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the ideas in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the actions, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: “someone is sowing the word … that someone sowed”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὁ λόγος & τὸν λόγον

the word & the word

Just as in 4:14, Jesus is using the term word to mean the gospel, which people preach using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the gospel … the gospel”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

εὐθὺς ἔρχεται ὁ Σατανᾶς, καὶ αἴρει τὸν λόγον τὸν ἐσπαρμένον εἰς αὐτούς

immediately /is/_coming ¬the Satan and /is/_carrying the word ¬which /having_been/_sown in them

Here Jesus speaks about the gospel as if it were seeds that had been sown in people. He speaks of Satan as if he were a bird that swoops down and takes away the seeds. Since these figures of speech connect to the parable that Jesus told, if possible you should preserve them or express the ideas in simile form. Alternate translation: “Satan immediately comes like a bird and takes away the word, which had been sown like seeds in them”