OET interlinear MARK 4:32

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

σπαρῇ

˱it˲_/may_be/_sown

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. If you need to say who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. See how you expressed the idea in 4:31. Alternate translation: “a person has sown it” or “they have sown it”

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

πάντων τῶν λαχάνων

all the garden_plants

The phrase vegetable plants refers to plants that people grow so that they can eat them or parts of them. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of plant, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “all the other plants that people grow to eat” or “all the plants that people have in their gardens”

ποιεῖ κλάδους μεγάλους

/is/_producing branches great

Alternate translation: “it grows large branches”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ

the birds ˱of˲_the sky

In your language, it might seem that this phrase expresses unnecessary extra information. If so, you could abbreviate it. Alternate translation: “the birds”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κατασκηνοῦν

/to_be/_nesting

Here, the word nest could indicate that: (1) the birds are building nests in the shadow of the mustard plant. Alternate translation: “build nests” (2) the birds are perching or resting in the shadow of the mustard plant. Alternate translation: “perch” or “roost”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν αὐτοῦ

under the shadow ˱of˲_it

Here, the phrase in its shadow could imply that the birds are nesting: (1) in the lower branches of the plant, which are in the shadow of the higher branches. Alternate translation: “in its shadow in the lower branches” (2) on the ground that is in the shadow of the plant. Alternate translation: “in its shadow on the ground”