OET interlinear MARK 6:34

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐξελθὼν

/having/_come_out

Here Mark implies that Jesus came out of the boat in which he and the disciples were sailing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “having come out of the boat” or “having disembarked”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐξελθὼν

/having/_come_out

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

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ἐσπλαγχνίσθη ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς, ὅτι ἦσαν ὡς πρόβατα μὴ ἔχοντα ποιμένα

˱he˲_/was/_feeling_compassion to them because ˱they˲_were as sheep not having /a/_shepherd

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the second clause gives the reason for the result that the first clause describes. Alternate translation: “because they were like sheep not having a shepherd, he had compassion on them”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐσπλαγχνίσθη ἐπ’

˱he˲_/was/_feeling_compassion to

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of compassion, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “he sympathized with”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ὅτι ἦσαν ὡς πρόβατα μὴ ἔχοντα ποιμένα

because ˱they˲_were as sheep not having /a/_shepherd

Here Mark compares the people who were there to sheep who do not have a shepherd. Just as sheep without a shepherd have no one to lead and take care of them, so the people have no one to lead and take care of them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning of the simile more explicitly. Alternate translation: “because, like sheep without a shepherd, they did not know what to do or where to go”