OET interlinear MARK 8:35

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a basis for what Jesus said in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis for a claim, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “I say that because” or “In fact,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὃς & ἐὰν θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν, ὃς δ’ ἂν ἀπολέσει τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, σώσει αὐτήν

whoever & ¬if /may_be/_wanting the life ˱of˲_him /to/_save /will_be/_losing it whoever but ¬wishfully /will_be/_losing the life ˱of˲_him on_account me and ˱of˲_the gospel /will_be/_saving it

Here Jesus speaks of how people’s attitudes toward their current lives affects their eternal lives after they resurrect. He means that those who want to save their current lives will lose their eternal, resurrection lives, and that those who have lost their current lives will save their eternal, resurrection lives. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “whoever wants to save his current life will lose it forever, but whoever loses his current life for the sake of me and of the gospel will save it forever”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν

/may_be/_wanting the life ˱of˲_him /to/_save /will_be/_losing it

Here Jesus speaks of trying to preserve one’s life as if it were saving it. He speaks of dying as if it were losing one’s life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “wants to preserve his life will die”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

(Occurrence -1) αὐτοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὃς γὰρ ἐὰν θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι ἀπολέσει αὐτήν ὃς δʼ ἂν ἀπολέσει τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου σώσει αὐτήν)

Although the term his is masculine, Jesus is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: “his or her … his or her”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὃς δ’ ἂν ἀπολέσει τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, σώσει αὐτήν

whoever whoever but ¬wishfully /will_be/_losing the life ˱of˲_him on_account me and ˱of˲_the gospel /will_be/_saving it

Here Jesus speaks of dying or being willing to die as losing one’s life. He speaks of experiencing eternal life as if it were saving one’s life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “but whoever has died for the sake of me and of the gospel will have eternal life”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου

on_account me and ˱of˲_the gospel

When Jesus says for the sake of me and of the gospel, he means that some people will lose their lives because they are his disciples and because they believe the gospel. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “because he is my disciple and believes the gospel” or “because he believes in me and in the gospel”