OET interlinear LUKE 11:29

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῶν δὲ ὄχλων ἐπαθροιζομένων

the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τῶν Δέ ὄχλων ἐπαθροιζομένων ἤρξατο λέγειν Ἡ γενεά αὕτη γενεά πονηρά ἐστίν σημεῖον ζητεῖ καί σημεῖον οὒ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μή τό σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ)

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state what these crowds were. Alternate translation: [as the crowds around Jesus were growing larger] or [as more people kept joining the crowds around Jesus]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη γενεὰ πονηρά ἐστιν; σημεῖον ζητεῖ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: τῶν Δέ ὄχλων ἐπαθροιζομένων ἤρξατο λέγειν Ἡ γενεά αὕτη γενεά πονηρά ἐστίν σημεῖον ζητεῖ καί σημεῖον οὒ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μή τό σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ)

Jesus uses the term generation to mean the people who were born in the current generation. Alternate translation: [The people living at this time are evil people. They seek]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

σημεῖον ζητεῖ

˓a˒_sign ˱it˲_˓is˒_seeking

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate the purpose of the sign that the people were seeking. Alternate translation: [They want me to perform a miracle to prove that I have come from God]

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions

σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ, εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ

˓a˒_sign ˓a˒_sign sign (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τῶν Δέ ὄχλων ἐπαθροιζομένων ἤρξατο λέγειν Ἡ γενεά αὕτη γενεά πονηρά ἐστίν σημεῖον ζητεῖ καί σημεῖον οὒ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μή τό σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ)

If, in your language, it would appear that Jesus was making a statement here and then contradicting it, you could reword this to avoid using an exception clause. Alternate translation: [God will only give it the sign of Jonah]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ

˓a˒_sign ˓a˒_sign sign (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τῶν Δέ ὄχλων ἐπαθροιζομένων ἤρξατο λέγειν Ἡ γενεά αὕτη γενεά πονηρά ἐστίν σημεῖον ζητεῖ καί σημεῖον οὒ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μή τό σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who would do the action. Alternate translation: [God will not give it a sign]

τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: τῶν Δέ ὄχλων ἐπαθροιζομένων ἤρξατο λέγειν Ἡ γενεά αὕτη γενεά πονηρά ἐστίν σημεῖον ζητεῖ καί σημεῖον οὒ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μή τό σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ)

Alternate translation: [a miracle like the one that God did for Jonah]