OET interlinear LUKE 5:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

καὶ ἐγένετο

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτόν ἐν μιᾷ τῶν πόλεων καί ἰδού ἀνήρ πλήρης λέπρας ἰδών δέ τόν Ἰησοῦν πεσών ἐπί πρόσωπον ἐδεήθη αὐτοῦ λέγων Κύριε ἐάν θέλῃς δύνασαι μέ καθαρίσαι)

Luke uses this phrase to introduce a new event in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτόν ἐν μιᾷ τῶν πόλεων καί ἰδού ἀνήρ πλήρης λέπρας ἰδών δέ τόν Ἰησοῦν πεσών ἐπί πρόσωπον ἐδεήθη αὐτοῦ λέγων Κύριε ἐάν θέλῃς δύνασαι μέ καθαρίσαι)

Luke uses behold to call the reader’s attention to what he is about to say. Your language may have a similar expression that you can use here.

Note 3 topic: writing-participants

ἀνὴρ πλήρης λέπρας

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτόν ἐν μιᾷ τῶν πόλεων καί ἰδού ἀνήρ πλήρης λέπρας ἰδών δέ τόν Ἰησοῦν πεσών ἐπί πρόσωπον ἐδεήθη αὐτοῦ λέγων Κύριε ἐάν θέλῃς δύνασαι μέ καθαρίσαι)

Luke uses this phrase to introduce a new character into the story. If your language has its own way of doing that, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: [there was a man there who was covered with leprosy]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

πεσὼν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτόν ἐν μιᾷ τῶν πόλεων καί ἰδού ἀνήρ πλήρης λέπρας ἰδών δέ τόν Ἰησοῦν πεσών ἐπί πρόσωπον ἐδεήθη αὐτοῦ λέγων Κύριε ἐάν θέλῃς δύνασαι μέ καθαρίσαι)

This phrase is an idiom that means that he bowed down. Make sure that it is clear in your translation that the man did not fall down accidentally. Alternate translation: [he knelt down and touched the ground with his face] or [he bowed down to the ground]

ἐὰν θέλῃς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτόν ἐν μιᾷ τῶν πόλεων καί ἰδού ἀνήρ πλήρης λέπρας ἰδών δέ τόν Ἰησοῦν πεσών ἐπί πρόσωπον ἐδεήθη αὐτοῦ λέγων Κύριε ἐάν θέλῃς δύνασαι μέ καθαρίσαι)

Alternate translation: [if you want to]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτόν ἐν μιᾷ τῶν πόλεων καί ἰδού ἀνήρ πλήρης λέπρας ἰδών δέ τόν Ἰησοῦν πεσών ἐπί πρόσωπον ἐδεήθη αὐτοῦ λέγων Κύριε ἐάν θέλῃς δύνασαι μέ καθαρίσαι)

The man is actually using this statement to make a request. Alternate translation: [please make me clean]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

με καθαρίσαι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτόν ἐν μιᾷ τῶν πόλεων καί ἰδού ἀνήρ πλήρης λέπρας ἰδών δέ τόν Ἰησοῦν πεσών ἐπί πρόσωπον ἐδεήθη αὐτοῦ λέγων Κύριε ἐάν θέλῃς δύνασαι μέ καθαρίσαι)

The man talks about becoming clean ceremonially, but it is implicit that he has become unclean because of his leprosy, so he is really asking Jesus to heal him of this disease. Alternate translation: [heal me from leprosy]