OET interlinear LUKE 5:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

καὶ μὴ εὑρόντες ποίας εἰσενέγκωσιν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸν ὄχλον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί μή εὑρόντες ποίας εἰσενέγκωσιν αὐτόν διά τόν ὄχλον ἀναβάντες ἐπί τό δῶμα διά τῶν κεράμων καθῆκαν αὐτόν σύν τῷ κλινιδίῳ εἰς τό μέσον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the action that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [But because the crowd of people had filled the house, they could not find a way to bring the man inside]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

διὰ τὸν ὄχλον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί μή εὑρόντες ποίας εἰσενέγκωσιν αὐτόν διά τόν ὄχλον ἀναβάντες ἐπί τό δῶμα διά τῶν κεράμων καθῆκαν αὐτόν σύν τῷ κλινιδίῳ εἰς τό μέσον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ)

The implication is that they could not enter because the crowd was so large that there was no room for them. Alternate translation: [because the crowd of people had filled the house]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀναβάντες ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα

˓having˒_gone_up (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί μή εὑρόντες ποίας εἰσενέγκωσιν αὐτόν διά τόν ὄχλον ἀναβάντες ἐπί τό δῶμα διά τῶν κεράμων καθῆκαν αὐτόν σύν τῷ κλινιδίῳ εἰς τό μέσον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ)

In this culture, houses had flat roofs, and many houses had a staircase outside that provided access to the housetop. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [they went up the outside staircase onto the flat roof of the house]

καθῆκαν αὐτὸν

˱they˲_let_down (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί μή εὑρόντες ποίας εἰσενέγκωσιν αὐτόν διά τόν ὄχλον ἀναβάντες ἐπί τό δῶμα διά τῶν κεράμων καθῆκαν αὐτόν σύν τῷ κλινιδίῳ εἰς τό μέσον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ)

Alternate translation: [and lowered the man down]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

εἰς τὸ μέσον

into (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί μή εὑρόντες ποίας εἰσενέγκωσιν αὐτόν διά τόν ὄχλον ἀναβάντες ἐπί τό δῶμα διά τῶν κεράμων καθῆκαν αὐτόν σύν τῷ κλινιδίῳ εἰς τό μέσον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ)

Luke is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need to be complete. Alternate translation: [into the midst of the people]

ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ

before ¬the Jesus

Here, the term before means “in front of.” Alternate translation: [in front of Jesus] or [where Jesus could see him]