OET interlinear LUKE 8:29

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Luke is giving the reason for the result he described in the previous verse. Alternate translation: “The man said this because”

Note 2 topic: translate-versebridge

παρήγγειλεν γὰρ τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ ἐξελθεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου

˱he˲_commanded for ˱to˲_the spirit the unclean /to/_come_out from the man

If your language would put the reason before the result, you could create a verse bridge and put this sentence in 8:28, after the man bows down to Jesus but before he speaks, changing the tense of the verb to fit the context. You could also put the next sentence in this verse at the end of 8:27.

Note 3 topic: writing-background

πολλοῖς γὰρ χρόνοις

˱for˲_many for times

Luke uses this phrase to introduce further background information about what the demon had done to the man before Jesus met him. Alternate translation: “Many times in the past”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / events

πολλοῖς γὰρ χρόνοις συνηρπάκει αὐτόν, καὶ ἐδεσμεύετο ἁλύσεσιν καὶ πέδαις, φυλασσόμενος

˱for˲_many for times ˱it˲_/had/_seized him and ˱he˲_/was_being/_bound ˱with˲_chains and ˱in˲_shackles /being/_guarded

If it would be helpful in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases. Luke appears to be describing how the demon would seize the man after he was bound and while he was being guarded. Alternate translation: “For though he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, many times it had seized him”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐδεσμεύετο ἁλύσεσιν καὶ πέδαις, φυλασσόμενος, καὶ διαρήσσων τὰ δεσμὰ

˱he˲_/was_being/_bound ˱with˲_chains and ˱in˲_shackles /being/_guarded and (Some words not found in SR-GNT: παρήγγειλεν γὰρ τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ ἐξελθεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου πολλοῖς γὰρ χρόνοις συνηρπάκει αὐτόν καὶ ἐδεσμεύετο ἁλύσεσιν καὶ πέδαις φυλασσόμενος καὶ διαρρήσσων τὰ δεσμὰ ἠλαύνετο ὑπὸ τοῦ δαιμονίου εἰς τὰς ἐρήμους)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. Alternate translation (no comma following): “though the people in the area had bound him with chains and shackles and kept him under guard, he would break his bonds and”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἠλαύνετο ὑπὸ τοῦ δαιμονίου

˱he˲_/was_being/_driven by the demon

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: “the demon would make him go”