OET interlinear MAT 12:43

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅταν Δέ τό ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπό τοῦ ἀνθρώπου διέρχεται διʼ ἀνύδρων τόπων ζητοῦν ἀνάπαυσιν καί οὐχ εὑρίσκει)

Here, the word Now introduces the next topic that Jesus wants to speak about. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next topic, or you could leave Now untranslated. Alternate translation: [Next,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parables

ὅταν & τὸ ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα

whenever & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅταν Δέ τό ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπό τοῦ ἀνθρώπου διέρχεται διʼ ἀνύδρων τόπων ζητοῦν ἀνάπαυσιν καί οὐχ εὑρίσκει)

To further explain what he has been saying about “this generation,” Jesus tells a short story that continues through [12:45](../12/45.md). If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: [here is an illustration about this generation: when the unclean spirit]

Note 3 topic: writing-participants

ὅταν & τὸ ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου

whenever & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅταν Δέ τό ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπό τοῦ ἀνθρώπου διέρχεται διʼ ἀνύδρων τόπων ζητοῦν ἀνάπαυσιν καί οὐχ εὑρίσκει)

With this clause, Jesus introduces the unclean spirit and the man as characters in his story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it in your translation. Alternate translation: [there was an unclean spirit possessing a man. When the unclean spirit has gone out from the man]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἀνύδρων τόπων

waterless places

Jesus is describing the desert by reference to the lack of water there. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [a desert] or [the wilderness]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἀνάπαυσιν

rest

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of rest, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [a place to rest]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἀνάπαυσιν

rest

Here, rest represents a place to live or stay, which for an unclean spirit would be a person to possess or control. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [a place to live] or [a home] or [a person to control]