OET interlinear MARK 10:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

καὶ

and

Here, the word And introduces the next major event in the story. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave And untranslated. Alternate translation: “Sometime later,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

αὐτοῦ

˱of˲_him

Mark is referring to Jesus to represent both Jesus and his disciples, who traveled with Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he, along with his disciples,”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐκπορευομένου

going_out

In a context such as this, your language might say “coming” instead of going. Alternate translation: “coming out”

Note 4 topic: writing-participants

προσδραμὼν εἷς καὶ γονυπετήσας αὐτὸν, ἐπηρώτα αὐτόν

/having/_run_up one and /having/_knelt ˱to˲_him /was/_asking him

Here Mark introduces a man as a new participant in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “a man ran up to him. He knelt before him and was asking him”

Note 5 topic: translate-symaction

γονυπετήσας αὐτὸν

/having/_knelt ˱to˲_him

In this man’s culture, kneeling down before a person was a way to honor a greater person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to a similar action from your culture, or you could explain what kneeling down means. Alternate translation: “having prostrated himself before him” or “having bowed down to him in respect”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω

life eternal ˱I˲_/may/_inherit

Here the man speaks as if he were a child who would receive property from a relative. He speaks in this way to indicate that he wants to receive eternal life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I might receive eternal life” or “I might be given eternal life”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω

life eternal ˱I˲_/may/_inherit

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of life, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “I might be able to live eternally”