OET interlinear MARK 10:39

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

οἱ & αὐτοῖς

they & ˱to˲_them

Here, the pronouns they and them refer to James and John. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to them more directly. Alternate translation: [James and John … to James and John]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

δυνάμεθα

˱we˲_/are/_being_able

The James and John are leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the previous verse if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [We are able to drink that cup and be baptized with that baptism] or [We are able to undergo those things]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

(Occurrence 2) δὲ

and

Here, the word But introduces the next thing that happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: [After that,]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω, πίεσθε

the cup which I /am/_drinking ˱you_all˲_/will_be/_drinking

Here Jesus continues to speak of experiencing pain and suffering as if it were drinking from a cup. See how you translated this figure of speech in 10:38. Alternate translation: [The cup of suffering that I drink, you will drink] or [The pain that I am about to experience, you will experience]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὸ ποτήριον

the cup

Here, cup represents the drink inside the cup, which in Jesus’ culture would probably have been wine. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. See how you expressed the idea in 10:38. Alternate translation: [the drink] or [the wine in the cup]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

πίεσθε & βαπτισθήσεσθε

˱you_all˲_/will_be/_drinking & ˱you_all˲_/will_be_being/_baptized

Because Jesus is speaking to James and John, the word you is plural throughout this verse.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι, βαπτισθήσεσθε

the the baptism which I /am_being/_baptized ˱you_all˲_/will_be_being/_baptized

Here Jesus continues to speak of being overwhelmed by difficult circumstances and pain as if it were being baptized. See how you translated this figure of speech in 10:38. Alternate translation: [in the painful circumstances in which I am about to be baptized, you will be baptized] or [by the difficult things that I am about to be overwhelmed by, you will be overwhelmed]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι

the the baptism which I /am_being/_baptized

The expression with the baptism with which contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in some languages. If this is true of your language, you could shorten the expression. See how you expressed the idea in 10:38. Alternate translation: [as I am being baptized]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι, βαπτισθήσεσθε

I I /am_being/_baptized ˱you_all˲_/will_be_being/_baptized

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. See how you expressed the idea in 10:38. Alternate translation: [someone is baptizing me, someone will baptize you]