OET interlinear MARK 11:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὃς ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, ἄρθητι καὶ βλήθητι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ μὴ διακριθῇ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ πιστεύῃ ὅτι ὃ λαλεῖ γίνεται, ἔσται αὐτῷ

truly ˱I˲_/am/_saying ˱to˲_you_all that whoever ¬wishfully /may/_say ¬the ˱to˲_mountain this /be/_taken_away and /be/_cast into the sea and not ˱it˲_/may_be/_doubted in the heart ˱of˲_him but /may_be/_believing that whatever ˱he˲_/is/_speaking /is/_becoming will_be_‹done› ˱for˲_him

Here Jesus uses an imaginary situation to show that a person who has faith can do amazing things, like casting a mountain into the sea. Use a natural method in your language for introducing an imaginary situation. Alternate translation: [Truly I say this to you: imagine that someone says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and be thrown into the sea.’ If that person does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening, it will be for him.]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ὃς ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, ἄρθητι καὶ βλήθητι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ μὴ διακριθῇ

whoever ¬wishfully /may/_say ¬the ˱to˲_mountain this /be/_taken_away and /be/_cast into the sea and not ˱it˲_/may_be/_doubted

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [whoever tells this mountain to be taken up and to be thrown into the sea, and does not doubt]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

ὄρει τούτῳ

˱to˲_mountain this

Here, the phrase this mountain could refer to: (1) the Mount of Olives, which Jesus and his disciples were near. Alternate translation: [to the Mount of Olives] or [to the mountain we are near] (2) any mountain. Alternate translation: [to a mountain]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἄρθητι καὶ βλήθητι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν

/be/_taken_away and /be/_cast into the sea

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 would do the action, it is clear from the context that it would be God. Alternate translation: [May God take you up and throw you into the sea]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

ἄρθητι καὶ βλήθητι

/be/_taken_away and /be/_cast

Since someone is talking to a mountain, the commands here are singular.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

μὴ διακριθῇ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ πιστεύῃ ὅτι ὃ λαλεῖ γίνεται

not ˱it˲_/may_be/_doubted in the heart ˱of˲_him but /may_be/_believing that whatever ˱he˲_/is/_speaking /is/_becoming

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than but in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternatively, you could combine the two phrases and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [believes that what he says is happening without doubting in his heart] or [truly believes in his heart that what he says is happening]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ

in the heart ˱of˲_him

In Jesus’ culture, the heart is the place where humans think and feel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate heart by referring to the place where humans think and feel in your culture or by expressing the idea plainly. Alternate translation: [in his mind] or [when he thinks about it]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

αὐτοῦ & λαλεῖ & αὐτῷ

˱of˲_him & ˱he˲_/is/_speaking & ˱for˲_him

Although the terms his, he, and him are masculine, Jesus is using the words in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [his or her … he or she says … for that person]

Note 9 topic: translate-tense

γίνεται

/is/_becoming

Here Jesus uses the present tense to refer to something that would happen in the near future. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use whatever tense would be natural to refer to an event that will soon happen. Alternate translation: [will happen]

ἔσται αὐτῷ

will_be_‹done› ˱for˲_him

Alternate translation: [God will make it happen]