OET interlinear MARK 12:44

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces the basis or reason for the claim that Jesus made in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis for a claim, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “I say that because” or “Here is why:”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

πάντες

all

Jesus is using the adjective all as a noun to mean all the people who were putting money into the treasury. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “all these people” or “all those who have given money”

ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύοντος αὐτοῖς ἔβαλον

from the_‹wealth› abounding ˱to˲_them cast

Alternate translation: “put in only some of the many things that they had”

αὕτη & ἐκ τῆς ὑστερήσεως αὐτῆς, πάντα ὅσα εἶχεν ἔβαλεν

this_‹woman› & out_of the poverty ˱of˲_her all as_much_as ˱she˲_/was/_having cast

Alternate translation: “she put in all of the few things that she had”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐκ τῆς ὑστερήσεως αὐτῆς

from out_of the poverty ˱of˲_her

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of poverty, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “although she was poor”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

πάντα ὅσα εἶχεν

all as_much_as ˱she˲_/was/_having

The expression everything, as much as she had contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in some languages. If this is true of your language, you could shorten the expression. Alternate translation: “everything that she had”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὅλον τὸν βίον αὐτῆς

all the living ˱of˲_her

Here Jesus speaks as if the woman had put in her whole life. He means that she put in all the money that she had to buy what she needed to live. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “all she had to live on” or “so that she had nothing left to buy even the necessities”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ὅλον τὸν βίον αὐτῆς

all the living ˱of˲_her

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: “all that kept her alive”