OET interlinear MARK 13:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

βλέπεις ταύτας τὰς μεγάλας οἰκοδομάς?

˱you˲_/are/_seeing these ¬the great buildings

Jesus is using the question form to draw the attention of the disciples to the buildings. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [Consider these great buildings.] or [See these great buildings!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

βλέπεις

˱you˲_/are/_seeing

Because Jesus is speaking to one of his disciples, the word you here is singular.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ ὧδε λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον, ὃς οὐ μὴ καταλυθῇ

by_no_means not /may_be/_left here stone on stone which by_no_means not /may_be/_torn_down

Jesus says that every stone will be torn down as an overstatement for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: [Almost every stone upon a stone will not be left here, and almost none of them will not be torn down]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ ὧδε λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον, ὃς οὐ μὴ καταλυθῇ

by_no_means not /may_be/_left here stone on stone which by_no_means not /may_be/_torn_down

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 will do the action, it is clear from the context that it will be invading enemies. Alternate translation: [An invading army will certainly not leave a stone upon a stone here, which they will not tear down]

οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ ὧδε λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον, ὃς οὐ μὴ καταλυθῇ

by_no_means not /may_be/_left here stone on stone which by_no_means not /may_be/_torn_down

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the ideas in positive form. Alternate translation: [Every stone will be toppled off the stone it is on, and each one will be torn down]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

(Occurrence -1) οὐ μὴ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ βλέπεις ταύτας τὰς μεγάλας οἰκοδομάς οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ ὧδε λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον ὃς οὐ μὴ καταλυθῇ)

The words translated certainly not are two negative words. In this construction, the second negative does not cancel the first to create a positive meaning. Instead, it gives greater emphasis to the negative. If your language can use two negatives that do not cancel one another to create a positive meaning, you could use a double negative here. If your language does not use two negatives in that way, you could translate with one strong negative, as the ULT does. Alternate translation: [by no means … by no means]