OET interlinear MARK 1:44

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μηδενὶ, μηδὲν εἴπῃς

˱to˲_no_one nothing ˱you˲_/may/_speak

The implication is that the man is not to tell anyone that Jesus healed him. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “you tell no one that I healed you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

μηδενὶ, μηδὲν εἴπῃς

˱to˲_no_one nothing ˱you˲_/may/_speak

The words translated nothing and anyone 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: “you certainly do not say anything to anyone”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

σεαυτὸν δεῖξον τῷ ἱερεῖ

yourself show ˱to˲_the priest

Jesus told the man to show himself to the priest so that the priest could look at his skin to see if his leprosy was really gone. The law of Moses required people to present themselves to the priest for inspection if they had been unclean but were now clean. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “ask to be inspected by the priest” or “let yourself be examined by the priest”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

προσένεγκε περὶ τοῦ καθαρισμοῦ σου ἃ προσέταξεν Μωϋσῆς

offer for the cleansing ˱of˲_you which commanded Moses

Jesus assumes that the man will know that the law required a person who had been healed from a skin disease to make a specific sacrifice. This made the person ceremonially clean, and they could participate once again in community religious activities. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “offer the sacrifice that Moses commanded so that you could become ceremonially clean once again”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς

for /a/_testimony ˱to˲_them

Here Jesus means that the man should show himself to the priest and offer the gift to prove or provide testimony that he had been healed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “for a testimony to them that you have been cleansed”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς

for /a/_testimony ˱to˲_them

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of testimony, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “so that it testifies to them”

Note 7 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτοῖς

˱to˲_them

The pronoun them could refer to: (1) Jewish people in general. Alternate translation: “to people” (2) the priests specifically. Alternate translation: “to the priests”