OET interlinear MARK 2:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ, ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν, ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει?

which is easier /to/_say ˱to˲_the paralytic (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἢ εἰπεῖν ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον τὸν κράββατόν σου καὶ περιπάτει)

Jesus is using the question form to show the scribes which of these things is easier to say. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. He could mean: (1) that saying Your sins are forgiven is easier than saying Get up and take up your mat and walk. This is because it is easy to show that someone is lying when they try to heal a paralytic, but it is not easy to show that someone is lying when they claim to forgive sins. Alternate translation: “It is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ than to say, ‘Get up and take up your mat and walk.’” (2) that both things are equally easy to say. Alternate translation: “Saying ‘Your sins are forgiven’ is just as easy as saying, ‘Get up and take up your mat and walk.’”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ, ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν, ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει

/to/_say ˱to˲_the paralytic /to/_say (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἢ εἰπεῖν ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον τὸν κράββατόν σου καὶ περιπάτει)

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this sentence so that there are no quotations within a quotation. Alternate translation: “to say to the paralytic that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and take up his mat and walk”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

τῷ παραλυτικῷ

˱to˲_the paralytic

See how you translated the word paralytic in 2:3. Alternate translation: “to the paralyzed person” or “to the person who could not move his limbs”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἢ εἰπεῖν ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον τὸν κράββατόν σου καὶ περιπάτει)

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 does the action, it is clear from the context that it is the person speaking. Alternate translation: “I have forgiven your sins”

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

τὸν κράβαττόν σου

the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἢ εἰπεῖν ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον τὸν κράββατόν σου καὶ περιπάτει)

See how you translated mat in 2:4. Alternate translation: “your stretcher”