OET interlinear MARK 4:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

καθεύδῃ καὶ ἐγείρηται, νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν

˱he˲_/may_be/_sleeping and /may_be_being/_raised night and day

Here Jesus means that the farmer sleeps at night and gets up when it is day. This indicates that the farmer lives a normal life and does what he normally does over a period of many days. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he sleeps at night and gets up in the morning each day” or “he lives a normal life over the next days”

Note 2 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

ὁ σπόρος

the seed

See how you translated the seed in 4:26. Alternate translation: “the seeds”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὡς

how

Here Jesus implies that the farmer does not understand the process by which the seed sprouts and grows. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “how the seed does that” or “the way in which that happens”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

αὐτός

he

Jesus uses the word himself to emphasize how significant it was that the farmer does not know. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this significance. Alternate translation: “he indeed”