OET interlinear MARK 4:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parables

ἀκούετε! ἰδοὺ, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων

/be/_hearing behold came_out the_‹one› sowing

To teach the people in the crowd, Jesus offers a story or illustration. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “Listen to this story: Behold, the sower went out”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

ἀκούετε! ἰδοὺ

/be/_hearing behold

Here, the words Listen and Behold draw the attention of the audience and ask them to listen carefully. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express these words with a word or phrase that asks the audience to listen, or you could draw the audience’s attention in another way. Alternate translation: “Picture this:” or “Pay attention to this:”

Note 3 topic: writing-participants

ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων

came_out the_‹one› sowing

Here Jesus introduces a sower as a character in his story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “there was a sower. He went out”