OET interlinear MARK 5:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

ὃς τὴν κατοίκησιν εἶχεν ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν

who his dwelling /was/_having in the tombs

Here Mark provides background information that will help readers understand what happens next. This background information continues in 5:4 and 5:5. Use a natural form in your language for introducing background information. Alternate translation: “and here is what that man was like. He had his dwelling in the tombs”

Note 2 topic: translate-versebridge

καὶ οὐδὲ ἁλύσει οὐκέτι οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο αὐτὸν δῆσαι & διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν πολλάκις πέδαις καὶ ἁλύσεσι δεδέσθαι, καὶ διεσπάσθαι ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ τὰς ἁλύσεις καὶ τὰς πέδας συντετρῖφθαι, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἴσχυεν αὐτὸν δαμάσαι

and not_even ˱with˲_chain no_longer no_one /was/_able him /to/_bind (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὃς τὴν κατοίκησιν εἶχεν ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν καὶ οὐδὲ ἁλύσει οὐκέτι οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο αὐτὸν δῆσαι)

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine 5:3 and 5:4 into a verse bridge in order to include the basis for the claim that no one was able to bind him anymore before the claim. Alternate translation: “and he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles had been shattered. So, no one was strong enough to subdue him or to bind him anymore, not even with a chain”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐκέτι οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο αὐτὸν δῆσαι

no_longer no_one /was/_able him /to/_bind

Here Mark implies that people tried to bind this man to keep him from hurting people and breaking things. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “no one was able to bind him anymore to keep him from hurting others” or “no one was able to use bonds to restrain him anymore”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

οὐκέτι οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο

no_longer no_one /was/_able

The words translated no one and anymore 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: “people were able … no longer”