OET interlinear MARK 6:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / events

ἀποστείλας & σπεκουλάτορα, ἐπέταξεν ἐνέγκαι τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ

˓having˒_sent_out & ˓an˒_executioner commanded ˓to˒_bring (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εὐθύς ἀποστείλας ὁ βασιλεύς σπεκουλάτορα ἐπέταξεν ἐνέγκαι τήν κεφαλήν αὐτοῦ Καί ἀπελθών ἀπεκεφάλισεν αὐτόν ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ)

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the second clause describes what the king commanded before he sent the executioner. Alternate translation: [having commanded an executioner to bring his head, sent him off]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

σπεκουλάτορα

˓an˒_executioner

An executioner is a soldier who executes people for his commander. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of soldier, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [one of his soldiers]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐνέγκαι τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ

˓to˒_bring (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εὐθύς ἀποστείλας ὁ βασιλεύς σπεκουλάτορα ἐπέταξεν ἐνέγκαι τήν κεφαλήν αὐτοῦ Καί ἀπελθών ἀπεκεφάλισεν αὐτόν ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ)

Here Mark implies that Herod commanded the executioner to cut off John’s head and then bring it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [to behead John Baptist and then to bring his head] or [to bring the head of John the Baptist severed from his body]