OET interlinear MARK 6:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions

οὐκ ἐδύνατο ἐκεῖ ποιῆσαι οὐδεμίαν δύναμιν, εἰ μὴ ὀλίγοις ἀρρώστοις, ἐπιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας, ἐθεράπευσεν

not ˱he˲_/was/_able there /to/_do not_one miracle except ¬not/lest ˱for˲_/a/_few sick /having/_laid_on the hands ˱he˲_healed_‹them›

If, in your language, it would appear that Mark was making a statement here and then contradicting it, you could reword this to avoid using an exception clause. Alternate translation: “the only miracles he was able to do there were healing some sick people, having laid his hands on them”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

οὐκ ἐδύνατο ἐκεῖ ποιῆσαι οὐδεμίαν δύναμιν

not ˱he˲_/was/_able there /to/_do not_one miracle

The words translated not and any 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: “he was able to do not even one miracle there”