OET interlinear MARK 8:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τί διαλογίζεσθε ὅτι ἄρτους οὐκ ἔχετε? οὔπω νοεῖτε, οὐδὲ συνίετε? πεπωρωμένην ἔχετε τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν?

why ˱you_all˲_/are/_reasoning because loaves not ˱you_all˲_/are/_having not_yet ˱you_all˲_/are/_understanding nor ˱you_all˲_/are/_understanding /having_been/_hardened ˱you_all˲_/are/_having the heart ˱of˲_you_all

Jesus is using the question form to rebuke the disciples. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate these questions as statements or exclamations. Alternate translation: “It is wrong for you to be reasoning that you do not have loaves. You do not yet perceive nor understand. Your hearts have become hardened.” or “Do not reason that you do not have loaves! I am disappointed that you do not yet perceive nor understand! Your hearts have become hardened!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

οὔπω νοεῖτε, οὐδὲ συνίετε

not_yet ˱you_all˲_/are/_understanding nor ˱you_all˲_/are/_understanding

The terms perceive and understand mean similar things. Jesus is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “Do you not yet know” or “Do you not yet perceive”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὔπω νοεῖτε, οὐδὲ συνίετε?

not_yet ˱you_all˲_/are/_understanding nor ˱you_all˲_/are/_understanding

Here Jesus is implying that the disciples do not perceive or understand who Jesus is and what he can do. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “Do you not yet perceive who I am, nor understand what I can do”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

πεπωρωμένην ἔχετε τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν?

/having_been/_hardened ˱you_all˲_/are/_having the heart ˱of˲_you_all

Here, Jesus is speaking of the disciples’ heart as if it had become hardened. He means that the disciples are stubborn and refuse to listen and learn. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Have you become stubborn” or “Have you become unwilling to pay attention”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

πεπωρωμένην ἔχετε τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν

/having_been/_hardened ˱you_all˲_/are/_having the heart ˱of˲_you_all

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, you could indicate that it was the disciples themselves. Alternate translation: “Has your heart become hard” or “Have you hardened your heart”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

ἔχετε τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν

˱you_all˲_/are/_having ˱you_all˲_/are/_having the heart ˱of˲_you_all

If it would not be natural in your language to speak as if a group of people had only one heart, you could use the plural form of that word in your translation. Alternate translation: “Have your hearts”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν?

the heart ˱of˲_you_all

In Jesus’ culture, the heart is the place where humans think and feel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate heart by referring to the place where humans think and feel in your culture or by expressing the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “your head” or “your mind”