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OET (OET-LV) For/Because what is_it_benefiting a_person, he_may_gain the whole world and the soul of_him to_be_lost?
OET (OET-RV) Because it doesn’t benefit a person if they gain everything in the world but lose their soul.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
γὰρ
for
Here, the word For introduces another basis for what Jesus said in 8:34. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis for a claim, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “Another reason I say that is because” or “Even further,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
τί & ὠφελεῖ ἄνθρωπον, κερδήσῃ τὸν κόσμον ὅλον καὶ ζημιωθῆναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ?
what & ˱it˲_/is/_benefiting /a/_person ˱he˲_/may/_gain the world whole and /to_be/_lost the soul ˱of˲_him
Jesus is using the question form to teach his disciples. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “a man benefits nothing if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life.” or “a man never benefits anything if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo
τί & ὠφελεῖ ἄνθρωπον, κερδήσῃ τὸν κόσμον ὅλον καὶ ζημιωθῆναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ
what & ˱it˲_/is/_benefiting /a/_person ˱he˲_/may/_gain the world whole and /to_be/_lost the soul ˱of˲_him
Here Jesus uses an imaginary situation to show that forfeiting one’s life is bad enough that gaining anything else cannot make up for it. Use a natural method in your language for introducing an imaginary situation. Alternate translation: “image a man who gained the whole world but forfeited his life. What does that man benefit”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
ἄνθρωπον & αὐτοῦ
/a/_person & ˱of˲_him
Although the terms man and his are masculine, Jesus is using the words in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use phrases that make this clear. Alternate translation: “a person … his or her”
Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
καὶ
and
Here, the word and introduces something bad that happens in contrast to gaining the whole world. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast. Alternate translation: “but”
τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ
the soul ˱of˲_him
Alternate translation: “his soul”
8:27-38 Peter’s declaration of Jesus as Messiah and Jesus’ first prediction of his death mark a turning point in Mark’s Gospel and a new stage in Jesus’ life. The question, “Who is this man?” raised by the disciples in 4:41, is now answered by Peter.
OET (OET-LV) For/Because what is_it_benefiting a_person, he_may_gain the whole world and the soul of_him to_be_lost?
OET (OET-RV) Because it doesn’t benefit a person if they gain everything in the world but lose their soul.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.