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OET (OET-LV) And often it_throw him both into fire and into waters in_order_that it_may_destroy him.
But if anything you_are_being_able, give_help to_us, having_been_feeling_compassion on us.
OET (OET-RV) “and often it throws him into the fire or into water to try to destroy him. But if you feel sorry for us and can do it, please help us.”
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast
ἀλλ’
but
Here, the word but introduces what the man wants Jesus to do in contrast with what his son is experiencing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast, or you could leave but untranslated. Alternate translation: “and so”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
βοήθησον ἡμῖν, σπλαγχνισθεὶς ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς
give_help ˱to˲_us /having_been/_feeling_compassion on us
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since Jesus would have compassion on them before he would help them. Alternate translation: “having compassion on us, help us”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative
βοήθησον ἡμῖν
give_help ˱to˲_us
This is an imperative, but it should be translated as a polite request rather than as a command. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: “I ask that you help us”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
ἡμῖν & ἡμᾶς
˱to˲_us & us
By us, the man means himself and his son but not Jesus, so use the exclusive form of that word in your translation if your language marks that distinction.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
σπλαγχνισθεὶς
/having_been/_feeling_compassion
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of compassion, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “sympathizing with”
9:14-29 This is the fourth and last exorcism in Mark (1:21-28; 5:1-20; 7:24-30). The disciples were unable to perform the exorcism, so Jesus performed it, emphasizing the necessity of faith (cp. 2:5; 5:34; 10:52). This is another example of Jesus’ great healing ability and of the disciples’ failure (8:32-33; 9:5-7).
OET (OET-LV) And often it_throw him both into fire and into waters in_order_that it_may_destroy him.
But if anything you_are_being_able, give_help to_us, having_been_feeling_compassion on us.
OET (OET-RV) “and often it throws him into the fire or into water to try to destroy him. But if you feel sorry for us and can do it, please help us.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.