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AICNT And they compel a certain passerby, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
OEB ¶ They led Jesus out to crucify him; and they compelled a passer-by, Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them to carry his cross.
WEBBE They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them that he might bear his cross.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).
LSV And they impress a certain one passing by—Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus—that he may carry His cross,
FBV They forced a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the countryside, to carry his cross. Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.
TCNT Now a certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the countryside. The soldiers pressed him into service, forcing him to carry Jesus' cross,
T4T After Jesus carried his cross a short distance, a man named Simon from Cyrene city came along. He was the father of Alexander and Rufus. He was passing by while he was returning home from outside the city. The soldiers compelled Simon to carry the cross for Jesus.
LEB And they forced a certain man who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), who was coming from the country, to carry his cross.
BBE And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.
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Wymth One Simon, a Cyrenaean, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing along, coming from the country: him they compelled to carry His cross.
ASV And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.
DRA And they forced one Simon a Cyrenian who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to take up his cross.
YLT And they impress a certain one passing by — Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus — that he may bear his cross,
Drby And they compel to go [with them] a certain passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, that he might carry his cross.
RV And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.
Wbstr And they constrain one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
KJB-1769 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
KJB-1611 [fn]And they compell one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, comming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to beare his Crosse.
(And they compell one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his Crosse.)
Bshps And they compelled one that passed by, called Simon of Cyrene (commyng out of the fielde, the father of Alexander and Rufus) to beare his crosse.
(And they compelled one that passed by, called Simon of Cyrene (commyng out of the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus) to bear his crosse.)
Gnva And they compelled one that passed by, called Simon of Cyrene (which came out of the countrey, and was father of Alexander and Rufus) to beare his crosse.
(And they compelled one that passed by, called Simon of Cyrene (which came out of the country, and was father of Alexander and Rufus) to bear his crosse. )
Cvdl And they compelled one that passed by, called Symon of Cyren (which came from the felde, and was the father of Alexander and Ruffus) to beare his crosse.
(And they compelled one that passed by, called Simon of Cyren (which came from the field, and was the father of Alexander and Ruffus) to bear his crosse.)
TNT And they compelled one that passed by called Symon of Cyrene (which cam oute of the felde and was father of Alexander and Rufus) to beare his crosse.
(And they compelled one that passed by called Simon of Cyrene (which came oute of the field and was father of Alexander and Rufus) to bear his crosse. )
Wyc And thei compelliden a man that passide the weie, that cam fro the toun, Symount of Syrenen, the fader of Alisaundir and of Rufe, to bere his cross.
(And they compelliden a man that passed the way, that came from the toun, Simon of Syrenen, the fader of Alisaundir and of Rufe, to bear his cross.)
Luth Und zwangen einen, der vorüberging, mit Namen Simon von Kyrene; der vom Felde kam (der ein Vater war des Alexander und Rufus), daß er ihm das Kreuz trüge.
(And zwangen a, the/of_the passed_by, with name(s) Simon from Kyrene; the/of_the from_the field came (der a father what/which the Alexander and Rufus), that he him the Kreuz trüge.)
ClVg Et angariaverunt prætereuntem quempiam, Simonem Cyrenæum venientem de villa, patrem Alexandri et Rufi, ut tolleret crucem ejus.[fn]
(And angariaverunt prætereuntem quempiam, Simonem Cyrenæum venientem about villa, patrem Alexandri and Rufi, as tolleret crucem his. )
UGNT καὶ ἀγγαρεύουσιν, παράγοντά τινα Σίμωνα Κυρηναῖον, ἐρχόμενον ἀπ’ ἀγροῦ, τὸν πατέρα Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Ῥούφου, ἵνα ἄρῃ τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ.
(kai angareuousin, paragonta tina Simōna Kuraʸnaion, erⱪomenon ap’ agrou, ton patera Alexandrou kai Ɽoufou, hina araʸ ton stauron autou.)
SBL-GNT Καὶ ἀγγαρεύουσιν παράγοντά τινα Σίμωνα Κυρηναῖον ἐρχόμενον ἀπʼ ἀγροῦ, τὸν πατέρα Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Ῥούφου, ἵνα ἄρῃ τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ.
(Kai angareuousin paragonta tina Simōna Kuraʸnaion erⱪomenon apʼ agrou, ton patera Alexandrou kai Ɽoufou, hina araʸ ton stauron autou.)
TC-GNT Καὶ ἀγγαρεύουσι παράγοντά τινα Σίμωνα Κυρηναῖον, ἐρχόμενον ἀπ᾽ ἀγροῦ, τὸν πατέρα Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Ῥούφου, ἵνα ἄρῃ τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ.
(Kai angareuousi paragonta tina Simōna Kuraʸnaion, erⱪomenon ap agrou, ton patera Alexandrou kai Ɽoufou, hina araʸ ton stauron autou. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: writing-participants
καὶ ἀγγαρεύουσιν, παράγοντά τινα Σίμωνα Κυρηναῖον, ἐρχόμενον ἀπ’ ἀγροῦ, τὸν πατέρα Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Ῥούφου, ἵνα ἄρῃ τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ
and ˱they˲_/are/_compelling passing_by /a/_certain_‹man› Simon Cyrenian coming from /the/_country the father ˱of˲_Alexander and Rufus in_order_that ˱he˲_/may/_carry the cross ˱of˲_him
Here Mark introduces Simon as a new participant in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “And a certain man was passing by, Simon, a Cyrenean (the father of Alexander and Rufus). He was coming from the country. They pressed him into service so that he might carry his cross”
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
ἀγγαρεύουσιν
˱they˲_/are/_compelling
According to Roman law, Roman soldiers could press someone into service, which means that they could force a person to carry a load for them or work for them. In this case, they forced Simon to carry Jesus’ cross. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of forced service, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “they conscripted” or “they compelled to work for them”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ἀγγαρεύουσιν
˱they˲_/are/_compelling
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of service, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “they forced to serve them”
Note 4 topic: translate-names
Σίμωνα & Ἀλεξάνδρου & Ῥούφου
Simon & ˱of˲_Alexander & Rufus
The words Simon, Alexander, and Rufus are the names of men.
Note 5 topic: writing-background
Κυρηναῖον & τὸν πατέρα Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Ῥούφου
Cyrenian & the father ˱of˲_Alexander and Rufus
The phrases a Cyrenean and the father of Alexander and Rufus include background information about the man whom the soldiers forced to carry Jesus’ cross. Use a natural form in your language for expressing background information. Alternate translation: “who was a Cyrenean and who was the father of Alexander and Rufus”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐρχόμενον ἀπ’ ἀγροῦ
coming from /the/_country
Here Mark implies that Simon was coming from the farmlands outside Jerusalem and going toward Jerusalem. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “coming into Jerusalem from outside the city”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / go
ἐρχόμενον
coming
In a context such as this, your language might say “going” instead of coming. Alternate translation: “going”
Note 8 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal
ἵνα
in_order_that
The phrase so that introduces the purpose for which they pressed Simon into service, namely so that they could require him to carry Jesus’ cross. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a purpose clause. Alternate translation: “in order that”
