en_tn/mat/08/23.md

translationWords

• en:tw:disciple
• en:tw:lord

translationNotes

• This begins an account of Jesus calming a storm.
• **entered a boat ** - "Jesus got onto a boat"
• his disciples followed him - Try to use the same words for "disciple" and "follow" that you used in (:en:bible🎶mat:08:21) and (:en:bible🎶mat:08:21).
• Behold - This marks the beginning of another event in the larger story. It may involve different people than the previous events. Your language may have a way of doing this.
• there arose a great storm on the sea - "a great storm arose on the sea."
• so that the boat was covered with the waves - "so that the waves covered the boat." (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive)
• woke him up, saying, "Save us" - They did not wake him up with the words "Save us." They first "woke him up" and then "said, 'Save us.'"
• we are about to die - "we are going to die"