en_tn_lite_do_not_use/luk/05/18.md

## Now some men came carrying ##

These are new people in the story. Your language may have a way of showing that these are new people. English can also do it with “There were men who came carrying” or “There were men carrying.”

## mat ##

This could be translated as "sleeping pad" or "bed" or "stretcher" or "couch."

## was paralyzed ##

"could not move himself"

## And not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the crowd ##

In some languages it might be more natural to reorder this. "But because of the crowd of people, they could not find a way to take the man inside. So...."

## they went up to the housetop ##

Houses had flat roofs, and some houses had a ladder or staircase outside to make it easy to go up there.

## right in front of Jesus ##

"directly in front of Jesus" or "immediately in front of Jesus"