и, услышав, что мимо него проходит народ, спросил: что это такое?
When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.
Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was.
When he heard the noise of a crowd going past, he asked what was happening.
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
And hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant.
And when he heard the crowd passing, he inquired what this might be.