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OET (OET-LV) Therefore the Yaʸsous said to_them:
The light is with you_all still a_little time.
be_walking while you_all_are_having the light, in_order_that you_all may_ not _grasp darkness, and the one walking in the darkness, has_ not _known where he_is_going.
OET (OET-RV) Yeshua answered them, “The light will be among you all for just a little bit longer, so get walking while you have the light so that you won’t have to deal with darkness. Anyone walking in the dark doesn’t know where they’re going.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τὸ φῶς ἐν ὑμῖν ἐστιν & ὡς τὸ φῶς ἔχετε
the light with you_all is & while the light ˱you_all˲_/are/_having
Jesus uses light to refer to refer to himself. He is “the Light of the World” who reveals God’s truth and goodness the way a light reveals a person’s surroundings. See how you translated light in 8:12. Alternate translation: “The one who reveals God’s truth and goodness will be with you … while you have him”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
τὸ φῶς ἐν ὑμῖν ἐστιν & ὡς τὸ φῶς ἔχετε
the light with you_all is & while the light ˱you_all˲_/are/_having
Jesus is speaking of himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate these phrases in the first person. Alternate translation: “I, the light, will be with you … while you have me”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
περιπατεῖτε
/be/_walking
Jesus uses Walk to refer to how a person lives and behaves. He is telling the crowd to live and act according to the example that he has shown them while he has been with them. If this would be confusing in your language, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: “Behave righteously”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
ἵνα μὴ σκοτία ὑμᾶς καταλάβῃ
in_order_that not darkness you_all /may/_grasp
Jesus uses darkness as though it were a person who could overtake someone. If this might be confusing for your readers, you could express this meaning plainly or with a simile. Alternate translation: “so that you do not act sinfully, as if the darkness of sin had taken control of you”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
σκοτία
darkness
Here Jesus uses darkness to refer to what is false and evil. See how you translated this term in 1:5.
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ὁ περιπατῶν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ
¬the the_‹one› walking in the darkness
Jesus uses this phrase to refer to a person who lives a sinful life and behaves sinfully. If this would confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “the one who lives sinfully” or “the one who does not behave righteously”
12:1-50 Two stories build simultaneously. A growing number of people are praising Jesus (this climaxes in 12:12-13), and the authorities are increasingly determined to arrest him and put him to death.
• John records three events that occurred just days prior to Passover (12:1-11, 12-19, 20-36). Then he explains why most of the people refused to believe and details Jesus’ final public appeal (12:37-50).
OET (OET-LV) Therefore the Yaʸsous said to_them:
The light is with you_all still a_little time.
be_walking while you_all_are_having the light, in_order_that you_all may_ not _grasp darkness, and the one walking in the darkness, has_ not _known where he_is_going.
OET (OET-RV) Yeshua answered them, “The light will be among you all for just a little bit longer, so get walking while you have the light so that you won’t have to deal with darkness. Anyone walking in the dark doesn’t know where they’re going.
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 English gloss (7th line) are all thanks to the SR-GNT.