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OET (OET-LV) Because the law was_given through Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh), the grace and the truth became through Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen_one/messiah.
OET (OET-RV) The commandments came to us through Moses, but grace and truth came to us through Yeshua the messiah.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast
ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωϋσέως ἐδόθη, ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐγένετο
the law through Moses /was/_given ¬the grace and ¬the truth through Jesus Christ became
John placed the two sentences in this verse next to each other without any connecting word in order to show a contrast between the law of Moses and the grace and truth of Jesus. This does not mean that the law of Moses did not have grace and truth. Rather, John is indicating that the grace and truth revealed by Jesus is more complete than that revealed in the law of Moses. Although God revealed himself and his will through the law of Moses, he did so much more clearly though Jesus, who is God in human form. Alternate translation: “the law was given through Moses. In contrast, grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωϋσέως ἐδόθη
the law through Moses /was/_given
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who did the action, John implies that God did it. Alternate translation: “God gave the law through Moses”
Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns
ὁ νόμος & ἐδόθη
the law & /was/_given
The word law is a singular noun that refers to the many laws and instructions that God gave to the Israelites. If your language does not use singular nouns in that way, you can use a different expression. Alternate translation: “the group of laws was given” or “God’s laws were given”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια
¬the grace and ¬the truth
If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of grace and truth, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: “God’s gracious and faithful character” or “Kind acts and true teachings”
1:17 the law: That is, the torah, the body of instruction given to Moses at Mount Sinai.
• Although God’s unfailing love and faithfulness are in the torah, these qualities are fully revealed in Christ (3:16; 13:1).
OET (OET-LV) Because the law was_given through Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh), the grace and the truth became through Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen_one/messiah.
OET (OET-RV) The commandments came to us through Moses, but grace and truth came to us through Yeshua the messiah.
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.