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OET (OET-LV) And as Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) exalted the serpent in the wilderness, thus it_is_fitting the son of_ the _man to_be_exalted,
OET (OET-RV) “Just like Moses lifted up that bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, it’s also necessary for humanity’s child to be lifted up,[fn]
3:14 lifted up / exalted: See https://bibleDifferences.net/2019/04/25/156-exulted
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
καὶ καθὼς Μωϋσῆς ὕψωσεν τὸν ὄφιν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ
and as Moses exalted the serpent in the desert
In this verse, John records Jesus comparing his crucifixion to Moses lifting up a bronze snake. John assumes that his readers will know that Jesus is referring to a story recorded in the Old Testament book of Numbers. In that story, the Israelites complained against God, and God punished them by sending poisonous snakes to kill them. God then told Moses to make a bronze snake and raise it up on a pole so that whoever was bitten by one of the poisonous snakes and looked at the bronze snake would not die. You could indicate this explicitly if it would be helpful to your readers, particularly if they would not know the story. Alternate translation: “And just as Moses lifted up the bronze serpent on a pole when the Israelites were wandering in the wilderness”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ὑψωθῆναι δεῖ τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου
/to_be/_exalted ˱it˲_/is/_fitting the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man
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. Alternate translation: “it is necessary for people to lift up the Son of Man”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
ὑψωθῆναι & τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου
/to_be/_exalted & the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man
Jesus is referring to himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: “me, the Son of Man, to be lifted up”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου
the the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man
See how you translated this phrase in the previous verse.
3:14-15 Jesus was lifted up on the cross so that all people could understand the way of salvation, look to him in faith, and have eternal life.
OET (OET-LV) And as Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) exalted the serpent in the wilderness, thus it_is_fitting the son of_ the _man to_be_exalted,
OET (OET-RV) “Just like Moses lifted up that bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, it’s also necessary for humanity’s child to be lifted up,[fn]
3:14 lifted up / exalted: See https://bibleDifferences.net/2019/04/25/156-exulted
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.