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OET (OET-LV) And this is the judgment, that the light has_come into the world, and the people loved the darkness rather than the light, because/for the works of_them was evil.
OET (OET-RV) And this is the verdict: that light has come into the world, but some people love the darkness more than the light because they do evil things,
ἡ κρίσις
the judgment
Here, judgment could refer to: (1) a verdict a judge pronounces in a court trial. Alternate translation: “the verdict” (2) the reason for a condemning judgment. Alternate translation: “the basis for condemnation”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τὸ φῶς ἐλήλυθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον & ἢ τὸ φῶς
¬the light /has/_come into the world & than the light
Here Jesus uses light to refer to the revelation of God’s truth and goodness in Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this plainly. See how you translated this term in those places where the light also refers to Jesus in the 1:7–9. Alternate translation: “Jesus, who revealed the true and good things of God, has come into the world … than Jesus”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
τὸ φῶς ἐλήλυθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον & ἢ τὸ φῶς
¬the light /has/_come into the world & than the light
Jesus is speaking about himself in the third person. If your language does not allow people to speak of themselves in the third person, you may need to specify who the light is. Alternate translation: “I, the light, have come into the world … than me”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
οἱ ἄνθρωποι
¬the people
Although the term men is masculine, Jesus uses the word here in a generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: “people”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἠγάπησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι & τὸ σκότος
loved ¬the people & the darkness
Here Jesus uses darkness to refer to what is false and evil. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See the discussion of light and darkness in the General Notes for Chapter 1. Alternate translation: “men loved evil”
3:16-21 Because there are no quotation marks around Jesus’ speech in the Greek text, translators debate where Jesus’ speech ends and John’s commentary begins; 3:16-21 might be John’s commentary.
OET (OET-LV) And this is the judgment, that the light has_come into the world, and the people loved the darkness rather than the light, because/for the works of_them was evil.
OET (OET-RV) And this is the verdict: that light has come into the world, but some people love the darkness more than the light because they do evil things,
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.