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OET (OET-LV) Therefore the Farisaios_party said to_him:
You are_testifying about yourself, the testimony of_you is not true.
OET (OET-RV) Some from the Pharisee party argued, “You are testifying about yourself, so that testimony is invalid.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
σὺ περὶ σεαυτοῦ μαρτυρεῖς
you about yourself /are/_testifying
The Pharisees assumed that their listeners understood that they were referring to Jesus testifying about himself without there being any other witnesses to confirm his testimony. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “You are testifying about yourself without any other witnesses”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἡ μαρτυρία σου οὐκ ἔστιν ἀληθής
the testimony ˱of˲_you not is true
The Pharisees are implying that the testimony of only one person is not true because of a rule in the law of Moses. According to Deuteronomy 19:15, a statement had to be confirmed by at least two witnesses in order to be considered true in legal decisions. If your audience is not familiar with the law of Moses in the Old Testament, then you can state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “your testimony about yourself cannot be true because the law of Moses requires at least two witnesses”
8:13 The Pharisees charged that Jesus’ claims were not valid because Jewish law (Deut 19:15) requires more than one witness (cp. John 5:31-32; see 8:17).
OET (OET-LV) Therefore the Farisaios_party said to_him:
You are_testifying about yourself, the testimony of_you is not true.
OET (OET-RV) Some from the Pharisee party argued, “You are testifying about yourself, so that testimony is invalid.”
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.