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OET (OET-LV) Yaʸsous answered:
Neither this man sinned, nor the parents of_him.
[fn] But in_order_that the works of_ the _god may_be_revealed in him,
9:3 Traditionally, most translations have placed a comma here (which is also a good possibility—remember that the original Greek manuscripts contain no punctuation), but this interpretation is equally valid and perhaps gives a more acceptable interpretation.
OET (OET-RV) Yeshua answered, “It wasn’t either this man or his parents that sinned.[fn] But so that God can work in him for others to see,
9:3 We just want to alert our readers here that we have divided the Greek sentences here in a way that’s different from the long-standing tradition. (The Greek originals have no punctuation, so either way is valid.)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
ἵνα φανερωθῇ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ
in_order_that /may_be/_revealed the works ¬the ˱of˲_God in him
Here, John records Jesus leaving out some information that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the previous verse. Alternate translation: “he was born blind so that the works of God might be revealed in him”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Θεοῦ
the works ¬the ˱of˲_God
Jesus is using of to describe works that are performed by God. If this is not clear in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “the works done by God”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
φανερωθῇ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Θεοῦ
/may_be/_revealed the works ¬the ˱of˲_God
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: “I might reveal the works of God”
Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns
ἐν αὐτῷ
in him
Here, him could refer to: (1) the man’s body, especially his blind eyes. Alternate translation: “in his body” (2) the man’s body and spirit. Alternate translation: “in his body and spirit”
9:1-41 At the Festival of Shelters (chs 7–8), Jesus claimed to be the light of the world (8:12). Now John tells about Jesus giving light, both physically and spiritually, to a blind man who lived in darkness (see 9:5). The story ends with a splendid reversal of roles: The blind man who was assumed to be in spiritual darkness could see God’s light, whereas the Pharisees, who could see physically and were thought to be enlightened, were shown to be spiritually blind.
OET (OET-LV) Yaʸsous answered:
Neither this man sinned, nor the parents of_him.
[fn] But in_order_that the works of_ the _god may_be_revealed in him,
9:3 Traditionally, most translations have placed a comma here (which is also a good possibility—remember that the original Greek manuscripts contain no punctuation), but this interpretation is equally valid and perhaps gives a more acceptable interpretation.
OET (OET-RV) Yeshua answered, “It wasn’t either this man or his parents that sinned.[fn] But so that God can work in him for others to see,
9:3 We just want to alert our readers here that we have divided the Greek sentences here in a way that’s different from the long-standing tradition. (The Greek originals have no punctuation, so either way is valid.)
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.