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OET (OET-LV) We_have_known that the god is_ not _hearing from_sinners, but if any may_be god-fearing, and may_be_doing the will of_him, he_is_hearing from_this one.
OET (OET-RV) We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he listens to those who worship him and do what he wants.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἁμαρτωλῶν & οὐκ ἀκούει & τούτου ἀκούει
˱from˲_sinners & not /is/_hearing & ˱from˲_this_‹one› ˱he˲_/is/_hearing
Here, hear and hears mean paying attention to or listening to something with the intent to heed it and respond appropriately. It does not mean simply to hear what someone says. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “does not heed sinners … he heeds this one”
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) We_have_known that the god is_ not _hearing from_sinners, but if any may_be god-fearing, and may_be_doing the will of_him, he_is_hearing from_this one.
OET (OET-RV) We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he listens to those who worship him and do what he wants.
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.