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OET (OET-LV) And as they_led_away him, having_taken_hold_of Simōn, a_certain from_Kuraʸnaʸ coming from the_country, they_put_ the stake _on to_him, to_be_carrying behind the Yaʸsous.
OET (OET-RV) As the Roman soldiers led Yeshua out of the city, they grabbed a man that was coming in from the country. He was Simon from Cyrene, and they forced him to follow behind Yeshua carrying the stake.
ὡς ἀπήγαγον αὐτόν
as ˱they˲_led_away him
Alternate translation: “while the soldiers were leading Jesus away from where Pilate had judged him”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐπιλαβόμενοι Σίμωνά & ἐπέθηκαν
/having/_taken_hold_of Simon & ˱they˲_put_on
Luke assumes that his readers will know that Roman soldiers had the authority to compel people to carry their loads. Be sure that your translation does not suggest that the soldiers arrested Simon or that he had done anything wrong. Alternate translation: “making use of their authority, they conscripted Simon … and put”
Note 2 topic: writing-background
Σίμωνά, τινα Κυρηναῖον ἐρχόμενον ἀπ’ ἀγροῦ
Simon /a/_certain Cyrenian coming from /the/_country
If it would be helpful to your readers, you could treat this information about this man, where he was from, and what he was doing as background information and put it first in the verse, as UST does.
Note 3 topic: writing-participants
Σίμωνά, τινα Κυρηναῖον
Simon /a/_certain Cyrenian
Luke uses this phrase to introduce this new character into the story. Alternate translation: “a man named Simon, who was from the city of Cyrene”
Note 4 topic: translate-names
Κυρηναῖον
Cyrenian
The term Cyrenean is a name that refers to a person who is from the city of Cyrene.
ἐρχόμενον ἀπ’ ἀγροῦ
coming from /the/_country
Alternate translation: “who was coming into Jerusalem from the countryside”
ἐπέθηκαν αὐτῷ τὸν σταυρὸν
˱they˲_put_on ˱to˲_him the cross
Alternate translation: “the soldiers put the cross on his shoulders”
ὄπισθεν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ
behind ¬the Jesus
Alternate translation: “and made him walk along behind Jesus carrying it”
23:26 Simon might have been a Jewish pilgrim visiting Jerusalem for Passover.
• put the cross on him: Prisoners bound for crucifixion were normally forced to carry the crossbeam to the place of execution. It was fastened to the upright beam at the crucifixion site.
OET (OET-LV) And as they_led_away him, having_taken_hold_of Simōn, a_certain from_Kuraʸnaʸ coming from the_country, they_put_ the stake _on to_him, to_be_carrying behind the Yaʸsous.
OET (OET-RV) As the Roman soldiers led Yeshua out of the city, they grabbed a man that was coming in from the country. He was Simon from Cyrene, and they forced him to follow behind Yeshua carrying the stake.
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.