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OET (OET-RV) Just ignore them. They are blind guides, and if blind people are leading the blind, both of them will stumble into a pit.”
OET-LV Leave them, they_are blind guides and, if blind may_be_guiding blind, both will_be_falling into a_pit.
SR-GNT Ἄφετε αὐτούς· ὁδηγοί εἰσιν τυφλοί τυφλὸς, δὲ τυφλὸν ἐὰν ὁδηγῇ, ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον πεσοῦνται.” ‡
(Afete autous; hodaʸgoi eisin tufloi tuflos, de tuflon ean hodaʸgaʸ, amfoteroi eis bothunon pesountai.”)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Leave them! They are blind guides[fn]. But if a blind one guides a blind one, both will fall into a pit.”
Some manuscripts add of the blind here.
UST Do not listen to them. They do not know what they should be teaching. They are like blind people who guide other blind people right into a hole in the ground.”
BSB Disregard them! They are blind guides.[fn] If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
15:14 Or blind guides of the blind
BLB Leave them! They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."
AICNT Let them alone; they are blind guides [of the blind].[fn] If a blind person leads a blind person, both will fall into a pit.”
15:14, of the blind: Absent from some manuscripts.
OEB Leave them be; they are but blind guides; and, if one blind person guides another, both of them will fall into a ditch.’
2DT Release them! They are sightless guides of sightless. If the sightless guide the sightless, both will fall into a pot bunker”
WEB Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
NET Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”
LSV leave them alone, they are guides—blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
FBV “Forget about them—they are blind guides.[fn] If a blind man leads another blind man, then they'll both fall into a ditch.”
15:14 Referring to the Pharisees.
TCNT Leave them be; they are blind guides [fn]of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.”
15:14 of the blind ¦ — WH
T4T Do not pay any attention to the Pharisees. They do not help people who do not know God’s truth to understand it, just like blind guides do not help blind people to perceive where they should go [MET]. If a blind person tries to lead another blind person, they will both fall into a big hole [MET]. Similarly, both the Pharisees and their disciples will end up in hell.”
LEB Let[fn] them! They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
?:? Or “Depart from”
BBE Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
MOF No MOF MAT book available
ASV Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
DRA Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.
YLT let them alone, guides they are — blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'
DBY Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.
RV Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
WBS Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leadeth the blind, both will fall into the ditch.
KJB Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
BB Let them alone, they be the blynde leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leade the blynde, both shall fall into the dytche.
(Let them alone, they be the blind leaders of the blind. If the blind leade the blind, both shall fall into the dytche.)
GNV Let them alone, they be the blinde leaders of the blinde: and if the blinde leade ye blinde, both shall fall into the ditche.
(Let them alone, they be the blind leaders of the blind: and if the blind leade ye/you_all blind, both shall fall into the ditche. )
CB Let the go, they are ye blynde leaders of ye blynde. Wha one blinde leadeth another, they fall both i ye diche.
(Let the go, they are ye/you_all blind leaders of ye/you_all blind. Wha one blind leadeth another, they fall both i ye/you_all diche.)
TNT Let them alone they be the blynde leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leede the blynde boothe shall fall into the dyche.
(Let them alone they be the blind leaders of the blind. If the blind leede the blind boothe shall fall into the dyche. )
WYC Suffre ye hem; thei ben blynde, and leederis of blynde men. And if a blynd man lede a blynd man, bothe fallen doun in to the diche.
(Suffer ye/you_all hem; they been blind, and leederis of blind men. And if a blind man lead a blind man, both fallen down in to the diche.)
LUT Lasset sie fahren! Sie sind blind und Blindenleiter. Wenn aber ein Blinder den andern leitet, so fallen sie beide in die Grube.
(Lasset they/she/them fahren! They/She are blind and Blindenleiter. Wenn but a Blinder the change leitet, so fallen they/she/them beide in the Grube.)
CLV Sinite illos: cæci sunt, et duces cæcorum; cæcus autem si cæco ducatum præstet, ambo in foveam cadunt.[fn]
(Sinite illos: cæci are, and duces cæcorum; cæcus however when/but_if cæco ducatum præstet, ambo in foveam cadunt.)
15.14 Sinite, etc. Permittite suo arbitrio, quia irrevocabiles sunt. Unde Paulus: Hæreticum hominem post primam et secundam correctionem devita Tit. 3..
15.14 Sinite, etc. Permittite his_own arbitrio, because irrevocabiles are. Unde Paulus: Hæreticum hominem after primam and secundam correctionem devita Tit. 3..
UGNT ἄφετε αὐτούς; ὁδηγοί εἰσιν τυφλοί τυφλὸς, δὲ τυφλὸν ἐὰν ὁδηγῇ, ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον πεσοῦνται.
(afete autous? hodaʸgoi eisin tufloi tuflos, de tuflon ean hodaʸgaʸ, amfoteroi eis bothunon pesountai.)
SBL-GNT ἄφετε αὐτούς· ⸂τυφλοί εἰσιν ὁδηγοὶ τυφλῶν⸃· τυφλὸς δὲ τυφλὸν ἐὰν ὁδηγῇ, ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον πεσοῦνται.
(afete autous; ⸂tufloi eisin hodaʸgoi tuflōn⸃; tuflos de tuflon ean hodaʸgaʸ, amfoteroi eis bothunon pesountai. )
TC-GNT Ἄφετε αὐτούς· [fn]ὁδηγοί εἰσι τυφλοὶ τυφλῶν· τυφλὸς δὲ τυφλὸν ἐὰν ὁδηγῇ, ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον [fn]πεσοῦνται.
(Afete autous; hodaʸgoi eisi tufloi tuflōn; tuflos de tuflon ean hodaʸgaʸ, amfoteroi eis bothunon pesountai.)
15:14 οδηγοι εισι τυφλοι τυφλων ¦ τυφλοι εισιν οδηγοι τυφλων NA SBL TH ¦ τυφλοι εισιν οδηγοι WH
15:14 πεσουνται ¦ εμπεσουνται PCK
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
15:1-20 Jesus indicted the Pharisees for disobeying God’s law in their zeal to preserve traditions.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἄφετε αὐτούς
leave them
Here, the clause Leave them means that the disciples should not worry about or pay attention to the Pharisees who were offended by Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “Ignore them” or “Do not pay attention to them”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
αὐτούς & εἰσιν
them & ˱they˲_are
The words them and They refer to the Pharisees who were offended by Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to them more directly. Alternate translation: “those Pharisees! They are”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ὁδηγοί εἰσιν τυφλοί τυφλὸς, δὲ τυφλὸν ἐὰν ὁδηγῇ, ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον πεσοῦνται
guides ˱they˲_are blind blind and blind if /may_be/_guiding both into /a/_pit /will_be/_falling
Here, Jesus speaks of the Pharisees who were offended by him as if they were blind guides, and he speaks of other Jewish people as if they were blind people. He means that neither the Pharisees nor the rest of the people know what is right, but the Pharisees teach the people anyways, even though what they teach is wrong. If possible, preserve the metaphor or express the idea in simile form. Alternate translation: “They are like blind guides. They teach people what is wrong, just as a blind one guides a blind one so that they both fall into a pit”
Note 4 topic: translate-textvariants
ὁδηγοί εἰσιν τυφλοί
guides ˱they˲_are blind
Many ancient manuscripts read They are blind guides. The ULT follows that reading. Other ancient manuscripts read “They are blind guides of the blind.” If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT.
Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
δὲ
and
Here, the word But introduces the next thing that Jesus wants to say. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next idea, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: “So,”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo
τυφλὸς & τυφλὸν ἐὰν ὁδηγῇ, ἀμφότεροι & πεσοῦνται
blind & blind if /may_be/_guiding both & /will_be/_falling
Here Jesus uses an imaginary situation to help explain what would happen if a blind person guided another blind person. Use a natural method in your language for introducing an imaginary situation. Alternate translation: “imagine a blind one guiding a blind one. They would both fall”