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OET (OET-LV) And be_observing how_great is this one, to_whom a_tenth Abraʼam, gave out_of the best_spoils, the patriarch.
OET (OET-RV) Notice how great this Melchizedek was, because the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the best of the captured goods.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
δὲ
and
Here, the word But introduces the next thing that the author wants to say about Melchizedek. It does not introduce a contrast with the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces further development, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: “Now”
θεωρεῖτε
/be/_observing
Alternate translation: “observe” or “see”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
οὗτος
this_‹one›
The phrase this one refers to Melchizedek. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make explicit that the phrase refers to Melchizedek. Alternate translation: “this Melchizedek was”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ᾧ δεκάτην Ἀβραὰμ, ἔδωκεν ἐκ τῶν ἀκροθινίων, ὁ πατριάρχης
˱to˲_whom /a/_tenth Abraham gave out_of the best_spoils the patriarch
Here the audience would have agreed that the person who is “greater” would receive the tenth from the person who is not as great. If your readers would not make this inference or agree that this is true, you may need to make the reasoning explicit. Alternate translation: “to whom the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth from the best plunder, which is what people do for a greater person”
7:4 The point of this section (7:1-10) is to have the readers consider . . . how great this Melchizedek was by comparing him to the descendants of Levi. Melchizedek was so great that Abraham gave him a tenth of the spoils of battle (Gen 14:20).
OET (OET-LV) And be_observing how_great is this one, to_whom a_tenth Abraʼam, gave out_of the best_spoils, the patriarch.
OET (OET-RV) Notice how great this Melchizedek was, because the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the best of the captured goods.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.