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OET (OET-LV) But if anyone may_be_walking in the night, he_is_stumbling, because the light is not in him.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exmetaphor
ἐὰν δέ τις περιπατῇ ἐν τῇ νυκτί, προσκόπτει, ὅτι τὸ φῶς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐτῷ
if but anyone /may_be/_walking in the night ˱he˲_/is/_stumbling because the light not is in him
In this verse Jesus expands the metaphor from the previous verse about a person walking outside. In this metaphor Jesus uses the light to refer to himself, who has previously called himself “the Light of the World” in 8:12 and 9:5. This whole metaphor could mean: (1) if his disciples tried to do God’s work after the limited time God had given him to be with them (the night which comes after “the daytime”), they would fail (stumble) because Jesus would not be with them. This interpretation has a similar meaning to Jesus’ statement in 9:4. Alternate translation: [If you try to do this work after I have left, you will fail because I, the light, am not with you.] (2) someone who does not act according to God’s will (walks at night) is an unbeliever who fails completely (stumble) because that person does not know Jesus. Alternate translation: [If someone does not act according to God’s will, he will fail because he does not know me, the light]
11:1-57 The raising of Lazarus foreshadows Jesus’ own coming death and resurrection. Even the description of Lazarus’ grave (11:38, 44) prefigures Jesus’ grave (20:1, 7). Shortly after this event, Jesus was anointed for burial (12:3) and the hour of his glorification began (12:23).
OET (OET-LV) But if anyone may_be_walking in the night, he_is_stumbling, because the light is not in him.
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.