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OET (OET-LV) If of_any you_all_may_forgive the sins, they_have_been_forgiven to_them, if of_any you_all_may_be_restraining, they_have_been_restrained.
OET (OET-RV) If you forgive anyone’s sins, then they’ll be forgiven but if you withhold forgiveness, then it will be withheld.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἀφέωνται αὐτοῖς
˱they˲_/have_been/_forgiven ˱to˲_them
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God will forgive them”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἄν τινων κρατῆτε, κεκράτηνται
if ˱of˲_any if ˱of˲_any ˱you_all˲_/may_be/_restraining ˱they˲_/have_been/_restrained
To retain sins means to not forgive someone for the sins that they have committed. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: “whoever’s sins you might not forgive, they will not be forgiven”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
κεκράτηνται
˱they˲_/have_been/_restrained
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God will retain them”
20:23 If you forgive anyone’s sins: The ongoing work of Christ’s followers parallels the work of Christ. Christ’s followers do not distribute and withdraw God’s forgiveness on a whim, but they follow Jesus’ prompting through the Spirit (15:5), just as Jesus obeyed his Father (14:31).
OET (OET-LV) If of_any you_all_may_forgive the sins, they_have_been_forgiven to_them, if of_any you_all_may_be_restraining, they_have_been_restrained.
OET (OET-RV) If you forgive anyone’s sins, then they’ll be forgiven but if you withhold forgiveness, then it will be withheld.”
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 VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.