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OET (OET-LV) Not you_all are_saying, that Still four_month it_is and the harvest is_coming?
Behold, I_am_saying to_you_all, lift_up the eyes of_you_all and see the fields, because they_are already white toward harvest.
OET (OET-RV) “Don’t you all have a saying about needing to wait four months for a harvest? But I’m telling you that you all should open your eyes and look at the fields, because they’re already lightening up as harvest time approaches.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
οὐχ ὑμεῖς λέγετε, ὅτι ἔτι τετράμηνός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ θερισμὸς ἔρχεται?
not you_all /are/_saying ¬that still four_month ˱it˲_is and the harvest /is/_coming
Jesus is using the question form for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [You surely say, ‘There are still four months, and the harvest comes’!]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἰδοὺ
behold
Jesus using the term Behold to call the disciples’ attention to what he is about to say. Your language may have a similar expression that you can use here.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἐπάρατε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν
lift_up the eyes ˱of˲_you_all
This phrase, lift up your eyes, is a common idiom in the Bible that is used to describe the act of looking at something or direct one’s own attention toward something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent idiom or use plain language. Alternate translation: [look]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
θεάσασθε τὰς χώρας
see the fields
Jesus uses the word fields to refer to people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning with a simile or plainly. Alternate translation: [see these people who are like fields] or [see these people]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
λευκαί εἰσιν πρὸς θερισμόν ἤδη
white ˱they˲_are toward harvest already
Jesus uses the phrase white for harvest to say that people are ready to receive the message of Jesus, like fields that are ready to be harvested. If it would be helpful in your language, you could convey the meaning with a simile or do it plainly. Alternate translation: [they are like a field that is ready to be harvested] or [they are already ready to believe my message]
4:35 Four months between planting and harvest: Jesus cited a local parable to contrast the natural harvest with his own. It was harvest time in Samaria, and the fields were ripe. Jesus, however, had planted seed at the well and now was already reaping the harvest of belief among the Samaritans (4:39-42).
OET (OET-LV) Not you_all are_saying, that Still four_month it_is and the harvest is_coming?
Behold, I_am_saying to_you_all, lift_up the eyes of_you_all and see the fields, because they_are already white toward harvest.
OET (OET-RV) “Don’t you all have a saying about needing to wait four months for a harvest? But I’m telling you that you all should open your eyes and look at the fields, because they’re already lightening up as harvest time approaches.
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.