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OET (OET-LV) The_queen of_the_south will_be_being_raised at the judgment with the men the this generation, and will_be_condemning them, because she_came from the ends of_the earth to_hear the wisdom of_Solomōn/(Shəlmoh), and see, one_greater than Solomōn is here.
OET (OET-RV) The queen from the south will come back to life on judgement day along with the people from this generation, and she’ll condemn them, because she travelled a long distance to hear Solomon’s wisdom, and now, someone’s here who’s greater than Solomon.
Note 1 topic: translate-names
βασίλισσα νότου
/the/_queen ˱of˲_/the/_south
This means the Queen of Sheba. Sheba was a kingdom south of Israel. Alternate translation: “The Queen of Sheba”
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
ἐγερθήσεται & μετὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης
/will_be_being/_raised & with the men ¬the generation this
In this culture, a person would stand up to give testimony in a legal proceeding. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain that this will be the reason for her action. Alternate translation: “will stand up … to give testimony before God against the people who lived at this time”
ἐν τῇ κρίσει
at the judgment
Alternate translation: “at the time when God judges people”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης
the men ¬the generation this
Here Jesus is using the term men in a generic sense that includes all people. Alternate translation: “the people who lived at this time”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἦλθεν ἐκ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς
˱she˲_came from the ends ˱of˲_the earth
This is an idiom that means she came from very far away. Alternate translation: “she traveled a great distance” or “she came from a faraway place”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
τὴν σοφίαν Σολομῶνος
the wisdom ˱of˲_Solomon
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun wisdom with an adjective such as “wise.” Alternate translation: “the wise things that Solomon said”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἰδοὺ
behold
Jesus uses the term behold to get the crowd to focus its attention on what he is about to say. Alternate translation: “now listen carefully”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε
˱one˲_greater_‹than› Solomon_‹is› here
Jesus is using the phrase something greater to refer to a specific person, the Son of Man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “someone greater than Solomon is here”
Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε
˱one˲_greater_‹than› Solomon_‹is› here
Jesus is speaking about himself in the third person. Alternate translation: “I, who am greater than Solomon, am here”
Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε
˱one˲_greater_‹than› Solomon_‹is› here
It may be helpful to state explicitly that these people have not listened to Jesus. Alternate translation: “even though I, who am greater than Solomon, am here, the people of this time have not listened to me”
11:31 Sheba was a kingdom in southern Arabia. The queen traveled a great distance to hear the wisdom of Solomon (1 Kgs 10:1-13; 2 Chr 9:1-12).
OET (OET-LV) The_queen of_the_south will_be_being_raised at the judgment with the men the this generation, and will_be_condemning them, because she_came from the ends of_the earth to_hear the wisdom of_Solomōn/(Shəlmoh), and see, one_greater than Solomōn is here.
OET (OET-RV) The queen from the south will come back to life on judgement day along with the people from this generation, and she’ll condemn them, because she travelled a long distance to hear Solomon’s wisdom, and now, someone’s here who’s greater than Solomon.
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.