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OET (OET-LV) no_one having_lit a_lamp is_putting it in a_hidden_place, nor under the basket, but on the lampstand, in_order_that the ones entering_in may_be_seeing the light.
OET (OET-RV) “No one lights a lamp and then hides it somewhere or puts it under a basket, but rather they put it on a lampstand so they everyone entering the room can see the light from it.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parables
οὐδεὶς λύχνον ἅψας
no_one /a/_lamp /having/_lit
To help the people in the crowd understand what he has been teaching, Jesus offers a brief illustration. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “Then Jesus gave the crowd this illustration to help them understand. ‘No one who lights a lamp’”
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
κρύπτην
/a/_hidden_place
This expression means a place in a house that would not ordinarily be seen. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use the name of any part of a dwelling in your culture that would not ordinarily be seen. Alternate translation: “a closet”
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
τὸν μόδιον
the basket
The term the measure refers to a container for dry material that had a capacity of about eight liters or about two gallons. You can represent the term in your translation with the name of a corresponding container in your culture. Alternate translation: “a basket” or “a bowl”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν
but on the lampstand
If it would be helpful to your readers, you could supply the understood subject and verb in this clause. It may also be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “Instead, a person places a lighted lamp on a lampstand”
11:33 No one lights a lamp and then hides it: See study note on 8:16-17.
OET (OET-LV) no_one having_lit a_lamp is_putting it in a_hidden_place, nor under the basket, but on the lampstand, in_order_that the ones entering_in may_be_seeing the light.
OET (OET-RV) “No one lights a lamp and then hides it somewhere or puts it under a basket, but rather they put it on a lampstand so they everyone entering the room can see the light from it.
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.