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OET (OET-LV) It_is similar to_leaven, which a_woman having_taken, hid_in in three satons of_wheat_flour, until all of_which was_leavened.
OET (OET-RV) It’s like some yeast that a woman took and hid in a sack of flour, until eventually it affected all of it.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
ὁμοία ἐστὶν ζύμῃ
similar ˱it˲_is ˱to˲_leaven
This is a simile or comparison. Alternate translation: “The kingdom of God is like yeast”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parables
ὁμοία ἐστὶν ζύμῃ
similar ˱it˲_is ˱to˲_leaven
This comparison is also a parable, a brief illustration designed to help the crowds understand what Jesus is teaching. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly in your translation. Alternate translation: “Then Jesus gave them this further illustration to help them understand. ‘The kingdom of God is like yeast’”
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
ζύμῃ
˱to˲_leaven
See how you translated yeast in 12:1. Alternate translation: “leaven”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ζύμῃ
˱to˲_leaven
Jesus assumes that his listeners will know that only a little bit of yeast is needed to make a lot of dough rise. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “a little bit of yeast”
Note 5 topic: translate-unknown
ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία
˱of˲_wheat_flour satons three
The term seahs is the plural of “seah,” a dry measure equivalent to nearly eight liters or two gallons. You can express this quantity in terms of a measure that your culture uses, or you can use a general expression. Alternate translation: “a large amount of flour”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐζυμώθη ὅλον
/was/_leavened all
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: “the yeast caused all of it to rise”
13:21 It is like the yeast: Leaven can represent evil (see 12:1; 1 Cor 5:6; Gal 5:9), but here it is a positive image of the permeating, transforming power of the Kingdom.
OET (OET-LV) It_is similar to_leaven, which a_woman having_taken, hid_in in three satons of_wheat_flour, until all of_which was_leavened.
OET (OET-RV) It’s like some yeast that a woman took and hid in a sack of flour, until eventually it affected all of 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 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.