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OET (OET-LV) And he_was_speaking this the parable:
Someone was_having a_fig_tree having_been_planted in the vineyard of_him, and he_came seeking fruit on it, and he_ not _found any.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yeshua told them this parable, “There was a landowner who had planted a fig tree in his vineyard, and he went to see if it had any fruit on it, but there wasn’t any
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parables
ἔλεγεν δὲ ταύτην τὴν παραβολήν
˱he˲_/was/_speaking and this ¬the parable
Jesus now gives a brief illustration to help the crowd understand what he has been saying. Alternate translation: “Then he told them this story to help them understand what he had been saying”
Note 2 topic: writing-participants
συκῆν εἶχέν τις πεφυτευμένην ἐν τῷ ἀμπελῶνι αὐτοῦ
/a/_fig_tree /was/_having someone /having_been/_planted in the vineyard ˱of˲_him
This introduces a character in the parable. Alternate translation: “There was a man who owned a vineyard in which a fig tree had been planted”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
συκῆν εἶχέν τις πεφυτευμένην
/a/_fig_tree /was/_having someone /having_been/_planted
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. Alternate translation: “Someone had planted a fig tree”
Note 4 topic: translate-unknown
συκῆν
/a/_fig_tree
A fig tree is a type of fruit tree that is common in the land of Israel. If your readers would not know what a fig tree is, you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “a fruit tree”
Note 5 topic: writing-background
ἦλθεν ζητῶν καρπὸν ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν
˱he˲_came seeking fruit on it and not ˱he˲_found_‹any›
This is background information that helps listeners understand what happens next in the story. Alternate translation: “he went to see if there were any figs on the tree, but there were none”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / go
ἦλθεν ζητῶν καρπὸν ἐν αὐτῇ
˱he˲_came seeking fruit on it
Here your language might use a form of “go” rather than a form of “come.” Alternate translation: “he went to see if there were any figs on the tree”
13:6 a fig tree: Israel was sometimes portrayed as an unfruitful fig tree or a vineyard that God would judge (Isa 5:1-7; Mic 7:1-2; see Jer 8:13; 24:1-10; Hos 9:10).
OET (OET-LV) And he_was_speaking this the parable:
Someone was_having a_fig_tree having_been_planted in the vineyard of_him, and he_came seeking fruit on it, and he_ not _found any.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yeshua told them this parable, “There was a landowner who had planted a fig tree in his vineyard, and he went to see if it had any fruit on it, but there wasn’t any
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.