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OET (OET-LV) For/Because which of you_all wanting to_build a_tower, not first having_sat_down, is_counting the cost, whether he_is_having enough for the_completion?
OET (OET-RV) because none of you would want to build a tower without first counting the cost and figuring out if you’ll have enough to complete it.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
τίς γὰρ ἐξ ὑμῶν θέλων πύργον οἰκοδομῆσαι, οὐχὶ πρῶτον καθίσας, ψηφίζει τὴν δαπάνην, εἰ ἔχει εἰς ἀπαρτισμόν?
which for of you_all wanting /a/_tower /to/_build not first /having/_sat_down /is/_counting the cost whether ˱he˲_/is/_having_‹enough› for /the/_completion
Jesus is using this question as a teaching tool. Alternate translation: “If one of you wanted to build a tower, he would certainly sit down first and determine whether he had enough money to complete it.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo
τίς γὰρ ἐξ ὑμῶν θέλων πύργον οἰκοδομῆσαι, οὐχὶ πρῶτον καθίσας, ψηφίζει τὴν δαπάνην, εἰ ἔχει εἰς ἀπαρτισμόν?
which for of you_all wanting /a/_tower /to/_build not first /having/_sat_down /is/_counting the cost whether ˱he˲_/is/_having_‹enough› for /the/_completion
Jesus is offering the crowds an illustration that involves a hypothetical situation. Alternate translation: “Suppose one of you wanted to build a tower. Then you would certainly sit down first and determine whether you had enough money to complete it.”
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
πύργον
/a/_tower
This may mean a watchtower. In one of his parables, recorded in Matthew 21:33, Jesus uses this same word to describe a watchtower that a man built for a vineyard he was planting. Alternate translation: “a high lookout platform”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
εἰ ἔχει εἰς ἀπαρτισμόν
whether ˱he˲_/is/_having_‹enough› for /the/_completion
Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. Alternate translation: “whether he has enough money to complete the project”
14:25-35 A large crowd was following Jesus: Jesus’ popularity was high, but he was about to teach that the cost of following him was also very high.
OET (OET-LV) For/Because which of you_all wanting to_build a_tower, not first having_sat_down, is_counting the cost, whether he_is_having enough for the_completion?
OET (OET-RV) because none of you would want to build a tower without first counting the cost and figuring out if you’ll have enough to complete 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.