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OET (OET-LV) It_is neither suitable for soil nor for manure, they_are_throwing it out.
The one having ears to_be_hearing, let_him_be_hearing.
OET (OET-RV) It’d be no use on the soil or for fertiliser—they’d just have to throw it away. Let any person who wants to hear, listen carefully.”
Note 1 topic: translate-unknown
εἰς κοπρίαν
for for manure
See how you translated this phrase in 13:8. Alternate translation: [to use as fertilizer] or [to add to the compost heap]
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
ἔξω βάλλουσιν αὐτό
out ˱they˲_/are/_casting it
They does not refer to any individuals in particular. This is an indefinite usage. Alternate translation: [People throw it outside]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν, ἀκουέτω
the_‹one› having ears /to_be/_hearing ˱him˲_/let_be/_hearing
Jesus uses this phrase to emphasize that what he has just said is important and that it may take some effort to understand and put into practice. The phrase ears to hear represents the willingness to understand and obey by association with the part of the body by which his listeners have been taking in his teaching. Alternate translation: [If anyone is willing to understand, let him understand and obey]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν, ἀκουέτω
the_‹one› having ears /to_be/_hearing ˱him˲_/let_be/_hearing
Since Jesus is speaking directly to his audience, you may prefer to use the second person here. Alternate translation: [If you are willing to listen, then listen] or [If you are willing to understand, then understand and obey]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / you
ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν, ἀκουέτω
the_‹one› having ears /to_be/_hearing ˱him˲_/let_be/_hearing
If you choose to translate this in the second person, you would be plural, since Jesus is speaking to the crowd.
14:35 good neither for the soil nor for the manure pile: Salt had various uses in the ancient world, including flavoring (14:34), preserving, and weed-killing. The sludge left after removing the sodium chloride was useless.
OET (OET-LV) It_is neither suitable for soil nor for manure, they_are_throwing it out.
The one having ears to_be_hearing, let_him_be_hearing.
OET (OET-RV) It’d be no use on the soil or for fertiliser—they’d just have to throw it away. Let any person who wants to hear, listen carefully.”
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.