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OET (OET-LV) And he_was_speaking a_parable to the ones having_been_invited, noticing how they_were_choosing the best_places, saying to them,
OET (OET-RV) Then he told a parable to all the invited guests after he’d noticed them choosing the best places around the table, telling them,
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
ἔλεγεν & πρὸς τοὺς κεκλημένους παραβολήν, ἐπέχων πῶς τὰς πρωτοκλισίας ἐξελέγοντο, λέγων
˱he˲_/was/_speaking & to the_‹ones› /having_been/_invited /a/_parable noticing how the best_places ˱they˲_/were/_choosing saying
If it would be helpful in your language, you could reverse the order of the phrases in this verse, since the second phrase gives the reason for the action that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: “Jesus noticed that those whom the leader of the Pharisees had invited to the meal were trying to sit in the seats for honored guests, so he gave them an illustration, saying”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parables
ἔλεγεν & παραβολήν
˱he˲_/was/_speaking & /a/_parable
In this instance, Luke is not using the term parable to mean a brief story that teaches something true in a way that is easy to understand and remember. Jesus used a hypothetical situation as an illustration to get the guests at this meal to consider how they should behave at feasts. Alternate translation: “he gave an illustration”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
τοὺς κεκλημένους
the_‹ones› /having_been/_invited
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who had done the action. Alternate translation: “those whom this Pharisee had invited to the meal”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τὰς πρωτοκλισίας
the best_places
The term first represents being important and honored. If your culture has a way of placing people at meals to show honor, you could use that in your translation. Otherwise, you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “the seats closest to the host” or “the seats for honored guests”
14:7 the seats of honor: Meals in the ancient world were rituals of social status. The place given to someone at the table was determined by their place in the social pecking order. The quality of the food served to each guest also depended on their status. These guests were jockeying for the places of highest honor.
OET (OET-LV) And he_was_speaking a_parable to the ones having_been_invited, noticing how they_were_choosing the best_places, saying to them,
OET (OET-RV) Then he told a parable to all the invited guests after he’d noticed them choosing the best places around the table, telling them,
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.