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OET (OET-LV) And answering they_are_saying to_him:
Where, master?
And he said to_them:
Where the body is, there also the vultures will_be_being_gathered_together.
OET (OET-RV) “Where will this happen, master,” they asked.
¶ “Where the body is,” he answered, “that’s where the vultures will be gathering.”
ἀποκριθέντες λέγουσιν αὐτῷ
answering ˱they˲_/are/_saying ˱to˲_him
To convey the vividness and immediacy of the disciples’ question, Luke uses the present tense in past narration here. See how you decided to approach this usage in 7:40. If it would not be natural to use the present tense in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: “the disciples responded to him”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys
ἀποκριθέντες λέγουσιν αὐτῷ
answering ˱they˲_/are/_saying ˱to˲_him
Together the two words answering and say mean that the disciples responded to what Jesus had been telling them by asking him a question about it. Alternate translation: “the disciples responded to him”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ποῦ, Κύριε
where Lord
The implication is that the disciples are asking where the things that Jesus has been describing will happen. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “Lord, where will these things happen”
Note 3 topic: writing-proverbs
ὅπου τὸ σῶμα, ἐκεῖ καὶ οἱ ἀετοὶ ἐπισυναχθήσονται
where the body_‹is› there also the vultures /will_be_being/_gathered_together
Jesus may be quoting a popular proverb of the time. Alternate translation: “The location will be obvious from the things that you see happening there”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ὅπου τὸ σῶμα, ἐκεῖ καὶ οἱ ἀετοὶ ἐπισυναχθήσονται
where the body_‹is› there also the vultures /will_be_being/_gathered_together
In this proverb, the body and the vultures are figurative. If you would like to present the same image to your readers but your language does not use metaphors, you can express this as a simile. Alternate translation: “Just as vultures gather where there is a dead body, so the things I have described will indicate where this is about to happen”
Note 5 topic: translate-unknown
οἱ ἀετοὶ
the vultures
The word vultures describes large birds that travel in flocks and eat the flesh of dead animals that they find. If your readers would not be familiar with vultures, you could use the name of similar birds in your area, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “the scavenger birds”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐπισυναχθήσονται
/will_be_being/_gathered_together
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: “will flock together” or “will assemble”
17:37 so these signs indicate that the end is near: This clause, which does not appear explicitly in the Greek, explains the significance of the cryptic saying about the vulture.
OET (OET-LV) And answering they_are_saying to_him:
Where, master?
And he said to_them:
Where the body is, there also the vultures will_be_being_gathered_together.
OET (OET-RV) “Where will this happen, master,” they asked.
¶ “Where the body is,” he answered, “that’s where the vultures will be gathering.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.