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OET (OET-LV) And he_was_ not _willing for a_time, but after these things he_said to himself:
Even if I_am_ not _revering the god nor I_am_being_swayed a_person,
OET (OET-RV) At first, he wasn’t interested in the case, but eventually he said to himself, ‘Even if I don’t fear God and I’m not easily pushed around by anyone,
μετὰ ταῦτα
after these_‹things›
Alternate translation: “later on” or “eventually”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
εἶπεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, εἰ καὶ τὸν Θεὸν οὐ φοβοῦμαι οὐδὲ ἄνθρωπον ἐντρέπομαι
˱he˲_said to himself if even ¬the God not ˱I˲_/am/_revering nor /a/_person ˱I˲_/am_being/_swayed
If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “he decided that even though he did not make his decisions based on what God wanted or on what other people thought”
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact
εἰ καὶ τὸν Θεὸν οὐ φοβοῦμαι οὐδὲ ἄνθρωπον ἐντρέπομαι
if even ¬the God not ˱I˲_/am/_revering nor /a/_person ˱I˲_/am_being/_swayed
The judge speaks as if this were a hypothetical possibility, but he means that it is actually true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might think that what the judge is saying is not actually the case, then you can translate his words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: “Even though I do not make my decisions based on what God wants or on what other people think”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
ἄνθρωπον
/a/_person
The judge is using the term man in a generic sense that includes all people. Alternate translation: “other people”
18:1-8 The parable of the persistent widow follows naturally from Jesus’ teaching about coming troubles (17:20-37). Believers can face trials and persevere through persistent prayer.
OET (OET-LV) And he_was_ not _willing for a_time, but after these things he_said to himself:
Even if I_am_ not _revering the god nor I_am_being_swayed a_person,
OET (OET-RV) At first, he wasn’t interested in the case, but eventually he said to himself, ‘Even if I don’t fear God and I’m not easily pushed around by anyone,
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.