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OET (OET-RV) “How would this work,” Maria asked the messenger, “because I’ve never slept with a guy?”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
πῶς ἔσται τοῦτο
how will_be this
The implication is that even though Mary did not understand how this could happen, she did not doubt that it would happen. This is clear from the way that Gabriel responds positively and encouragingly to her, by contrast to the way he rebuked Zechariah in 1:18 for his similar-sounding question. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this explicitly. Alternate translation: “I believe you, though I do not understand how this could happen”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
ἄνδρα οὐ γινώσκω
/a/_man not ˱I˲_/am/_knowing
Mary uses a polite expression to say that she had not engaged in sexual activity. Alternate translation: “I have never had sexual relations with a man”
OET (OET-RV) “How would this work,” Maria asked the messenger, “because I’ve never slept with a guy?”
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 English gloss (7th line) are all thanks to the SR-GNT.