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OET (OET-LV) Because see, days are_coming in which they_will_be_saying:
Blessed are the barren, and wombs that not bore, and breasts that not nursed.
OET (OET-RV) because the time is coming when they’ll say, ‘Blessed are the childless couples and the women who never bore or raised a child.’
Note 1 topic: translate-versebridge
ὅτι
because
Jesus is giving the reason why the women of Jerusalem should weep for themselves and their children, as he told them to do in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could put this reason before the result by combining this verse and the previous one into a verse bridge. See the suggestions in the note about the similar situation in 22:16 for how you might do this.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἰδοὺ
behold
Jesus is using the term behold to get the women to focus their attention on what he is about to say. Alternate translation: “indeed”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς
/are/_coming days in which
Jesus is using the term days to refer to a specific time. Alternate translation: “there will be a time when”
Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns
ἐν αἷς ἐροῦσιν
in which ˱they˲_/will_be/_saying
Here Jesus is using the pronoun they in an indefinite sense. He does not have specific individuals in mind. Alternate translation: “when people will say”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
ἐροῦσιν, μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι, καὶ αἱ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν, καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν
˱they˲_/will_be/_saying blessed_‹are› the barren and (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς ἐροῦσιν μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι καὶ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν)
If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “people will say that women are fortunate if they never had children, if they never gave birth or nursed babies”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
αἱ στεῖραι, καὶ αἱ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν, καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν
the barren and (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς ἐροῦσιν μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι καὶ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν)
After speaking of women who were barren, that is, who did not have children, Jesus describes the same women in more detail. He is likely using repetition for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these phrases, as UST does.
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
αἱ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν, καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν
the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς ἐροῦσιν μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι καὶ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν)
These are two figures of speech in which Jesus is using one part of a person to represent the entire person. Alternate translation: “women who have never given birth or nursed”
23:29 Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless: Childlessness was normally a cause of great shame (see study note on 1:7), but during this catastrophe, those who didn’t have to see their children starve to death would be the fortunate ones.
OET (OET-LV) Because see, days are_coming in which they_will_be_saying:
Blessed are the barren, and wombs that not bore, and breasts that not nursed.
OET (OET-RV) because the time is coming when they’ll say, ‘Blessed are the childless couples and the women who never bore or raised a child.’
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.