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OET (OET-LV) And also the_soldiering ones were_asking him saying:
What may_ we _do also?
And he_said to_them:
You_all_may_accost no_one nor you_all_may_falsely_accuse, and be_being_sufficed for_the wages of_you_all.
OET (OET-RV) “And what about us too,” some soldiers inquired.
¶ “Don’t bully people or falsely accuse anyone,” Yohan answered, “and be content with your wages.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
τί ποιήσωμεν καὶ ἡμεῖς?
what /may/_do also we
The soliders are speaking about themselves, as opposed to others, so if your language distinguishes between exclusive and inclusive we and “us,” use the exclusive form here. You could make this two sentences. Alternate translation: “How about us soldiers? What must we do?”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
μηδὲ συκοφαντήσητε
nor ˱you_all˲_/may/_falsely_accuse
The implication is that soldiers were making false charges against people in order to extort money from them. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “do not accuse anyone falsely in order to get money from them”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
καὶ ἀρκεῖσθε τοῖς ὀψωνίοις ὑμῶν
also also and and /be_being/_sufficed ˱for˲_the wages ˱of˲_you_all
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: “instead, let the amount you are paid satisfy you”
Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast
(Occurrence 4) καὶ
and
The word and introduces draws a contrast between what the soldiers had been doing and what they should have been doing. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “Instead”
3:14 These soldiers were probably not Roman, but local Jewish troops under the authority of Herod Antipas. They might have been assigned to protect the tax collectors. John does not condemn either tax collectors or soldiers but calls them to honesty and integrity.
OET (OET-LV) And also the_soldiering ones were_asking him saying:
What may_ we _do also?
And he_said to_them:
You_all_may_accost no_one nor you_all_may_falsely_accuse, and be_being_sufficed for_the wages of_you_all.
OET (OET-RV) “And what about us too,” some soldiers inquired.
¶ “Don’t bully people or falsely accuse anyone,” Yohan answered, “and be content with your wages.”
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.