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OET (OET-LV) Therefore he_was_saying to_the crowds going_out to_be_immersed by him:
Brood of_vipers, who warned to_you_all to_flee from the coming severe_anger?
OET (OET-RV) Because of that, he was telling the crowds that went out there to be immersed by him, “Bunch of snakes! Who warned you all to flee from the severe anger that’s coming?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
βαπτισθῆναι ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ
/to_be/_baptized by him
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: “for him to baptize them”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἔλεγεν οὖν τοῖς ἐκπορευομένοις ὄχλοις βαπτισθῆναι ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ γενήματα ἐχιδνῶν τίς ὑπέδειξεν ὑμῖν φυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς)
The expression Offspring of is an idiom that means a person shares the qualities of something. John is using dangerous poisonous snakes to represent evil. Alternate translation: “You evil people”
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἔλεγεν οὖν τοῖς ἐκπορευομένοις ὄχλοις βαπτισθῆναι ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ γενήματα ἐχιδνῶν τίς ὑπέδειξεν ὑμῖν φυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς)
If your readers would not recognize the name vipers, which refers to dangerous poisonous snakes, you could state something more general. Alternate translation: “You are evil, like poisonous snakes” or “You are evil, like poisonous animals”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
τίς ὑπέδειξεν ὑμῖν φυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς?
who warned ˱to˲_you_all /to/_flee from the coming wrath
John is making a statement, not asking a question. He does not expect the people in the crowds to tell him who warned them. Instead, he is using the question form to challenge the people to think about what they believe baptism will do for them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or exclamation. Alternate translation: “you could not escape from God’s wrath just by being baptized!”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ἀπὸ τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς
from the coming wrath
John is using the word wrath to refer to God’s punishment. This is by association with the way that punishment is an expression of God’s wrath or displeasure over sin. Alternate translation: “from the punishment that God is sending”
3:7 God’s coming wrath is the judgment for all who reject the gospel. Israel as a nation would experience this wrath in the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 (see 21:20-23).
OET (OET-LV) Therefore he_was_saying to_the crowds going_out to_be_immersed by him:
Brood of_vipers, who warned to_you_all to_flee from the coming severe_anger?
OET (OET-RV) Because of that, he was telling the crowds that went out there to be immersed by him, “Bunch of snakes! Who warned you all to flee from the severe anger that’s coming?
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.