OET interlinear LUKE 7:30

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

νομικοὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἱ δέ Φαρισαῖοι καί οἱ νομικοί τήν βουλήν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἠθέτησαν εἰς ἑαυτούς μή βαπτισθέντες ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ)

Here and elsewhere in the book, the term lawyers does not mean people who would represent clients and argue cases in court or draw up legal documents. Rather, it refers to experts in the law of Moses and its application to various situations. Alternate translation: [experts in the Jewish law]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἠθέτησαν εἰς ἑαυτούς, μὴ βαπτισθέντες ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἱ δέ Φαρισαῖοι καί οἱ νομικοί τήν βουλήν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἠθέτησαν εἰς ἑαυτούς μή βαπτισθέντες ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the action that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [because they had not come to John for baptism, rejected what God wanted them to do]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

μὴ βαπτισθέντες ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἱ δέ Φαρισαῖοι καί οἱ νομικοί τήν βουλήν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἠθέτησαν εἰς ἑαυτούς μή βαπτισθέντες ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: [because John had not baptized them] or [because they had not come to John for baptism]