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OET (OET-LV) for_reason_of of_which, I_am_saying to_you, the the many sins of_her have_been_forgiven, because she_loved much, but to_whom little is_being_forgiven, is_loving little.
OET (OET-RV) so that’s why I’ll tell you this: Her many sins have been forgiven because she showed a lot of love, but the one who has been forgiven little, is loving little.”
λέγω σοι
˱I˲_/am/_saying ˱to˲_you
This phrase emphasizes the importance of the statement that follows. Alternate translation: “pay attention to this”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἀφέωνται αἱ ἁμαρτίαι αὐτῆς αἱ πολλαί
/have_been/_forgiven the sins ˱of˲_her ¬the many
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who has done the action. Alternate translation: “God has forgiven her many sins”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ὅτι ἠγάπησεν πολύ
because ˱she˲_loved much
The implication is that her display of love was the evidence that her sins were forgiven. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “We can tell this because she has shown that she greatly loves the one who forgave her”
ὅτι ἠγάπησεν πολύ
because ˱she˲_loved much
Your language may require you to state the object of loved. Alternate translation: “because she greatly loves the one who forgave her”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ᾧ δὲ ὀλίγον ἀφίεται, ὀλίγον ἀγαπᾷ
˱to˲_whom but little /is_being/_forgiven little /is/_loving
In this sentence Jesus states a general principle. However, he is saying implicitly that Simon specifically has shown very little love for him. A further implication is that one to whom little is forgiven is actually someone who thinks he is better than others and mistakenly thinks he does not need to be forgiven for very much. Alternate translation: “a person like you who thinks that God has only had to forgive him for a few things does not show much love”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ᾧ & ὀλίγον ἀφίεται
˱to˲_whom & little /is_being/_forgiven
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who has done the action. Alternate translation: “the person who thinks that God has only had to forgive him for a few things”
7:47 so she has shown me much love: This is a better translation than the traditional “because she loved much.” It was not that her great love for Jesus caused him to forgive her, but that the forgiveness she had already received from Jesus prompted her love.
OET (OET-LV) for_reason_of of_which, I_am_saying to_you, the the many sins of_her have_been_forgiven, because she_loved much, but to_whom little is_being_forgiven, is_loving little.
OET (OET-RV) so that’s why I’ll tell you this: Her many sins have been forgiven because she showed a lot of love, but the one who has been forgiven little, is loving little.”
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.