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OET (OET-LV) For/Because Yōannaʸs came neither eating nor drinking, and they_are_saying:
He_is_having a_demon.
OET (OET-RV) Because Yohan came and he wasn’t eating or drinking, and they said, ‘He’s possessed by a demon!’
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἦλθεν
came
Here, the word came refers to John living and behaving in certain ways. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [was] or [lived]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
μήτε ἐσθίων μήτε πίνων
neither eating nor drinking
This does not mean that John never ate food. It means he fasted often, and when he ate, he did not eat expensive food or drink. If it would be helpful for your readers, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [frequently fasting] or [neither eating good food nor drinking wine]
Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns
λέγουσιν
˱they˲_/are/_saying
The pronoun they refers to people in general. If this is not clear for your readers, you could use a form that refers to people in general. Alternate translation: [many say] or [others say]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
λέγουσιν, δαιμόνιον ἔχει.
˱they˲_/are/_saying /a/_demon ˱he˲_/is/_having
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [they say that he has a demon.]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
δαιμόνιον ἔχει
/a/_demon ˱he˲_/is/_having
To say that someone has a demon is to say that the demon possesses or controls that person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [He is demon-possessed] or [He is controlled by a demon]
11:2-19 This section begins with John the Baptist’s doubt, but it ends by exalting his faith and ministry (11:7-19). The people’s rejection of John (11:16-19) foreshadows their later rejection of Jesus.
OET (OET-LV) For/Because Yōannaʸs came neither eating nor drinking, and they_are_saying:
He_is_having a_demon.
OET (OET-RV) Because Yohan came and he wasn’t eating or drinking, and they said, ‘He’s possessed by a demon!’
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.