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OET (OET-LV) But blessed are the eyes of_you_all because they_are_seeing, and the ears of_you_all because they_are_hearing.
OET (OET-RV) “But your eyes are blessed because they can see, and your ears also, because they can hear,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
ὑμῶν & οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὅτι βλέπουσιν, καὶ τὰ ὦτα ὑμῶν ὅτι ἀκούουσιν
˱of˲_you_all & the eyes because ˱they˲_/are/_seeing and the ears ˱of˲_you_all because ˱they˲_/are/_hearing
Jesus is using eyes and ears to represent people as they see and hear. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you, for you see; and blessed are you, for you hear] or [you as you look at things, for you see; and as you listen to things, for you hear]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
βλέπουσιν & ἀκούουσιν
˱they˲_/are/_seeing & ˱they˲_/are/_hearing
Here Jesus implies that their eyes can see properly and their ears can hear properly. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [they see well … they hear well]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
καὶ τὰ ὦτα ὑμῶν
and the ears ˱of˲_you_all
Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and blessed are your ears]
13:1-53 In the third major discourse recorded by Matthew (see study note on Matt 5:1–7:29), Jesus here recognized the separation of his followers from others (13:14, 16) and began to reveal the secrets of the Kingdom privately to them through parables.
OET (OET-LV) But blessed are the eyes of_you_all because they_are_seeing, and the ears of_you_all because they_are_hearing.
OET (OET-RV) “But your eyes are blessed because they can see, and your ears also, because they can hear,
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.