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OET (OET-LV) And the apprentices/followers are_saying to_him:
From_where to_us in a_wilderness, so_many loaves so_as to_satisfy so_much crowd?
OET (OET-RV) “Out here in the wilderness,” replied his apprentices, “where could we possibly get enough bread to feed a crowd this size?”
Note 1 topic: translate-tense
λέγουσιν
/are/_saying
To call attention to a development in the story, Matthew uses the present tense in past narration. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: “said”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
πόθεν ἡμῖν ἐν ἐρημίᾳ, ἄρτοι τοσοῦτοι ὥστε χορτάσαι ὄχλον τοσοῦτον?
from_where ˱to˲_us in /a/_desert loaves so_many so_as /to/_satisfy crowd so_much
The disciples are using the question form to tell Jesus that they do not have enough food for the crowd. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “It is impossible for us in a desolate place to find enough loaves so as to satisfy so large a crowd.” or “There is certainly no place in this desolate area where we can get enough loaves to satisfy so large a crowd!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
ἄρτοι
loaves
The disciples are using loaves to represent any food. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “food”
15:32-39 The previous feeding miracle (see 14:13-21) was for Jews, whereas this one extended to Gentiles; it thus develops the theme of 15:27. Through this miracle Jesus demonstrated that he is the true bread of life (see 16:5-12; John 6).
OET (OET-LV) And the apprentices/followers are_saying to_him:
From_where to_us in a_wilderness, so_many loaves so_as to_satisfy so_much crowd?
OET (OET-RV) “Out here in the wilderness,” replied his apprentices, “where could we possibly get enough bread to feed a crowd this size?”
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.