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OET (OET-LV) A_ evil and adulterous _generation is_seeking_after a_sign, and a_sign will_ not _be_being_given to_it, except not/lest the sign of_Yōnas/(Yōnāh).
And having_left them he_went_away.
OET (OET-RV) “This is an evil and adulterous generation that’s wanting a sign, and no sign will be given to it except for the sign of Yonah.” Then he left them and went away.
γενεὰ πονηρὰ καὶ μοιχαλὶς σημεῖον ἐπιζητεῖ, καὶ σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ, εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ
/a/_generation evil and adulterous /a/_sign /is/_seeking_after and /a/_sign not /will_be_being/_given ˱to˲_it except ¬not/lest the sign ˱of˲_Jonah
What Jesus says here is identical to what he said in 12:39 except for the phrase “the prophet” before the name Jonah. Translate this sentence as you did in 12:39.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
αὐτοὺς
them
The pronoun them refers to the Pharisees and Sadducees who had asked for a sign (see 16:1). If this is not clear for your readers, you could refer to these people more directly. Alternate translation: “the people who asked him for a sign” or “those Pharisees and Sadducees”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἀπῆλθεν
˱he˲_went_away
Here Matthew implies that the disciples were traveling with Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “Jesus and his disciples went away”
16:1-12 Having been warmly received in the Gentile world, Jesus returned to his fellow countrymen only to encounter further rejection.
OET (OET-LV) A_ evil and adulterous _generation is_seeking_after a_sign, and a_sign will_ not _be_being_given to_it, except not/lest the sign of_Yōnas/(Yōnāh).
And having_left them he_went_away.
OET (OET-RV) “This is an evil and adulterous generation that’s wanting a sign, and no sign will be given to it except for the sign of Yonah.” Then he left them and went away.
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.