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OET (OET-LV) Then the master of_him, having_called_to him, is_saying to_him:
Evil slave, I_forgave to_you all that the obligation, because you_implored me.
OET (OET-RV) So then the master called in the slave that he had forgiven and told him, ‘You evil slave! I forgave you all that obligation because you pleaded with me.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
αὐτὸν & αὐτοῦ & αὐτῷ
him & ˱of˲_him & ˱to˲_him
The pronouns him, his, and him refer to the first slave. If this is not clear for your readers, you could refer to him more directly. Alternate translation: “the first slave, his … to him”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ
the master ˱of˲_him
Here Jesus again refers to the king as the master. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make it more explicit that this is the same man as the one referred to as “king” in 18:23. See how you translated “master” in 18:25. Alternate translation: “his master the king”
Note 3 topic: translate-tense
λέγει
/is/_saying
To call attention to a development in the story, Jesus 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 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
πᾶσαν τὴν ὀφειλὴν ἐκείνην ἀφῆκά σοι, ἐπεὶ παρεκάλεσάς με
all ¬the obligation that ˱I˲_forgave ˱to˲_you because ˱you˲_implored me
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the second clause gives the reason for the result that the first clause describes. Alternate translation: “because you begged me, I forgave you all that debt”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
πᾶσαν τὴν ὀφειλὴν ἐκείνην ἀφῆκά σοι
all ¬the obligation that ˱I˲_forgave ˱to˲_you
Here, the phrase forgave you all that debt indicates that the king no longer required the slave to pay the debt. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I canceled for you all that debt” or “I told you not to pay back all that debt”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
παρεκάλεσάς με
˱you˲_implored me
Here the master implies that the slave begged him to be patient. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “you begged me to be patient”
18:1-35 This fourth major discourse in Matthew (see study note on Matt 5:1–7:29) focuses on responses to the Messiah—acceptance by the disciples and rejection by the Jewish leaders and most of the populace. In light of this growing polarization, Jesus began to instruct his followers on the nature of community life. For a community to live according to Jesus’ standards, it must live with humility (18:1-5), sensitivity (18:6-9), compassion (18:10-14), discipline (18:15-18), and forgiveness (18:21-35). As with the other discourses, a concluding formula (19:1-2) bridges to the next section.
OET (OET-LV) Then the master of_him, having_called_to him, is_saying to_him:
Evil slave, I_forgave to_you all that the obligation, because you_implored me.
OET (OET-RV) So then the master called in the slave that he had forgiven and told him, ‘You evil slave! I forgave you all that obligation because you pleaded with me.
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.