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OET (OET-LV) Not was_it_fitting you also to_show_mercy to_the fellow-slave of_you, as also_I shown_mercy to_you?
OET (OET-RV) Wouldn’t it have been reasonable for you also to have shown mercy to your fellow-slave just like I was merciful to you?’
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
οὐκ ἔδει καὶ σὲ ἐλεῆσαι τὸν σύνδουλόν σου, ὡς κἀγὼ σὲ ἠλέησα?
not ˱it˲_/was/_fitting also you /to/_show_mercy ˱to˲_the fellow-slave ˱of˲_you as also_I ˱to˲_you shown_mercy
The slave’s master is using the question form to rebuke the slave. 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 was necessary for you also to have had mercy on your fellow slave, just as I also had mercy on you.” or “It was most certainly necessary for you also to have had mercy on your fellow slave, just as I also had mercy on you!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ἐλεῆσαι τὸν σύνδουλόν σου & σὲ ἠλέησα
/to/_show_mercy ˱to˲_the fellow-slave ˱of˲_you & ˱to˲_you shown_mercy
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of mercy, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “to be merciful to your fellow slave … was merciful to you”
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) Not was_it_fitting you also to_show_mercy to_the fellow-slave of_you, as also_I shown_mercy to_you?
OET (OET-RV) Wouldn’t it have been reasonable for you also to have shown mercy to your fellow-slave just like I was merciful to you?’
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.