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OET (OET-LV) And again I_am_telling to_you_all, it_is easier for_a_camel to_pass_through through the_eye of_a_needle than a_rich one to_come_in into the kingdom of_ the _god.
OET (OET-RV) In fact, it’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a wealthy person to enter God’s kingdom.”
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
πάλιν δὲ
again and
Here, the phrase And again introduces a restatement of what Jesus said in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a restatement, or you could leave And again untranslated. Alternate translation: [To repeat:] or [Indeed]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
εὐκοπώτερόν ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρήματος ῥαφίδος διελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Βασιλείαν Θεοῦ
easier ˱it˲_is ˱for˲_/a/_camel through /the/_eye ˱of˲_/a/_needle /to/_pass_through than /a/_rich_‹one› /to/_come_in into the Kingdom (Some words not found in SR-GNT: πάλιν δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν εὐκοπώτερόν ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρήματος ῥαφίδος διελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ)
Here Jesus compares a rich person entering the kingdom of the heavens with something that is impossible: a camel passing through an eye of a needle. Jesus does this to emphasize how hard it is for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God. As 19:26 shows, Jesus does not think that this is completely impossible, however. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea here in such a way that it does not sound as if it is totally impossible for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God. Alternate translation: [consider how difficult it is for a camel to pass through an eye of a needle. That illustrates how difficult it is for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God]
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
τρήματος ῥαφίδος
/the/_eye ˱of˲_/a/_needle
The phrase an eye of a needle refers to the small hole at the end of a sewing needle through which the thread passes. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of tool or the hole in it, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term for a small opening. Alternate translation: [the small hole at the end of a needle] or [a very small hole]
19:24 easier for a camel: This analogy reinforces the difficulty that wealthy people face in entering the Kingdom. A few manuscripts have a Greek word meaning rope (Greek kamilos) instead of camel (Greek kamēlos), a difference of only one letter.
• to go through the eye of a needle: The image makes the wealthy entering the Kingdom an impossibility. The situation is not utterly hopeless, however (19:26-27). See study note on Mark 10:25.
OET (OET-LV) And again I_am_telling to_you_all, it_is easier for_a_camel to_pass_through through the_eye of_a_needle than a_rich one to_come_in into the kingdom of_ the _god.
OET (OET-RV) In fact, it’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a wealthy person to enter God’s kingdom.”
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.