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OET (OET-LV) And the apprentices/followers having_heard, were_being_ exceedingly _astonished saying:
Who consequently is_able to_be_saved?
OET (OET-RV) When his apprentices heard that, they were very surprised and asked, “Well, who can be saved then?”
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
δὲ
and
Here, the word Now introduces the next thing that happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave Now untranslated. Alternate translation: “Then,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἀκούσαντες & οἱ μαθηταὶ ἐξεπλήσσοντο σφόδρα λέγοντες
/having/_heard & the disciples /were_being/_astonished exceedingly saying
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was what Jesus said. Alternate translation: “what the disciples heard astonished them greatly, and they said”
Note 3 topic: writing-quotations
λέγοντες
saying
Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: “and they said”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
τίς ἄρα δύναται σωθῆναι?
who consequently /is/_able /to_be/_saved
The disciples are using the question form to express their astonishment. 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 seems then that no one is able to be saved.” or “No one then is able to be saved!”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
τίς ἄρα δύναται σωθῆναι?
who consequently /is/_able /to_be/_saved
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who would do the action, it is clear from the context that it would be God. Alternate translation: “Who then can receive salvation” or “Whom then will God save”
Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
τίς ἄρα
who consequently
Here, the word then indicates that the disciples ask this question in response to what Jesus just said. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “If that is true, who” or “Given that, who”
OET (OET-LV) And the apprentices/followers having_heard, were_being_ exceedingly _astonished saying:
Who consequently is_able to_be_saved?
OET (OET-RV) When his apprentices heard that, they were very surprised and asked, “Well, who can be saved then?”
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.