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OET (OET-LV) And Yōsaʸf the husband of_her, being righteous and not willing to_expose her, was_counseled to_send_ her _away secretly.
OET (OET-RV) But Yosef, her husband to be was a good man, and not wishing to disgrace Maria, he decided to quietly divorce her.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
δὲ
and
Here, the word Now introduces the next major event in the story. 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 / explicit
Ἰωσὴφ & ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς
Joseph & the husband ˱of˲_her
Matthew implies that Joseph did not know that the baby came from the Holy Spirit. Joseph thought that Mary had become pregnant after having sex with another man, which is why he wanted to divorce her. If it would be helpful in your language, you could clarify that Joseph did not know that the Holy Spirit had caused Mary to be pregnant. Alternate translation: “Joseph her husband thought that she had been unfaithful, so”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς & ἀπολῦσαι αὐτήν
the husband ˱of˲_her & /to/_send_away her
As the previous verse shows (see 1:18), Mary and Joseph were not yet married. In their culture, however, being “engaged” was a promise to marry, so Matthew can refer to Joseph as Mary’s husband. He can also refer to breaking the engagement as divorce. If it would be helpful in your language, you could clarify that Matthew is referring to an engaged man breaking the engagement. Alternate translation: “her fiancé … to break the engagement with her”
1:19 As a righteous man—that is, as one who obeyed the law (see Luke 1:6)—Joseph could not take Mary as his wife since she was a suspected adulteress. He could exonerate himself by publicly exposing Mary to trial and having her put to death (Deut 22:23-27; cp. Num 5:11-31), or pay a fine and break the engagement (see also Mishnah Sotah 1:1-5). Joseph mercifully decided to do the latter quietly.
OET (OET-LV) And Yōsaʸf the husband of_her, being righteous and not willing to_expose her, was_counseled to_send_ her _away secretly.
OET (OET-RV) But Yosef, her husband to be was a good man, and not wishing to disgrace Maria, he decided to quietly divorce her.
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.