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OET (OET-LV) And see, two blind men sitting beside the road, having_heard that Yaʸsous is_passing_by, they_cried_out saying, show_mercy to_us, master, son of_Dawid/(Dāvid).
OET (OET-RV) Then, look, two blind men heard that Yeshua was passing by, so they yelled out, “Show mercy to us, master, David’s descendant!”
Note 1 topic: writing-participants
καὶ ἰδοὺ, δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει
and behold two blind_‹men› sitting beside the road /having/_heard that Jesus /is/_passing_by
Matthew is using the phrase behold, two blind men to introduce these two people as new participants in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus is passing”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations
ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει
/having/_heard that Jesus /is/_passing_by
It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: “having heard, ‘Jesus is passing by,’”
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 / imperative
ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς
show_mercy ˱to˲_us
This is an imperative, but it should be translated as a polite request rather than as a command. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: “We ask you to have mercy on us”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς
show_mercy ˱to˲_us
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: “Be merciful to us”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
ἐλέησον
show_mercy
Because the two blind men are speaking to Jesus, the request is singular.
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
Υἱὸς Δαυείδ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει ἔκραξαν λέγοντες ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς Κύριε Υἱὲ Δαυίδ)
Here, the word Son means a male descendant. It does not mean that Jesus was the direct son of David. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Descendant of David” or “you who are descended from David”
Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
Υἱὸς Δαυείδ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει ἔκραξαν λέγοντες ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς Κύριε Υἱὲ Δαυίδ)
David was Israel’s most important king, and God had promised him that one of his descendants would be the Messiah. So the title Son of David could implicitly mean “Messiah.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “Son of David, Messiah”
20:29-34 The blind men’s expression of faith in the Son of David was an acknowledgment of Jesus as the Messiah (see 21:9; 22:42; 2 Sam 7:12-16).
OET (OET-LV) And see, two blind men sitting beside the road, having_heard that Yaʸsous is_passing_by, they_cried_out saying, show_mercy to_us, master, son of_Dawid/(Dāvid).
OET (OET-RV) Then, look, two blind men heard that Yeshua was passing by, so they yelled out, “Show mercy to us, master, David’s descendant!”
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.