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OET (OET-LV) But if we_may_say:
From humans, we_are_fearing the crowd, because/for all are_having the Yōannaʸs as a_prophet.
OET (OET-RV) But if we say it was a human idea, then the crowd might revolt against us because they consider Yohan to be a prophet.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo
ἐὰν & εἴπωμεν, ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, φοβούμεθα τὸν ὄχλον
if & ˱we˲_/may/_say from humans ˱we˲_/are/_fearing the crowd
Here the chief priests and elders use an imaginary situation to help them decide how to answer the question. Use a natural method in your language for introducing an imaginary situation. Alternate translation: “imagine that we say, ‘From men.’ In that case, we fear the crowd”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
ἐὰν & εἴπωμεν, ἐξ ἀνθρώπων,
if & ˱we˲_/may/_say from humans
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “if we say that it was from men,”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
ἐξ ἀνθρώπων
from humans
Although the term men is masculine, Jesus is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: “From humans”
Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
φοβούμεθα τὸν ὄχλον, πάντες γὰρ ὡς προφήτην ἔχουσιν τὸν Ἰωάννην
˱we˲_/are/_fearing the crowd all for as /a/_prophet /are/_having ¬the John
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the second clause gives the reason for the result that the first clause describes. Alternate translation: “the crowd regard John as a prophet, so we fear them all”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
τὸν ὄχλον
the crowd
Here Matthew implies that the chief priests and elders feared what the crowd would do if they answered in this way. They might have rioted or attacked them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “what the crowd would do” or “that the crowd might riot”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
πάντες & ἔχουσιν
all & /are/_having
The chief priests and elders say all here as an overstatement for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: “most of them regard”
OET (OET-LV) But if we_may_say:
From humans, we_are_fearing the crowd, because/for all are_having the Yōannaʸs as a_prophet.
OET (OET-RV) But if we say it was a human idea, then the crowd might revolt against us because they consider Yohan to be a prophet.”
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.