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OET (OET-LV) So_then you_all_are_testifying to_yourselves that you_all_are sons of_the ones having_murdered the prophets.
OET (OET-RV) By saying that, you’re admitting to yourselves that you’re the descendants of the ones who killed the prophets—
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
ὥστε
so_then
Here, the word Therefore introduces an inference or conclusion based on what Jesus said that the Pharisees and scribes say. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an inference or conclusion, or you could leave Therefore untranslated. Alternate translation: “In saying that,” or “So then,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
υἱοί ἐστε τῶν φονευσάντων
sons ˱you_all˲_are ˱of˲_the_‹ones› /having/_murdered
Here, the phrase sons means male descendants. It does not mean that the scribes and Pharisees are the direct sons of the people who killed the prophets. In this case, the expression sons of also indicates that the sons are similar to their ancestors. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you are like your ancestors, the ones having killed” or “you are descended from and much like the ones having killed”
23:13-36 Matthew collected seven statements of what sorrow awaits you (literally woe to you), drawing upon similar Old Testament listings (Isa 5:8-23; Hab 2:6-20), and he arranged them to climax in the murder of the prophets.
OET (OET-LV) So_then you_all_are_testifying to_yourselves that you_all_are sons of_the ones having_murdered the prophets.
OET (OET-RV) By saying that, you’re admitting to yourselves that you’re the descendants of the ones who killed the prophets—
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.