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OET (OET-LV) And on_one_hand he_gave five talantons_of_silver to_one, on_the_other_hand two to_one, on_the_other_hand one to_one, to_each according_to his own ability, and he_travelled immediately.
OET (OET-RV) He gave five bags of silver[fn] to one, two bags to another, and one to the other, each according to his ability, and then he departed.
25:15 Probably silver coins, or possibly gold, and perhaps each bag weighing up to 24kg, although these details aren’t vital to the story. (See https://wpmu2.azurewebsites.net/nlt/2024/02/01/word-studies-in-the-new-living-translation-τάλαντον-talanton.)
Note 1 topic: translate-bmoney
πέντε τάλαντα & δύο & ἕν
five talents & two & one
The word talents refers to units of money equivalent to about 6,000 denarii, that is, about 6,000 days’ wages for a hired worker. You could try to express this amount in terms of current monetary values, but that might cause your Bible translation to become outdated and inaccurate, since those values can change over time. So instead you might state something more general or give the equivalent in wages. Alternate translation: “about 90 years’ wages … about 35 years’ wages … about 18 years’ wages”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
ᾧ δὲ δύο, ᾧ δὲ ἕν
˱to˲_one ˱to˲_one on_the_other_hand two ˱to˲_one on_the_other_hand one
Jesus is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the first half of the sentence. Alternate translation: “and to one he gave two talents, and to one he gave one talent”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
τὴν ἰδίαν δύναμιν
his own ability
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of ability, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “what he was able to do” or “what he was qualified to handle”
25:14-30 This parable teaches that the Lord expects his servants to be faithful to the task given to them while waiting for his return. The delay of Christ’s return will cause some to turn to evil deeds (24:48-49), some to inactivity (25:3), and some to fearful passivity (25:18).
OET (OET-LV) And on_one_hand he_gave five talantons_of_silver to_one, on_the_other_hand two to_one, on_the_other_hand one to_one, to_each according_to his own ability, and he_travelled immediately.
OET (OET-RV) He gave five bags of silver[fn] to one, two bags to another, and one to the other, each according to his ability, and then he departed.
25:15 Probably silver coins, or possibly gold, and perhaps each bag weighing up to 24kg, although these details aren’t vital to the story. (See https://wpmu2.azurewebsites.net/nlt/2024/02/01/word-studies-in-the-new-living-translation-τάλαντον-talanton.)
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.