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OET (OET-LV) And these will_be_going_away into eternal punishment, but the the_righteous into eternal life.
OET (OET-RV) Then this group will be sent off to eternal punishment, but the guiltless ones will receive eternal life.”
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
οὗτοι
these
Here, the pronoun these refers to the people on the king’s left who did not help people in need. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could refer to them more directly. Alternate translation: “those to whom the king just spoke” or “those on the king’s left side”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἀπελεύσονται & εἰς κόλασιν αἰώνιον, οἱ δὲ δίκαιοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον
/will_be/_going_away & into punishment eternal the but /the/_righteous into life eternal
Here Jesus speaks as if eternal punishment and eternal life were locations that people could go away into. He means that people will either experience eternal punishment or eternal life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “will experience eternal punishment, but the righteous ones eternal life”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
εἰς κόλασιν αἰώνιον
into punishment eternal
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of punishment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “to be punished eternally”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
οἱ & δίκαιοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον
the & /the/_righteous into life eternal
Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “the righteous ones will go away into eternal life”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον
into into life eternal
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of life, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “to live eternally”
25:46 The Greek term translated eternal can mean either “lasting forever” or “lasting for an age,” in this case “the age to come” (13:39-40, 49; 24:3; John 17:3; 2 Thes 1:9; Phlm 1:15; 1 Jn 5:11, 13). Some hold out hope that the punishment of the damned will, after “an age,” be ended by annihilation or forgiveness. The parallel between eternal life and eternal punishment suggests strongly that it means “lasting forever,” since eternal life does not end (see also Luke 16:19-31; Heb 6:2; Rev 20:10).
OET (OET-LV) And these will_be_going_away into eternal punishment, but the the_righteous into eternal life.
OET (OET-RV) Then this group will be sent off to eternal punishment, but the guiltless ones will receive eternal life.”
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.