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OET (OET-LV) But the was_forbidding him saying:
I am_having need to_be_immersed by you, and you are_coming to me?
OET (OET-RV) But Yohan refused, saying, “It’s me who needs to be immersed by you, and yet you’re coming to me?”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
διεκώλυεν αὐτὸν
/was/_forbidding him
Here Matthew means that John did not want to baptize Jesus and tried to stop Jesus from asking him to do it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “was trying to prevent Jesus from wanting to be baptized” or “was resisting Jesus’ request to be baptized”
Note 2 topic: writing-quotations
λέγων
saying
Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: “and he declared”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ὑπὸ σοῦ βαπτισθῆναι
by you /to_be/_baptized
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “for you to baptize me”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
σοῦ & σὺ
you & you
Since John is speaking to Jesus, the word you is singular throughout this verse.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
καὶ σὺ ἔρχῃ πρός με?
and you /are/_coming to me
John is using the question form to show surprise at Jesus’ request to be baptized. He wants to show that the request does not make sense. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “so you should not come to me!” or “so it does not make sense for you to come to me.”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἔρχῃ πρός με
/are/_coming to me
Here John implies that Jesus comes to be baptized. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “come to me to be baptized”
3:14 As John had already confessed (3:11-12), he was lesser than the Messiah, so he felt unfit to baptize him.
OET (OET-LV) But the was_forbidding him saying:
I am_having need to_be_immersed by you, and you are_coming to me?
OET (OET-RV) But Yohan refused, saying, “It’s me who needs to be immersed by you, and yet you’re coming to me?”
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.