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OET (OET-LV) But the Yaʸsous answering said to him:
Allow it now, because/for thus it_is befitting to_us to_fulfill all righteousness.
Then he_is_allowing him.
OET (OET-RV) “Just allow it,” answered Yeshua, “because we need to do what righteousness requires.” So Yohan immersed him.
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
ἀποκριθεὶς & ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν
answering & ¬the Jesus said to him
Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [Jesus responded]
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
ἄφες ἄρτι; οὕτως γὰρ πρέπον ἐστὶν ἡμῖν πληρῶσαι πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην
allow_‹it› now thus for befitting ˱it˲_is ˱to˲_us /to/_fulfill all righteousness
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 request that the first clause describes. Alternate translation: [Baptizing me is a fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness. So, permit it now]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἄφες & ἀφίησιν αὐτόν
allow_‹it› & ˱he˲_/is/_allowing him
In both places, Matthew implies that John should or does permit Jesus to be baptized. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [Permit me to be baptized … he permitted him to be baptized]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
ἄφες
allow_‹it›
Since Jesus is speaking to John, the command Permit is singular here.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
ἡμῖν
˱to˲_us
Here, the word us refers only to Jesus and John. Your language may require you to mark this form.
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
πληρῶσαι πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην
/to/_fulfill all righteousness
The phrase to fulfill all righteousness means to do everything that God requires someone to do. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or plain language. Alternate translation: [to accomplish God’s will] or [to do everything that God has told us to do]
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην
all righteousness
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of righteousness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [everything that is righteous] or [all of God’s righteous will]
Note 8 topic: writing-pronouns
ἀφίησιν αὐτόν
˱he˲_/is/_allowing him
Here, the word he refers to John, and the word him refers to Jesus. If this is not clear for your readers, you could use the people’s names here. Alternate translation: [John permits Jesus]
3:15 for we must carry out all that God requires: Or for we must fulfill all righteousness. This statement refers to accomplishing what the Old Testament demanded or foreshadowed (e.g., Jer 31:31-34). “Righteousness” in Matthew refers to behavior that conforms to God’s will (see Matt 5:20; 6:1, 33; 21:32).
OET (OET-LV) But the Yaʸsous answering said to him:
Allow it now, because/for thus it_is befitting to_us to_fulfill all righteousness.
Then he_is_allowing him.
OET (OET-RV) “Just allow it,” answered Yeshua, “because we need to do what righteousness requires.” So Yohan immersed him.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.