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OET (OET-LV) You_all are the light of_the world.
A_city lying on a_mountain is_ not _able to_be_hidden.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου
you_all are the light ˱of˲_the world
Here Jesus calls his disciples light that illuminates the world. Just as light helps people know where they are and where to go, so Jesus’ disciples tell people the truth about God and Jesus. If possible, preserve the metaphor or use simile form. Alternate translation: “When you tell others about me, you are like lights that shine on the world”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου
the light ˱of˲_the world
Here, Jesus is using the possessive form to describe light that illuminates the world. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “the light that shines on the world”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
τοῦ κόσμου
˱of˲_the world
Here, the word world refers primarily to the people who live in the world. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer specifically to people here. Alternate translation: “of the people in the world” or “of all people”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
οὐ δύναται πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη
not /is/_able /a/_city /to_be/_hidden on /a/_mountain lying
Here Jesus implicitly calls his disciples a city that is on a mountain, so it is not able to be hidden. Just as everyone can see this city, so everyone can see how Jesus’ disciples behave. If possible, preserve the metaphor or use simile form. Alternate translation: “When you do what is right, you are like a city being set on a mountain that is not able to be hidden”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
οὐ δύναται πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη
not /is/_able /a/_city /to_be/_hidden on /a/_mountain lying
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: “People cannot hide a city that they set on top of a mountain”
5:14 light of the world . . . city on a hilltop: The attractive quality of the disciples’ lives will draw other people to live similarly and to glorify God (see Isa 2:2-5; 42:6; 49:6; 51:4; 56:6-8; 60:1-3; Phil 2:15).
OET (OET-LV) You_all are the light of_the world.
A_city lying on a_mountain is_ not _able to_be_hidden.
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.