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OET (OET-LV) And_not they_are_lighting a_lamp and are_putting it under the a_basket, but on the lampstand, and it_is_shining for_all the ones in the house.
OET (OET-RV) No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket—you put it on a lampstand and it lightens up the house.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo
οὐδὲ καίουσιν λύχνον καὶ τιθέασιν αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν, καὶ λάμπει πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ
and_not ˱they˲_/are/_lighting /a/_lamp and /are/_putting it under ¬the /a/_basket but on the lampstand and ˱it˲_/is/_shining ˱for˲_all the_‹ones› in the house
Here Jesus implicitly calls his disciples a a lamp. However, he explains this figure of speech in the next verse, so you should not explain its meaning in this verse.
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
καίουσιν
˱they˲_/are/_lighting
The pronoun they refers to people in general. If this is not clear for your readers, you could use a form that refers to people in general. Alternate translation: [does anyone light]
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον
under ¬the /a/_basket
A basket is a large circular container that stores food or other items. If someone put a lamp under this kind of container, it would completely hide the light from the lamp. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of container, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [in a box] or [under a container that hides its light]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ
but on
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: [but rather they put it on]
Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
(Occurrence 2) καὶ
and
Here, the word and introduces the result of putting a lamp on a lampstand. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different word or phrase that introduces a result. Alternate translation: [and so] or [with the result that]
5:13-16 The disciples’ good deeds will have profoundly positive effects on the world around them, to the glory of God. With this comes a warning from Jesus: Do nothing that might jeopardize that positive influence.
OET (OET-LV) And_not they_are_lighting a_lamp and are_putting it under the a_basket, but on the lampstand, and it_is_shining for_all the ones in the house.
OET (OET-RV) No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket—you put it on a lampstand and it lightens up the house.
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.