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OET (OET-LV) But I am_saying to_you_all, be_loving the enemies of_you_all, and be_praying for the ones persecuting you_all,
OET (OET-RV) but I’m telling you all to love your enemies and to pray for anyone who’s persecuting you,
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast
δὲ
but
Here, the word But introduces a contrast with what Jesus said in the previous verse (5:43). Jesus is not contradicting what God said about loving neighbors, but he is contradicting what some people say about hating enemies. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast. Alternate translation: “However,” or “Yet”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐγὼ & λέγω ὑμῖν
I & /am/_saying ˱to˲_you_all
Jesus uses the clause I say to you to emphasize what he is about to say and to contrast it with what he quoted in the previous verse (5:43). If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the emphatic contrast in another way. Alternate translation: “listen to this:” or “here is what you need to know:”
Note 3 topic: translate-textvariants
ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν, καὶ προσεύχεσθε
enemies ˱of˲_you_all and /be/_praying
Many ancient manuscripts only include these two commands in this verse. The ULT follows that reading. Other ancient manuscripts include the commands “bless the ones cursing you, do good to the ones hating you” between the words enemies and and. If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT.
5:21-47 You have heard. . . . But I say: Jesus contrasts his own teaching to six misinterpretations of the law. Each antithesis provides an example of the surpassing righteousness of Jesus. Jesus reveals the will of God as it contrasts with traditions.
OET (OET-LV) But I am_saying to_you_all, be_loving the enemies of_you_all, and be_praying for the ones persecuting you_all,
OET (OET-RV) but I’m telling you all to love your enemies and to pray for anyone who’s persecuting you,
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.