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OET (OET-LV) And about clothing why are_you_all_worrying?
Observe how the lilies of_the field are_growing, they_are_ not _labouring nor are_they_spinning,
OET (OET-RV) “Why would you be worrying about clothes? Look how the flowers grow in the fields—they don’t work or make fabric,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
καὶ περὶ ἐνδύματος τί μεριμνᾶτε?
and about clothing why ˱you_all˲_/are/_worrying
Jesus is using the question form to show his disciples that they should not be anxious about clothing. 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: “Further, you should not be anxious about clothing.” or “You should never be anxious about clothing!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
καταμάθετε τὰ κρίνα τοῦ ἀγροῦ πῶς αὐξάνουσιν
observe the lilies ˱of˲_the field how /are/_growing
If it would be helpful in your language, you could rearrange the parts of this sentence. Alternate translation: “Consider how the lilies of the field grow”
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
τὰ κρίνα
the lilies
The word lilies describes beautiful flowers that grow wild in the fields. If your language does not have a word for this flower, you can use the name of a similar flower that your readers would recognize, or you can use a general term. Alternate translation: “the tulips” or “the blossoms”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
τὰ κρίνα τοῦ ἀγροῦ
the lilies ˱of˲_the field
Here, Jesus is using the possessive form to describe lilies that grow in the field. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “the lilies that you see in the field”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
τοῦ ἀγροῦ
˱of˲_the field
The word field represents fields in general, not one particular field. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “of the fields”
Note 6 topic: translate-unknown
οὐδὲ νήθουσιν
nor ˱they˲_/are/_spinning
In this context, to spin means to make thread or yarn for cloth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could explain the meaning with a phrase. Alternate translation: “nor do they make thread for cloth” or “nor do they make yarn for cloth”
6:25-34 Jesus taught an anxiety-free existence of simple trust in God for provisions. Jesus’ disciples had abandoned all (4:18-22; 9:9; 10:5-14); Jesus gave them comforting reassurance that God would provide for their needs.
OET (OET-LV) And about clothing why are_you_all_worrying?
Observe how the lilies of_the field are_growing, they_are_ not _labouring nor are_they_spinning,
OET (OET-RV) “Why would you be worrying about clothes? Look how the flowers grow in the fields—they don’t work or make fabric,
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.