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OET (OET-LV) And the demons were_imploring him saying:
If you_are_throwing_ us _out, send_ us _out into the herd of_ the _pigs.
OET (OET-RV) and the demons begged Yeshua saying, “If you do drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
δὲ
and
Here, the word But introduces the next part of the story. It does not introduce a contrast with the pigs grazing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next part of a story, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: [So,]
Note 2 topic: writing-quotations
λέγοντες
saying
Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [and they said]
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact
εἰ ἐκβάλλεις ἡμᾶς
if ˱you˲_/are/_casting_out us
Although the demons speak as if this were a hypothetical situation, they are relatively sure that Jesus is going to cast them out. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might think that what the demons are saying is uncertain, then you could translate their words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: [When you cast us out] or [After you cast us out]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
ἡμᾶς
us
Here, the word us refers only to the demons, not to Jesus or any of his disciples. Your language may require you to mark this form.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative
ἀπόστειλον ἡμᾶς
send_out us
This is an imperative, but it should be translated as a polite request rather than as a command. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [we ask that you send us away]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
εἰς τὴν ἀγέλην τῶν χοίρων
into the herd ¬the ˱of˲_pigs
Here the demons speak of wanting to go into the herd of the pigs. They mean that they want to enter and control the pigs. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [into the herd of the pigs so that we can possess them]
8:31 The demons were no match for Jesus’ authority; they desperately begged to avoid imminent doom.
OET (OET-LV) And the demons were_imploring him saying:
If you_are_throwing_ us _out, send_ us _out into the herd of_ the _pigs.
OET (OET-RV) and the demons begged Yeshua saying, “If you do drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
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.