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OET (OET-LV) Then he_is_saying to_the apprentices/followers of_him:
On_one_hand the harvest is great, on_the_other_hand the workers are few,
Note 1 topic: translate-tense
λέγει
˱he˲_/is/_saying
To call attention to a development in the story, Matthew uses the present tense in past narration. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: “he said”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exmetaphor
ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς, οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι
the on_one_hand harvest_‹is› great the on_the_other_hand workers_‹are› few
Here Jesus speaks of people who will believe as if they were a harvest, and he speaks of those who proclaim the good news as if they were laborers who help with the harvest. He means that there are many people who are ready to believe, but there are only a few people proclaiming the good news. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in simile form or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “There are many people who will believe in me, but only a few people are proclaiming the good news. It is as if there were a plentiful harvest but only a few laborers”
9:37-38 Harvest refers to the multitudes (see also 13:24-30, 36-43; Mark 4:26-29; John 4:35-38; Rev 14:15-20).
• the Lord who is in charge of the harvest: All ministries are ultimately under God’s call (see Matt 23:8-10, 13), so Jesus urges his disciples to pray for God himself to call more workers.
OET (OET-LV) Then he_is_saying to_the apprentices/followers of_him:
On_one_hand the harvest is great, on_the_other_hand the workers are few,
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.