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OET (OET-LV) therefore be_besought of_the master of_the harvest, so_that he_may_send_forth workers into the harvest of_him.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
δεήθητε
/be/_besought
Here, the command is in plural form because Jesus is speaking to his disciples.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exmetaphor
τοῦ Κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ, ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ
˱of˲_the Lord ˱of˲_the harvest so_that ˱he˲_/may/_send_forth workers into the harvest ˱of˲_him
Jesus continues to speak of people who will believe as if they were a harvest and of those who proclaim the good news as if they were laborers who help with the harvest. He also describes God as the Lord of the harvest. He means that the disciples should ask God to send more people to proclaim the good news to others. Express the idea as you did in 9:37. Alternate translation: [the Lord, who is like the person in charge of the harvest, to send out more people who will proclaim the good news. These people are like the laborers for the harvest.]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
τοῦ Κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ
˱of˲_the Lord ˱of˲_the harvest
Jesus is using the possessive form to describe God as the one who is the Lord who is in charge of the harvest. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the Lord, who is in charge of the harvest]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations
τοῦ θερισμοῦ, ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ
˱of˲_the ˱of˲_the harvest so_that ˱he˲_/may/_send_forth workers into the harvest ˱of˲_him
It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: [of the harvest, ‘Please send out laborers into your harvest.’]
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) therefore be_besought of_the master of_the harvest, so_that he_may_send_forth workers into the harvest of_him.
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.