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OET (OET-LV) And they brought it.
And he_is_saying to_them:
Of_whose is the this image and the inscription?
And they said to_him:
Of_Kaisar.
OET (OET-RV) When they brought him a coin, he asked, “Whose image and inscription are on this coin?”
¶ And they said, “The emperor’s.”
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
οἱ
they
The pronoun they refers to the people who were there, more specifically the Herodians and the disciples of the Pharisees. If this is not clear for your readers, you could refer to these people more directly. Alternate translation: [the disciples of the Pharisees and the Herodians] or [the people there]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἡ εἰκὼν αὕτη καὶ ἡ ἐπιγραφή
¬the image this and the inscription
In Jesus’ culture, when governments made coins, they would usually put the face of the king or leader on one side, and they would usually have writing on the coin that honored that king or leader. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this practice more explicit. Alternate translation: [face and words of honor did the Roman government stamp on this coin]
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
ἡ ἐπιγραφή
¬the the inscription
Here, the word inscription refers to a few words carved or pressed into a hard surface. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of writing, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [writing] or [written message]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
Καίσαρος
˱of˲_Caesar
The Herodians and the Pharisees are leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the verse if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [The image and inscription are Caesar’s]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
Καίσαρος
˱of˲_Caesar
Here the fact that the image and inscription on the coin are Caesar’s implies that they were created by the empire that Caesar ruled, the Roman empire. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [They are of Caesar, the man who rules the Roman empire]
12:16 The picture and title on the coin was almost certainly that of Tiberius Caesar, who reigned from AD 14–37. The inscription read “Tiberius Caesar Augustus, Son of [the] Divine Augustus” on one side and “High Priest” on the other.
OET (OET-LV) And they brought it.
And he_is_saying to_them:
Of_whose is the this image and the inscription?
And they said to_him:
Of_Kaisar.
OET (OET-RV) When they brought him a coin, he asked, “Whose image and inscription are on this coin?”
¶ And they said, “The emperor’s.”
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.