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OET (OET-LV) And the Yaʸsous said to_them:
The sons of_the bridal_chamber in which the bridegroom is with them are_ not _being_able to_be_fasting?
As_long_as time they_are_having the bridegroom with them, are_ not _being_able to_be_fasting.
OET (OET-RV) And Yeshua answered, “Can the friends of the groom fast when they’re celebrating along with him? No, as long as he’s still there, they won’t be fasting.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
μὴ δύνανται οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος ἐν ᾧ ὁ νυμφίος μετ’ αὐτῶν ἐστιν νηστεύειν?
not /are/_being_able the sons ˱of˲_the bridal_chamber in which the bridegroom with them is /to_be/_fasting
Jesus is using the question form to teach the people who asked him the question. 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: “The sons of the bridal chamber are certainly not able to fast while the bridegroom is still with them.” or “The sons of bridal chamber cannot fast while the bridegroom is still with them!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος
the sons ˱of˲_the bridal_chamber
The expression sons of describes people who share the qualities of something. In this case, Jesus is describing people who share the quality of being an integral part of a wedding. These are the male friends who attend the groom during the ceremony and the festivities. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “The groom’s attendants”
2:18-22 This controversy deals with fasting, which Jesus did not practice with his disciples. The Pharisees regularly fasted two days a week, on Mondays and Thursdays (Luke 18:12), and Jews often fasted when mourning or specially seeking the Lord’s favor (Lev 16:29-31; 1 Sam 31:13; 2 Sam 1:12; 12:21-23; Ezra 8:23; Esth 4:3; Matt 6:16).
OET (OET-LV) And the Yaʸsous said to_them:
The sons of_the bridal_chamber in which the bridegroom is with them are_ not _being_able to_be_fasting?
As_long_as time they_are_having the bridegroom with them, are_ not _being_able to_be_fasting.
OET (OET-RV) And Yeshua answered, “Can the friends of the groom fast when they’re celebrating along with him? No, as long as he’s still there, they won’t be fasting.
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.