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OET (OET-LV) But whenever it_may_give_over the fruit, immediately he_is_sending_out the sickle because the harvest has_presented.
Note 1 topic: grammar-collectivenouns
παραδοῖ ὁ καρπός
˱it˲_/may/_give_over the fruit
Here, the word fruit is singular in form, but it refers to many fruits, or seeds of grain, as a group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this plainly. Alternate translation: “grain seeds hand over”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
παραδοῖ ὁ καρπός
˱it˲_/may/_give_over the fruit
Here, the clause the fruit hands over means that the crop of grain is ripe and ready to be used for food. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the fruit is ripe” or “the fruit is ready”
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
εὐθὺς ἀποστέλλει τὸ δρέπανον, ὅτι παρέστηκεν ὁ θερισμός
immediately ˱he˲_/is/_sending_out the sickle because /has/_presented the harvest
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the second clause gives the reason for the result that the first clause describes. Alternate translation: “because the harvest has come, he immediately sends the sickle”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
τὸ δρέπανον
the sickle
Here, the sickle represents workers who use sickles to harvest the grain. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “people with sickles” or “workers who use sickles to harvest the crop”
Note 5 topic: translate-unknown
δρέπανον
sickle
A sickle is a tool with a curved blade that agricultural workers use to cut down standing crops in order to harvest them. If your readers would not be familiar with what a sickle is, you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “sharp harvesting tool”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
παρέστηκεν ὁ θερισμός
/has/_presented the harvest
Here, the clause the harvest has come means that it is the right time for the harvest to begin. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “it is harvest time” or “it is the right time for the harvest”
4:29 Harvest time is analogous to the final inauguration of God’s Kingdom. A sickle is a frequent symbol of the final judgment (Jer 50:16; Joel 3:13; Rev 14:14-19).
OET (OET-LV) But whenever it_may_give_over the fruit, immediately he_is_sending_out the sickle because the harvest has_presented.
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.