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OET (OET-LV) For/Because the one wanting life to_be_loving, and to_see good days, let_ his tongue _cease from evil, and ^his_lips which not to_speak deceit.
OET (OET-RV) because it’s written:
⇔ ‘The person wanting to enjoy life and see good days,
⇔ let their tongue cease from evil,
⇔ and their lips to not speak deceit.
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
γὰρ
for
For here introduces a quotation from the Old Testament (Psalm 34:12–16). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that Peter is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: “It is as David wrote in the scriptures”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks
ὁ & θέλων ζωὴν ἀγαπᾶν, καὶ ἰδεῖν ἡμέρας ἀγαθὰς, παυσάτω
the_‹one› & wanting life /to_be/_loving and /to/_see days good /let/_cease
From this clause through to the end of 3:12, Peter quotes from Psalm 34:12–16. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off all of this material with quotation marks or with whatever punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
ὁ & θέλων ζωὴν ἀγαπᾶν, καὶ ἰδεῖν ἡμέρας ἀγαθὰς
the_‹one› & wanting life /to_be/_loving and /to/_see days good
These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize the desire to have a good life. If stating the same thing twice might be confusing for your readers, you could combine the phrases into one. Alternate translation: “the one truly wanting to have a good life”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἰδεῖν ἡμέρας ἀγαθὰς
/to/_see days good
Peter quotes David speaking of experiencing a good lifetime as to see good days. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to experience a good lifetime”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
τὴν γλῶσσαν ἀπὸ κακοῦ, καὶ χείλη τοῦ μὴ λαλῆσαι δόλον
his tongue from evil and /his/_lips ¬which not /to/_speak deceit
Peter quotes David using the words tongue and lips to refer to the person who is speaking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or plain language. Alternate translation: “himself from speaking evil and from speaking deceit”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
τὴν γλῶσσαν ἀπὸ κακοῦ, καὶ χείλη τοῦ μὴ λαλῆσαι δόλον
his tongue from evil and /his/_lips ¬which not /to/_speak deceit
If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of evil and deceit, you can express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “his tongue from saying evil things and his lips from speaking deceitful things”
3:8-12 Finally: This is the last in a series of exhortations to different groups (2:13–3:12). Here, all believers must respond to others—believers (3:8) and unbelievers (3:9-12)—with love.
OET (OET-LV) For/Because the one wanting life to_be_loving, and to_see good days, let_ his tongue _cease from evil, and ^his_lips which not to_speak deceit.
OET (OET-RV) because it’s written:
⇔ ‘The person wanting to enjoy life and see good days,
⇔ let their tongue cease from evil,
⇔ and their lips to not speak deceit.
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.