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OET (OET-LV) Be_ not _accepting accusation against an_elder, besides except not/lest on two or three witnesses.
OET (OET-RV) Don’t entertain an accusation against an elder unless there are two or three witnesses,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
κατὰ πρεσβυτέρου κατηγορίαν μὴ παραδέχου
against /an/_elder accusation not /be/_accepting
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of accusation, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “When someone accuses an elder, do not receive it”
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions
κατηγορίαν μὴ παραδέχου, ἐκτὸς εἰ
accusation not /be/_accepting besides except
If, in your language, it would appear that Paul was making a statement here and then contradicting it, you could reword this to avoid using an exception clause. Alternate translation: “receive an accusation only if”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ ἐπὶ
besides except ¬not/lest on
Paul is 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 the context if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “unless it is based on the testimony of”
δύο ἢ τριῶν
two or three
Alternate translations: “two or more”
5:17-25 Elders: As in Judaism, community leaders (see also 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9) were usually older men who were leaders in the wider community. The letters to Timothy and Titus recognize an office of elders, as here (see also 1 Tim 4:14; Titus 1:5), but the word is also used generally for older men in the community (as in 1 Tim 5:1).
OET (OET-LV) Be_ not _accepting accusation against an_elder, besides except not/lest on two or three witnesses.
OET (OET-RV) Don’t entertain an accusation against an elder unless there are two or three witnesses,
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.