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AICNT And behold, two blind men sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, “Have mercy on us, [Lord,][fn] Son of David.”
OEB Two blind men who were sitting by the roadside, hearing that Jesus was passing, called out, ‘Take pity on us, Master, Son of David!’
WEBBE Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”
WMBB Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Yeshua was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”
NET Two blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, “Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!”
LSV and behold, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus passes by, cried, saying, “Deal kindly with us, Lord—Son of David.”
FBV Two blind men were sitting at the side of the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they called out, “Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David!”
TCNT And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “[fn]Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!”
T4T As we walked along, we saw two blind men sitting alongside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they yelled to him, “Lord, Descendant of King David, you are the Messiah Take pity on us!”
LEB And behold, there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they[fn] heard that Jesus was passing by, they called out, saying, “Lord, have mercy on us,[fn] Son of David!”
BBE And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.
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Wymth two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried aloud, "Sir, Son of David, pity us."
ASV And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of David.
DRA And behold two blind men sitting by the way side, heard that Jesus passed by, and they cried out, saying: O Lord, thou son of David, have mercy on us.
YLT and lo, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus doth pass by, cried, saying, 'Deal kindly with us, sir — Son of David.'
Drby And lo, two blind men, sitting by the wayside, having heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David.
RV And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of David.
Wbstr And behold, two blind men sitting by the way-side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
KJB-1769 ¶ And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
KJB-1611 ¶ And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Iesus passed by, cried out, saying, Haue mercie on vs, O Lord, thou sonne of Dauid.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
Bshps And behold, two blind men syttyng by the waye syde, when they hearde that Iesus passed by, they cryed, saying: O Lorde, thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.
(And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Yesus/Yeshua passed by, they cried, saying: O Lord, thou/you son of David, have mercy on us.)
Gnva And beholde, two blinde men, sitting by the way side, when they heard that Iesus passed by, cryed, saying, O Lord, the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.
(And behold, two blind men, sitting by the way side, when they heard that Yesus/Yeshua passed by, cried, saying, O Lord, the Son of David, have mercy on us. )
Cvdl and beholde, two blyndemen sat by the waye syde: And when they herde that Iesus passed by, they cried & sayde. O LORDE, thou sonne Dauid,haue mercy vpon vs.
(and behold, two blindmen sat by the way side: And when they heard that Yesus/Yeshua passed by, they cried and said. O LORD, thou/you son David,haue mercy upon us.)
TNT And beholde two blinde men sittinge by the waysyde when they hearde Iesus passe by cryed sayinge: Thou Lorde the sonne of David have mercy on vs.
(And behold two blind men sitting by the waysyde when they heard Yesus/Yeshua pass by cried saying: Thou Lord the son of David have mercy on us. )
Wycl And lo! twei blynde men saten bisydis the weie, and herden that Jhesus passide; and thei crieden, and seiden, Lord, the sone of Dauid, haue merci on vs.
(And lo! two blind men saten bisydis the way, and heard that Yhesus passed; and they cried, and said, Lord, the son of David, have mercy on us.)
Luth Und siehe, zwei Blinde saßen am Wege; und da sie höreten, daß JEsus vorüberging, schrieen sie und sprachen: Ach HErr, du Sohn Davids, erbarme dich unser!
(And look, two Blinde saßen in/at/on_the Wege; and there they/she/them heard, that Yesus passed_by, shouted/screamed they/she/them and said: Ach LORD, you son Davids, erbarme you/yourself unser!)
ClVg et ecce duo cæci sedentes secus viam audierunt quia Jesus transiret: et clamaverunt, dicentes: Domine, miserere nostri, fili David.[fn]
(and behold two cæci sedentes secus road audierunt because Yesus transiret: and clamaverunt, saying: Domine, miserere nostri, son David. )
UGNT καὶ ἰδοὺ, δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει, ἔκραξαν λέγοντες, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, Κύριε, Υἱὸς Δαυείδ.
(kai idou, duo tufloi kathaʸmenoi para taʸn hodon, akousantes hoti Yaʸsous paragei, ekraxan legontes, eleaʸson haʸmas, Kurie, Huios Daueid.)
SBL-GNT καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει, ἔκραξαν λέγοντες· ⸂Κύριε, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς⸃, ⸀υἱὸς Δαυίδ.
(kai idou duo tufloi kathaʸmenoi para taʸn hodon, akousantes hoti Yaʸsous paragei, ekraxan legontes; ⸂Kurie, eleaʸson haʸmas⸃, ⸀huios Dawid.)
TC-GNT Καὶ ἰδού, δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει, ἔκραξαν, λέγοντες, [fn]Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, Κύριε, [fn]υἱὸς [fn]Δαυίδ.
(Kai idou, duo tufloi kathaʸmenoi para taʸn hodon, akousantes hoti Yaʸsous paragei, ekraxan, legontes, Eleaʸson haʸmas, Kurie, huios Dawid. )
Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: writing-participants
καὶ ἰδοὺ, δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει
and behold two blind_‹men› sitting beside the road /having/_heard that Jesus /is/_passing_by
Matthew is using the phrase behold, two blind men to introduce these two people as new participants in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: [And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus is passing]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations
ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει
/having/_heard that Jesus /is/_passing_by
It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: [having heard, ‘Jesus is passing by,’]
Note 3 topic: writing-quotations
λέγοντες
saying
Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [and they said]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative
ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς
show_mercy ˱to˲_us
This is an imperative, but it should be translated as a polite request rather than as a command. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [We ask you to have mercy on us]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς
show_mercy ˱to˲_us
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of mercy, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [Be merciful to us]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
ἐλέησον
show_mercy
Because the two blind men are speaking to Jesus, the request is singular.
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
Υἱὸς Δαυείδ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει ἔκραξαν λέγοντες ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς Κύριε Υἱὲ Δαυίδ)
Here, the word Son means a male descendant. It does not mean that Jesus was the direct son of David. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Descendant of David] or [you who are descended from David]
Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
Υἱὸς Δαυείδ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει ἔκραξαν λέγοντες ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς Κύριε Υἱὲ Δαυίδ)
David was Israel’s most important king, and God had promised him that one of his descendants would be the Messiah. So the title Son of David could implicitly mean “Messiah.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [Son of David, Messiah]
