en_tn_condensed/mat/09/14.md

The disciples of John the Baptist question the fact that Jesus' disciples do not fast.

Can wedding attendants be sorrowful...them?

No one would expect the wedding attendants to fast while the bridegroom was with them. (See rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

wedding attendants

a metaphor for Jesus' disciples (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

the bridegroom is still with them...when the bridegroom will be taken away

The "bridegroom" is Jesus, who is still alive and so "is still with" his disciples. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

the bridegroom will be taken away

"someone will take the bridegroom away." This is a metaphor for being killed. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor, rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

be sorrowful

"mourn...be sad" (UDB)