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OET (OET-LV) Indeed the first account I_made concerning all things, Oh Theofilos, of_which Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) began both to_be_doing and to_be_teaching,
OET (OET-RV) [ref]Dear Theophilus, I wrote my first account about all the things that Yeshua began to do and to teach
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
τὸν μὲν πρῶτον λόγον ἐποιησάμην
the indeed first account ˱I˲_made
Luke assumes that Theophilus will know that by the first account he means the book that has become known as the Gospel of Luke. Since that book was not known by that title at this time, it would not be accurate to put the title in your translation as a name that Luke would have used to describe the book to Theophilus. However, you could explain this in a footnote and use another expression here. Alternate translation: “I wrote in my first volume”
ὦ Θεόφιλε
O Theophilus
Here Luke is identifying and addressing the man for whom he complied this account of the early church. Since this is like the salutation of a letter, in your translation you may wish to follow your culture’s way of identifying and greeting the addressee of a letter. UST models this by saying “Dear Theophilus” and putting the phrase at the beginning of the sentence.
Note 2 topic: translate-names
Θεόφιλε
Theophilus
Theophilus is the name of a man. It means “friend of God.” It may be his actual name, or it may describe what this man was like. Most translations treat it as his name.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
περὶ πάντων & ὧν ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν
concerning all_‹things› & ˱of˲_which began (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τὸν μὲν πρῶτον λόγον ἐποιησάμην περὶ πάντων ὦ Θεόφιλε ὧν ἤρξατο Ἰησοῦς ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν)
Luke is using the word began to indicate that Jesus had been doing something else (working as a carpenter) but then began to do something new when he started his ministry. In your language, it might not be necessary to translate the word began, since it might seem to convey redundant information that would be not be natural to express. Alternate translation: “all that Jesus both did and taught”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
περὶ πάντων & ὧν ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν
concerning all_‹things› & ˱of˲_which began (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τὸν μὲν πρῶτον λόγον ἐποιησάμην περὶ πάντων ὦ Θεόφιλε ὧν ἤρξατο Ἰησοῦς ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν)
This is a generalization for emphasis. Alternate translation: “about some of the most important things that Jesus did and taught”
1:1-3 Here Luke summarizes his first book, the Gospel of Luke, which Luke had previously written to Theophilus (Luke 1:3). Theophilus is elsewhere called “most honorable” (Luke 1:3)—the title indicates that he was a person of very high social standing (cp. Acts 23:26; 24:2; 26:25). He was probably a benefactor or patron who assisted Luke with the expenses of publication or distribution of his work (see study note on Luke 1:3).
OET (OET-LV) Indeed the first account I_made concerning all things, Oh Theofilos, of_which Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) began both to_be_doing and to_be_teaching,
OET (OET-RV) [ref]Dear Theophilus, I wrote my first account about all the things that Yeshua began to do and to teach
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 English gloss (7th line) are all thanks to the SR-GNT.