OET interlinear 1PET 1:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

διὸ

therefore

Therefore here refers back to everything that Peter has written in 1:1–12. If it might be helpful to your readers, you could state this concisely. Alternate translation: “Since all these things I have just written are true”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

ἀναζωσάμενοι τὰς ὀσφύας τῆς διανοίας ὑμῶν, νήφοντες, τελείως ἐλπίσατε

/having/_girded_up the loins ˱of˲_the mind ˱of˲_you_all being_sober completely hope

The clauses having girded up the loins of your mind and being sober could indicate: (1) two commands in addition to the command to hope fully that occurs in the next phrase. Alternate translation: “gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, hope fully” (2) two actions that are means by which Peter wants his readers to obey the command to hope fully. Alternate translation: “hope fully, by having girded up the loins of your mind and by being sober”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἀναζωσάμενοι τὰς ὀσφύας τῆς διανοίας ὑμῶν

/having/_girded_up the loins ˱of˲_the mind ˱of˲_you_all

Girding up the loins is an idiom that means to prepare to work hard. It comes from the custom of tucking the bottom of one’s robe into a belt around the waist in order to move with ease. If this might confuse your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “having prepared your minds for action”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

νήφοντες

being_sober

Here Peter uses sober to refer to mental clarity and alertness. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “thinking clearly”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

τὴν φερομένην ὑμῖν χάριν

the /being/_brought ˱to˲_you_all grace

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “the grace God is bringing to you”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τὴν φερομένην ὑμῖν χάριν

the /being/_brought ˱to˲_you_all grace

Here Peter speaks of grace as if it were an object that could be brought to people. If this might confuse you readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the grace God is giving to you”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὴν φερομένην ὑμῖν χάριν

the /being/_brought ˱to˲_you_all grace

Here, the grace refers to salvation, as it also does in 1:10. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the gracious salvation being brought to you”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἀποκαλύψει Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

/the/_revelation ˱of˲_Jesus Christ

See how you translated this phrase in 1:7.