OET interlinear ROM 3:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

νυνὶ δὲ

now but

But now here indicates that what follows is in contrast to Paul’s discussion about the law in 2:1–3:20. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a contrast. Alternate translation: “Yet now”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

νυνὶ δὲ χωρὶς νόμου, δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ πεφανέρωται

now but apart_from law /the/_righteousness ˱of˲_God /has_been/_revealed

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases. Alternate translation: “But now, the righteousness of God has been made known apart from the law”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

νόμου & τοῦ νόμου

law & the law

While the first occurrence of the law in this verse refers to the laws that God gave the Jews through Moses, the second occurrence refers to the first five books in the Old Testament that were written by Moses. The ULT shows this difference by using the law and the Law respectively. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the laws that God gave Israel … the part of Scripture that Moses wrote”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

χωρὶς νόμου

apart_from law

Here, apart from the law could mean: (1) apart from doing what the law requires. Alternate translation: “without having to do what the law requires” (2) outside of what the law says. Alternate translation: “not related to what the law says” or “differently than what the law says”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ πεφανέρωται

/the/_righteousness ˱of˲_God /has_been/_revealed

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who did the action, Paul implies that “God” did it. Alternate translation: “God has made his righteousness visible” or “God has revealed his righteousness”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ

/the/_righteousness ˱of˲_God

See how you translated this phrase in 1:17.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

μαρτυρουμένη ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν

/being/_attested by the law and the prophets

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “the Law and the Prophets bearing witness”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

μαρτυρουμένη ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν

/being/_attested by the law and the prophets

Here Paul uses the Law and the Prophets as if they were people who could witness or testify in a courtroom. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “what God says in the Law and the Prophets is a written testimony to this”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν

by the law and the prophets

Paul is using the name of two parts of the Hebrew Scriptures, the Law and the Prophets, to represent the entire Hebrew Scriptures in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in your Scriptures”