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OET (OET-LV) and he_is_saying:
Kornaʸlios, the prayer of_you was_listened_to and the alms of_you were_reminded before the god.
OET (OET-RV) and he said, ‘Your prayer has been heard, Cornelius, and God has noticed your gifts to the poor.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
φησί, Κορνήλιε, εἰσηκούσθη σου ἡ προσευχὴ καὶ αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ἐμνήσθησαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ φησίν Κορνήλιε εἰσηκούσθη σου ἡ προσευχὴ καὶ αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ἐμνήσθησαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ)
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “he told me that my prayer had been heard and that my alms had been remembered before God”
Note 2 topic: translate-tense
φησί
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ φησίν Κορνήλιε εἰσηκούσθη σου ἡ προσευχὴ καὶ αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ἐμνήσθησαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ)
To call attention to a development in the story, here Cornelius uses the present tense in past narration. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: “he said”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
εἰσηκούσθη σου ἡ προσευχὴ καὶ αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ἐμνήσθησαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ
/was/_listened_to ˱of˲_you the prayer and the alms ˱of˲_you /were/_reminded before ¬the God
If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the ideas in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God has heard your prayer and has remembered your alms”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἐμνήσθησαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ
/were/_reminded before ¬the God
The word remembered does not imply that God had forgotten about these alms. Rather, it means that God is aware of Cornelius’s devotion and generosity and is pleased with them. See how you translated the similar expression in 10:4. Alternate translation: “God is aware of your alms and is pleased with them”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἐνώπιον
before
Here the word before is being used. Alternate translation: “in the presence of”
OET (OET-LV) and he_is_saying:
Kornaʸlios, the prayer of_you was_listened_to and the alms of_you were_reminded before the god.
OET (OET-RV) and he said, ‘Your prayer has been heard, Cornelius, and God has noticed your gifts to the poor.
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 VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.