OET interlinear ACTs 11:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμῖν

˱to˲_us

Here the word us refers to Peter himself and to the believers to whom he is speaking in Jerusalem, so use the inclusive form of that word if your language marks that distinction.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὴν ἴσην δωρεὰν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεὸς, ὡς καὶ ἡμῖν πιστεύσασιν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ Οὖν τήν ἴσην δωρεάν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεός ὡς καί ἡμῖν πιστεύσασιν ἐπί τόν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν ἐγώ τίς ἤμην δυνατός κωλῦσαι τόν Θεόν)

Peter is referring to the gift of the Holy Spirit. Alternate translation: [the gift of the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us when we believed]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ἐγὼ τίς ἤμην δυνατὸς κωλῦσαι τὸν Θεόν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ Οὖν τήν ἴσην δωρεάν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεός ὡς καί ἡμῖν πιστεύσασιν ἐπί τόν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν ἐγώ τίς ἤμην δυνατός κωλῦσαι τόν Θεόν)

Peter is using the question form to convince his listeners that God wanted him to accept the Gentile believers. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [I could not hinder God!]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐγὼ τίς ἤμην δυνατὸς κωλῦσαι τὸν Θεόν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ Οὖν τήν ἴσην δωρεάν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεός ὡς καί ἡμῖν πιστεύσασιν ἐπί τόν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν ἐγώ τίς ἤμην δυνατός κωλῦσαι τόν Θεόν)

For emphasis, Peter is adding the pronoun I, which is not required with the verb. If your language does not ordinarily use a pronoun with verbs but can do so for emphasis, it would be appropriate to do that here. You could also express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [I certainly could not hinder God!]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κωλῦσαι τὸν Θεόν

˓to˒_forbid (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ Οὖν τήν ἴσην δωρεάν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεός ὡς καί ἡμῖν πιστεύσασιν ἐπί τόν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν ἐγώ τίς ἤμην δυνατός κωλῦσαι τόν Θεόν)

It may be helpful to indicate in what way Peter thought he might be able to hinder God. Alternate translation: [to hinder God by refusing to welcome and baptize people to whom he had given his own Spirit]