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OET (OET-LV) The therefore on_one_hand Petros was_being_kept in the prison, on_the_other_hand prayer was earnestly becoming by the assembly to the god concerning him.
OET (OET-RV) but while he was being held in prison, those in the assembly were earnestly asking God to help him.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ὁ & Πέτρος ἐτηρεῖτο
¬The & Peter /was_being/_kept
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to specify who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was the soldiers. Alternate translation: [the soldiers were guarding Peter]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
προσευχὴ & ἦν ἐκτενῶς γινομένη ὑπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν περὶ αὐτοῦ
prayer & was earnestly becoming by the assembly to ¬the God concerning him
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the church was earnestly praying to God for him]
12:5 the church prayed very earnestly: God answers the earnest prayers of his people (12:6-17; see Luke 11:1-13; 18:1-8; cp. Matt 7:7-11; John 15:7; Phil 4:6-7; Jas 5:16; 1 Jn 3:22).
OET (OET-LV) The therefore on_one_hand Petros was_being_kept in the prison, on_the_other_hand prayer was earnestly becoming by the assembly to the god concerning him.
OET (OET-RV) but while he was being held in prison, those in the assembly were earnestly asking God to help him.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.