OET interlinear ACTs 13:33

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-versebridge

ὅτι ταύτην ὁ Θεὸς ἐκπεπλήρωκεν τοῖς τέκνοις ἡμῶν

that this ¬the God /has/_fulfilled ˱to˲_the children ˱of˲_us

It may be helpful to create a verse bridge that combines verse 32 with the first part of verse 33. you could state something like this: “And we are proclaiming to you that by raising Jesus, God has completely fulfilled for our children the promise he made to our fathers.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ταύτην

this

Paul assumes that his listeners will know that by this he means the promise he described in the previous verse. Alternate translation: “this promise”

Note 3 topic: translate-textvariants

τοῖς τέκνοις ἡμῶν

˱to˲_the children ˱of˲_us

Some ancient copies read, “for us, their children” which makes sense, since Paul is saying that this promise was fulfilled in his own generation, not in the next generation. If the reading for our children is correct, Paul may mean “for the children of us Israelites.” If a translation of the Bible already exists in your area, you could consider using the reading in that translation. If there is not already a Bible translation in your area, you may wish to follow the readings of ULT and UST.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τοῖς τέκνοις ἡμῶν

˱to˲_the children ˱of˲_us

If this is the correct reading, then Paul may be using the term children to mean “descendants.” Alternate translation: “for our descendants”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἀναστήσας Ἰησοῦν

/having/_raised_up Jesus

Here, raising up is an idiom for causing someone who has died to become alive again. Alternate translation: “causing Jesus to live again after he had died”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ ψαλμῷ γέγραπται τῷ δευτέρῳ

as also in the psalm ˱it˲_/has_been/_written ¬the second

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: “As we can also read in the second Psalm”

Note 7 topic: translate-ordinal

τῷ ψαλμῷ & τῷ δευτέρῳ

the psalm & ¬the second

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could use a cardinal number here or an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: “Psalm 2”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

Υἱός μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε

Son ˱of˲_me are you I today /have/_bore you

Even if your language does not customarily put one direct quotation inside another, it would be good to present this quotation from Psalm 2 as a direct quotation if possible, since God is addressing the Messiah directly in it. You may be able to indicate its beginning with an opening second-level quotation mark or with some other punctuation or convention that your language could use to indicate the start of a second-level quotation. You may also be able to use special formatting to set off the quotation, as ULT does.

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

Υἱός μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε

Son ˱of˲_me are you I today /have/_bore you

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and it would be good to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation rather than combining them. However, if the repetition might be confusing, you could connect the phrases with a word that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “You are my Son, yes, today I have fathered you”

Note 10 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

Υἱός & γεγέννηκά σε

Son & /have/_bore you

Son is an important title that describes the relationship between Jesus and God. Be sure to retain this title in your translation.