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OET (OET-LV) having_written by the_hand of_them:
The ambassadors and the elders, brothers, to_be_greeting to_the ones in the Antioⱪeia, and Suria/(ʼₐrām), and Kilikia, brothers which from the_pagans.
OET (OET-RV) This is what they wrote: This letter is from the missionaries and elders, your brothers here in Yerusalem to our non-Jewish fellow believers in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
γράψαντες διὰ χειρὸς αὐτῶν
/having/_written by /the/_hand ˱of˲_them
Luke does not mean that the apostles and elders ask Judas and Silas to write out this letter for them. Rather, Luke is using the word hand to mean that Judas and Silas carried the letter and delivered it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “sending the following letter with them”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / youdual
χειρὸς αὐτῶν
/the/_hand ˱of˲_them
Since Luke is referring to two people, it might be more natural in your language to use the dual or plural form here, as your language may require. Alternate translation: “their hands”
οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι, ἀδελφοὶ, τοῖς κατὰ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν, καὶ Συρίαν, καὶ Κιλικίαν, ἀδελφοῖς τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν, χαίρειν
the ambassadors and the elders brothers ˱to˲_the_‹ones› in ¬the Antioch and Syria and Cilicia brothers ¬which from /the/_pagans /to_be/_greeting
This is the introduction of the letter. In the culture of this time, letter writers would give their own names first. Your language and culture may have its own way of introducing the author of a letter and saying to whom it is written. Alternate translation: “This letter is from your brothers, the apostles and elders. We are writing to you Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia. Greetings to you” or “To our Gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia. Greetings from the apostles and elders, your brothers”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἀδελφοὶ & ἀδελφοῖς
brothers & brothers
The apostles and elders are using the term brothers to mean people who share the same faith. By doing this, they are assuring the Gentile believers that they accept them as fellow believers. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to our fellow believers”
15:22-29 The Jerusalem church chose two of the church leaders to report its decision. They took with them a letter from the apostles and elders . . . in Jerusalem explaining the terms of the agreement.
OET (OET-LV) having_written by the_hand of_them:
The ambassadors and the elders, brothers, to_be_greeting to_the ones in the Antioⱪeia, and Suria/(ʼₐrām), and Kilikia, brothers which from the_pagans.
OET (OET-RV) This is what they wrote: This letter is from the missionaries and elders, your brothers here in Yerusalem to our non-Jewish fellow believers in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.
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.