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OET (OET-LV) And suddenly an_ great _earthquake became, so_that the foundations of_the prison to_be_shaken, and immediately all the doors were_opened_up, and the bonds of_all was_unfastened.
OET (OET-RV) Suddenly there was a strong earthquake that shook even the foundations of the prison, and immediately all the prison doors opened up and the chains of all the prisoners came loose.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
σεισμὸς ἐγένετο μέγας, ὥστε σαλευθῆναι τὰ θεμέλια τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου
/an/_earthquake became great so_that /to_be/_shaken the foundations ˱of˲_the prison
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: [a severe earthquake shook the foundations of the prison]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
σαλευθῆναι τὰ θεμέλια τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου
/to_be/_shaken the foundations ˱of˲_the prison
Luke is using one part of the prison, its foundations, to refer to the entire prison in the state of being shaken. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [a shaking that began in the prison’s foundations shook the entire prison]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἠνεῴχθησαν & αἱ θύραι πᾶσαι
/were/_opened_up & the doors all
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: [all the doors opened]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
πάντων τὰ δεσμὰ ἀνέθη
˱of˲_all the bonds /was/_unfastened
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 chains of all came loose]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
πάντων
˱of˲_all
Luke assumes that his readers will know that by all he means all the prisoners. You can include this information if your readers need it to understand this sentence. Alternate translation: [all the prisoners]
16:26 The massive earthquake is reminiscent of the great earthquake at Jesus’ resurrection (Matt 28:2-3).
OET (OET-LV) And suddenly an_ great _earthquake became, so_that the foundations of_the prison to_be_shaken, and immediately all the doors were_opened_up, and the bonds of_all was_unfastened.
OET (OET-RV) Suddenly there was a strong earthquake that shook even the foundations of the prison, and immediately all the prison doors opened up and the chains of all the prisoners came loose.
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.