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OET (OET-LV) And the policemen reported the these messages to_the officers.
And they_were_afraid having_heard that they_are Ɽōmaios.
OET (OET-RV) So the officials reported this back to the magistrates, and they were quite afraid when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀπήγγειλαν Δέ τοῖς στρατηγοῖς οἱ ῥαβδοῦχοι τά ῥήματα ταῦτα ἐφοβήθησαν Δέ ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ῥωμαῖοι εἰσίν)
Luke is using the term words to mean what Paul said to the officers by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [what Paul had said]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐφοβήθησαν & ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ῥωμαῖοί εἰσιν
˱they˲_˓were˒_afraid & ˓having˒_heard that (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀπήγγειλαν Δέ τοῖς στρατηγοῖς οἱ ῥαβδοῦχοι τά ῥήματα ταῦτα ἐφοβήθησαν Δέ ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ῥωμαῖοι εἰσίν)
Roman citizenship provided freedom from torture and the right to a fair trial. So the implication is that the magistrates were terrified that more important Roman authorities might learn how they had mistreated Paul and Silas. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [they were terrified when they heard that they were Roman citizens, because as magistrates they were supposed to make sure that citizens were not tortured and received fair trials, and they were concerned that more important authorities would punish them for the way they had treated Paul and Silas]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations
ἐφοβήθησαν & ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ῥωμαῖοί εἰσιν
˱they˲_˓were˒_afraid & ˓having˒_heard that (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀπήγγειλαν Δέ τοῖς στρατηγοῖς οἱ ῥαβδοῦχοι τά ῥήματα ταῦτα ἐφοβήθησαν Δέ ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ῥωμαῖοι εἰσίν)
It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: [they were terrified when they heard, “They are Romans!”]
OET (OET-LV) And the policemen reported the these messages to_the officers.
And they_were_afraid having_heard that they_are Ɽōmaios.
OET (OET-RV) So the officials reported this back to the magistrates, and they were quite afraid when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.
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 CNTR.