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OET (OET-LV) For/Because passing_through and observing the objects_of_worship of_you_all, I_ even _found an_altar on which had_been_inscribed:
To_an_unknown god.
Therefore you_all_are_being_devout not_knowing which, this thing I am_proclaiming to_you_all.
OET (OET-RV) because as I was looking around and observing your objects of worship, I even discovered an altar that was inscribed, ‘To the unknown god.’ So without knowing it, you already worship this God that I’m going to tell you about.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
βωμὸν ἐν ᾧ ἐπεγέγραπτο, ἀγνώστῳ Θεῷ
/an/_altar on which /had_been/_inscribed ˱to˲_/an/_unknown God
While it would be preferable to present this as a direct quotation (See: next note), you could translate this as an indirect quotation so that there is not one direct quotation within another. Alternate translation: “an altar whose inscription dedicated it to an unknown god”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks
βωμὸν ἐν ᾧ ἐπεγέγραπτο, ἀγνώστῳ Θεῷ
/an/_altar on which /had_been/_inscribed ˱to˲_/an/_unknown God
Even if your language does not customarily put one direct quotation inside another, it would be good to present this as a direct quotation if possible, since it is the inscription on the altar that Paul is describing. You may be able to enclose this quotation in second-level quotation marks or use some other punctuation or convention that is available in your language to indicate a second-level quotation.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐν ᾧ ἐπεγέγραπτο
on which /had_been/_inscribed
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: “on which someone had inscribed”
17:16-34 In this chapter, we see Paul presented as a model witness for Christ, engaging the thinkers of his day and challenging them with the Christian message. Paul quoted writers his audience would be familiar with and showed the relevance of the gospel by dialoguing with them, critiquing their assumptions, and offering Jesus as a constructive alternative (see Col 1:28). Paul reminded these proud intellectuals that there is a living God to whom all human beings are answerable; that they will be judged by him through Jesus, whom God raised from the dead; and that they should therefore repent and put their faith in Jesus.
OET (OET-LV) For/Because passing_through and observing the objects_of_worship of_you_all, I_ even _found an_altar on which had_been_inscribed:
To_an_unknown god.
Therefore you_all_are_being_devout not_knowing which, this thing I am_proclaiming to_you_all.
OET (OET-RV) because as I was looking around and observing your objects of worship, I even discovered an altar that was inscribed, ‘To the unknown god.’ So without knowing it, you already worship this God that I’m going to tell you about.
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.