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OET (OET-LV) And some also of_the Asian_rulers, being friends to_him, having_sent to him, they_were_imploring him not to_give himself into the theatre.
OET (OET-RV) Also some of the leaders from Asia Minor who were friendly towards him, sent messengers to him to implore him not to go to the theatre.
Note 1 topic: translate-names
τῶν Ἀσιαρχῶν
˱of˲_the Asian_rulers
The word Asiarchs is the name for the provincial officers who governed the Roman province of Asia.
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
αὐτῷ & αὐτὸν & παρεκάλουν & ἑαυτὸν
˱to˲_him & him & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τινὲς δὲ καὶ τῶν Ἀσιαρχῶν ὄντες αὐτῷ φίλοι πέμψαντες πρὸς αὐτὸν παρεκάλουν μὴ δοῦναι ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὸ θέατρον)
The pronouns him and himself refer to Paul. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “of Paul’s … him … were urging Paul … himself”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
δοῦναι ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὸ θέατρον
/to/_give himself into the theatre
The expression to give himself means “to go,” but it suggests risk and danger. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to risk going into the theater”
19:31 Some of the officials of the province (Greek Asiarchai, “rulers of Asia”): The “Asiarchs” were the appointed leaders in the Roman province of Asia. They served as civic benefactors and usually championed the emperor cult. Some of these officials in high places were friends of Paul—Luke highlights that Christianity was attractive to people of high standing in society.
OET (OET-LV) And some also of_the Asian_rulers, being friends to_him, having_sent to him, they_were_imploring him not to_give himself into the theatre.
OET (OET-RV) Also some of the leaders from Asia Minor who were friendly towards him, sent messengers to him to implore him not to go to the theatre.
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.