OET interlinear ACTs 1:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἄνδρες, ἀδελφοί

men brothers

This is an idiomatic form of address. Alternate translation: “My brothers”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἄνδρες, ἀδελφοί

men brothers

See how you translated the term brothers in 1:15. Alternate translation: “My fellow believers”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

ἔδει πληρωθῆναι τὴν Γραφὴν, ἣν προεῖπε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον διὰ στόματος Δαυεὶδ περὶ Ἰούδα, τοῦ γενομένου ὁδηγοῦ τοῖς συλλαβοῦσιν Ἰησοῦν

˱it˲_/was/_fitting /to_be/_fulfilled the Scripture which (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί ἔδει πληρωθῆναι τὴν Γραφὴν ἣν προεῖπεν τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον διὰ στόματος Δαυὶδ περὶ Ἰούδα τοῦ γενομένου ὁδηγοῦ τοῖς συλλαβοῦσιν Ἰησοῦν)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could put the information that Peter provides to identify this scripture before his statement that it had to be fulfilled. It may be helpful to make that statement a separate sentence. Alternate translation: “the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to the ones who arrested Jesus. It was necessary for that scripture to be fulfilled”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἔδει πληρωθῆναι τὴν Γραφὴν

˱it˲_/was/_fitting /to_be/_fulfilled the Scripture

If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form. Alternate translation: “the things needed to take place that the scripture described” or, if you put the background information first as a separate sentence, “What that scripture described needed to take place”

προεῖπε

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί ἔδει πληρωθῆναι τὴν Γραφὴν ἣν προεῖπεν τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον διὰ στόματος Δαυὶδ περὶ Ἰούδα τοῦ γενομένου ὁδηγοῦ τοῖς συλλαβοῦσιν Ἰησοῦν)

Alternate translation: “spoke beforehand” or “spoke in advance”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

διὰ στόματος Δαυεὶδ

by /the/_mouth (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί ἔδει πληρωθῆναι τὴν Γραφὴν ἣν προεῖπεν τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον διὰ στόματος Δαυὶδ περὶ Ἰούδα τοῦ γενομένου ὁδηγοῦ τοῖς συλλαβοῦσιν Ἰησοῦν)

Peter is using the word mouth to refer to words that David spoke or sang using his mouth and that he recorded in the book of Psalms, as Peter indicates in 1:20. Alternate translation: “through the words of David”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

τοῦ γενομένου ὁδηγοῦ τοῖς συλλαβοῦσιν Ἰησοῦν

the_‹one› /having/_become guide ˱to˲_the_‹ones› /having/_captured Jesus

Peter is using the act of guiding the ones arresting Jesus to represent all of the things that Judas did to betray Jesus. This also included meeting beforehand with his enemies, receiving payment for the betrayal, and looking for the best opportunity to catch Jesus away from the crowds. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express this in more general terms. Alternate translation: “who betrayed Jesus to his enemies”