OET interlinear ACTs 20:24

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

οὐδενὸς λόγου ποιοῦμαι τὴν ψυχὴν τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλʼ οὐδενός λόγου ποιοῦμαι τήν ψυχήν τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ ὡς τελειώσω τόν δρόμον μού καί τήν διακονίαν ἥν ἔλαβον παρά τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ διαμαρτύρασθαι τό εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ)

Paul is using the term word to mean what he might say by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I do not consider my life to have any value for myself worth speaking of]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

τελειῶσαι τὸν δρόμον μου, καὶ τὴν διακονίαν ἣν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλʼ οὐδενός λόγου ποιοῦμαι τήν ψυχήν τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ ὡς τελειώσω τόν δρόμον μού καί τήν διακονίαν ἥν ἔλαβον παρά τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ διαμαρτύρασθαι τό εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ)

The terms race and ministry mean the same thing; race is figurative and ministry is literal. Paul is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could show how the second term is the literal equivalent of the first. Alternate translation: [to finish my race, that is, the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τελειῶσαι τὸν δρόμον μου, καὶ τὴν διακονίαν ἣν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλʼ οὐδενός λόγου ποιοῦμαι τήν ψυχήν τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ ὡς τελειώσω τόν δρόμον μού καί τήν διακονίαν ἥν ἔλαβον παρά τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ διαμαρτύρασθαι τό εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ)

Paul is speaking as if the ministry that Jesus gave him were a race he was running. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [to complete my assignment, that is, the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

τελειῶσαι τὸν δρόμον μου, καὶ τὴν διακονίαν ἣν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλʼ οὐδενός λόγου ποιοῦμαι τήν ψυχήν τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ ὡς τελειώσω τόν δρόμον μού καί τήν διακονίαν ἥν ἔλαβον παρά τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ διαμαρτύρασθαι τό εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ)

If you decide to use a plain expression rather than the figurative expression race, you could also use another way to express the emphasis that Paul is conveying by using two similar terms together. Alternate translation: [to complete the entire ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τελειῶσαι τὸν δρόμον μου, καὶ τὴν διακονίαν ἣν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλʼ οὐδενός λόγου ποιοῦμαι τήν ψυχήν τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ ὡς τελειώσω τόν δρόμον μού καί τήν διακονίαν ἥν ἔλαβον παρά τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ διαμαρτύρασθαι τό εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ)

Paul is speaking about this race and ministry as if they were objects that Jesus gave him and he received. He means that Jesus commanded him to do this ministry. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that plainly. Alternate translation: [to complete the entire ministry that the Lord Jesus commanded me to do]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλʼ οὐδενός λόγου ποιοῦμαι τήν ψυχήν τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ ὡς τελειώσω τόν δρόμον μού καί τήν διακονίαν ἥν ἔλαβον παρά τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ διαμαρτύρασθαι τό εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of grace, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the good news that God graciously saves those who believe in Jesus]