OET interlinear ACTs 20:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί νῦν ἰδού ἐγώ οἶδα ὅτι οὐκέτι ὄψεσθε τό πρόσωπον μού ὑμεῖς πάντες ἐν οἷς διῆλθον κηρύσσων τήν βασιλείαν)

Paul is using the term behold to focus his listeners’ attention on what he is about to say. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὴν βασιλείαν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί νῦν ἰδού ἐγώ οἶδα ὅτι οὐκέτι ὄψεσθε τό πρόσωπον μού ὑμεῖς πάντες ἐν οἷς διῆλθον κηρύσσων τήν βασιλείαν)

Paul assumes that his listeners will understand that by kingdom he means the kingdom of God. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the kingdom of God]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν βασιλείαν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί νῦν ἰδού ἐγώ οἶδα ὅτι οὐκέτι ὄψεσθε τό πρόσωπον μού ὑμεῖς πάντες ἐν οἷς διῆλθον κηρύσσων τήν βασιλείαν)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of a kingdom, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [how God has begun to rule as king]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

οὐκέτι ὄψεσθε τὸ πρόσωπόν μου

no_longer ˓will_be˒_seeing (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί νῦν ἰδού ἐγώ οἶδα ὅτι οὐκέτι ὄψεσθε τό πρόσωπον μού ὑμεῖς πάντες ἐν οἷς διῆλθον κηρύσσων τήν βασιλείαν)

Paul is using one part of himself, his face, to represent all of himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [will see me no more]