OET interlinear ACTs 21:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἡμεῖς ἀπεστείλαμεν & φυλάσσεσθαι αὐτοὺς

we sent_out & ˓to_be˒_keeping (Some words not found in SR-GNT: περί Δέ τῶν πεπιστευκότων ἐθνῶν ἡμεῖς ἀπεστείλαμεν κρίναντες φυλάσσεσθαι αὐτούς τό τέ εἰδωλόθυτον καί αἷμα καί πνικτόν καί πορνείαν)

James and the elders are leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [we sent them a letter telling them that they should guard themselves from]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τό & εἰδωλόθυτον & πνικτὸν

˱from˲_the & idol_sacrificed_‹thing› & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: περί Δέ τῶν πεπιστευκότων ἐθνῶν ἡμεῖς ἀπεστείλαμεν κρίναντες φυλάσσεσθαι αὐτούς τό τέ εἰδωλόθυτον καί αἷμα καί πνικτόν καί πορνείαν)

James and the elders are using the adjectives idol-sacrificed and strangled as nouns to mean specific kinds of animals. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: [animals that have been offered to idols … animals that have been killed by strangulation]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τό & εἰδωλόθυτον & πνικτὸν

˱from˲_the & idol_sacrificed_‹thing› & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: περί Δέ τῶν πεπιστευκότων ἐθνῶν ἡμεῖς ἀπεστείλαμεν κρίναντες φυλάσσεσθαι αὐτούς τό τέ εἰδωλόθυτον καί αἷμα καί πνικτόν καί πορνείαν)

James and the elders are referring by association to meat from animals that have been offered to idols or killed by strangulation. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [from eating the meat of animals that have been offered to idols … from what is killed by strangulation]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πνικτὸν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: περί Δέ τῶν πεπιστευκότων ἐθνῶν ἡμεῖς ἀπεστείλαμεν κρίναντες φυλάσσεσθαι αὐτούς τό τέ εἰδωλόθυτον καί αἷμα καί πνικτόν καί πορνείαν)

God did not allow the Jews to consume blood in any form. Therefore, they could not eat the meat from an animal that had been strangled, because the blood would not have been properly drained from the body of the animal. James and the elders wanted Gentiles who believed in Jesus not to consume blood either. You can include this information if your readers need it to understand the sentence. Alternate translation: [the meat of animals that have been killed by strangulation, because this meat still contains blood]