OET interlinear ACTs 21:37

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

μέλλων & εἰσάγεσθαι εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν, ὁ Παῦλος

going & ˓to_be_being˒_brought_in into (Some words not found in SR-GNT: μέλλων Τέ εἰσάγεσθαι εἰς τήν παρεμβολήν ὁ Παῦλος λέγει τῷ χιλιάρχῳ Εἰ ἔξεστιν μοί εἰπεῖν τὶ πρός σέ ὁ Δέ ἔφη Ἑλληνιστί Γινώσκεις)

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [as the soldiers were about to bring Paul inside the fortress, Paul]

Note 2 topic: translate-tense

ὁ Παῦλος λέγει

¬the Paul ˓is˒_saying

To call attention to a development in the story, here Luke uses the present tense in past narration. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: [Paul said]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

ὁ Παῦλος λέγει τῷ χιλιάρχῳ, εἰ ἔξεστίν μοι εἰπεῖν τι πρὸς σέ

¬the Paul ˓is˒_saying ˱to˲_the commander he (Some words not found in SR-GNT: μέλλων Τέ εἰσάγεσθαι εἰς τήν παρεμβολήν ὁ Παῦλος λέγει τῷ χιλιάρχῳ Εἰ ἔξεστιν μοί εἰπεῖν τὶ πρός σέ ὁ Δέ ἔφη Ἑλληνιστί Γινώσκεις)

Luke is recording how Paul used the typical form in his language for asking questions. It may be more natural in your language to have an indirect quotation here. Alternate translation: [Paul asked the chiliarch if it was permitted for him to say something to him]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

Ἑλληνιστὶ γινώσκεις

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: μέλλων Τέ εἰσάγεσθαι εἰς τήν παρεμβολήν ὁ Παῦλος λέγει τῷ χιλιάρχῳ Εἰ ἔξεστιν μοί εἰπεῖν τὶ πρός σέ ὁ Δέ ἔφη Ἑλληνιστί Γινώσκεις)

The commander is using the question form to express surprise that Paul is not who he thought he was. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [You know Greek!]