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OET (OET-LV) and the commander answered:
I this the acquired citizenship of_a_great sum.
But the Paulos was_saying:
But I even have_been_born free.
OET (OET-RV) “Yeah, and I paid a lot for mine as well,” mocked the commander.
¶ “Actually mine is through birth,” Paul responded.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐγὼ πολλοῦ κεφαλαίου τὴν πολιτείαν ταύτην ἐκτησάμην
I ˱of˲_/a/_great sum ¬the citizenship this acquired
The commander is saying implicitly that he does not believe that Paul is a Roman citizen, because Paul does not appear to be wealthy enough to have purchased citizenship. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “It requires a large sum of money to purchase citizenship, and you do not seem to be wealthy, so I do not believe that you are a citizen”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ἐγὼ πολλοῦ κεφαλαίου τὴν πολιτείαν ταύτην ἐκτησάμην
I ˱of˲_/a/_great sum ¬the citizenship this acquired
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of citizenship, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “I became a citizen by paying a large sum of money”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
ἐγὼ & καὶ γεγέννημαι
I & even /have_been/_born_‹free›
Paul is 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: “I indeed was born a citizen”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐγὼ & καὶ γεγέννημαι
I & even /have_been/_born_‹free›
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: “I indeed have been a citizen since birth” or “I indeed inherited citizenship from my father”
22:28 it cost me plenty! During the early part of the reign of Emperor Claudius (AD 41–54), Roman citizenship could be purchased, but it was expensive.
OET (OET-LV) and the commander answered:
I this the acquired citizenship of_a_great sum.
But the Paulos was_saying:
But I even have_been_born free.
OET (OET-RV) “Yeah, and I paid a lot for mine as well,” mocked the commander.
¶ “Actually mine is through birth,” Paul responded.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.