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OET (OET-LV) as also the chief_priest is_testifying to_me and all the council_of_elders, from whom also having_received letters to the brothers, I_was_going to Damaskos/(Dammeseq), going_to_ also _bring the ones being there, having_been_bound to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), in_order_that they_may_be_punished.
OET (OET-RV) as the Chief Priest and all the council of elders can tell you. I took letters from them to our Jewish brothers in Damascus when I went so that I could arrest the ones there and bring them back here to Yerusalem to be punished.
Note 1 topic: writing-politeness
μαρτυρεῖ μοι
/is/_testifying ˱to˲_me
Paul is speaking politely of the high priest as if it may be assumed that he will willingly testify to what he knows to be true. Use a form in your language that implicitly suggests good will on the part of someone. Alternate translation: “will tell you about me”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
τὸ πρεσβυτέριον
the council_of_elders
Paul is referring to the Sanhedrin by association with the way it was composed of the elders of the Jewish people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the Sanhedrin”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς
the brothers
Paul is using the term brothers to mean people who share the same faith. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “our fellow Jews”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἄξων & τοὺς ἐκεῖσε ὄντας, δεδεμένους εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ
/going_to/_bring & the_‹ones› there being /having_been/_bound to Jerusalem
If your language does not use the passive form bound, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “to bind those who were there and bring them back to Jerusalem”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἵνα τιμωρηθῶσιν
in_order_that ˱they˲_/may_be/_punished
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: “in order that they might receive punishment”
22:1-21 Paul’s premier defense of his life and faith before his own people in Jerusalem illustrates his flexibility as a missionary, just as his speech to the Greek philosophers in Athens had done (17:22-31; see 1 Cor 9:20-23). Paul begins by recognizing his kinship with his people, explaining his Jewish background and training under the noted rabbi Gamaliel the Elder and describing his zealous desire to honor God in everything, which they shared (Acts 22:1-3). Paul then describes his persecution of Christians (22:4-5), the revelation of Jesus to him on the way to Damascus (22:6-10), and his conversion (22:11-16). Paul ends his speech by describing his conversation with the Lord in the Temple. The Lord had predicted the Jews’ rejection of the message and had sent Paul to the Gentiles (22:17-21).
OET (OET-LV) as also the chief_priest is_testifying to_me and all the council_of_elders, from whom also having_received letters to the brothers, I_was_going to Damaskos/(Dammeseq), going_to_ also _bring the ones being there, having_been_bound to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), in_order_that they_may_be_punished.
OET (OET-RV) as the Chief Priest and all the council of elders can tell you. I took letters from them to our Jewish brothers in Damascus when I went so that I could arrest the ones there and bring them back here to Yerusalem to be punished.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.