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OET (OET-LV) And the Paulos having_looked_intently at_the council said:
Men, brothers, I in_all conscience have_lived_as_citizen good to_ the _god until this the day.
OET (OET-RV) and looking directly at the council members said, “Men, brothers, all my life I have lived before God as a good citizen and with a clean conscience.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἀδελφοί
brothers
This is an idiomatic form of address. Use a way that is natural in your language to refer to a particular group of people. Alternate translation: “brothers of mine”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἄνδρες, ἀδελφοί
men brothers
Paul is using the word brothers to refer respectfully to his fellow Israelites. Alternate translation: “My fellow Israelites”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
πάσῃ συνειδήσει ἀγαθῇ
˱in˲_all conscience good
Paul says all here as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: “in careful obedience to the law”
23:1 In addressing the high council, Paul insisted on his personal integrity before God—he had not violated God’s law or done the things they accused him of doing.
OET (OET-LV) And the Paulos having_looked_intently at_the council said:
Men, brothers, I in_all conscience have_lived_as_citizen good to_ the _god until this the day.
OET (OET-RV) and looking directly at the council members said, “Men, brothers, all my life I have lived before God as a good citizen and with a clean conscience.”
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.