OET interlinear ACTs 25:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

θέλων τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις χάριν καταθέσθαι

wanting ˱with˲_the Jews favor /to/_grant

Luke is using the name of a whole group, the Jews, to refer to some members of that group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the Jewish leaders who were opposing Paul”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις χάριν καταθέσθαι

˱with˲_the Jews favor /to/_grant

Luke is speaking as if the Festus wanted to lay down a favor physically for the Jewish leaders, as if they would pick it up and leave something else for him in its place. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to do a favor for the Jewish leaders that they would later return”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

ἀποκριθεὶς τῷ Παύλῳ εἶπεν

answering ¬the ˱to˲_Paul ˱he˲_said

Together the words answering and said mean that Festus responded to Paul. Alternate translation: “Festus responded to Paul”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀναβὰς

to Jerusalem /having/_gone_up

Festus says gone up because that was the customary way of speaking about traveling to Jerusalem, since that city is up on a mountain. Use a natural way in your language of referring to traveling to a higher elevation.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα & ἐκεῖ περὶ τούτων κριθῆναι ἐπ’ ἐμοῦ

to Jerusalem & there concerning these_‹things› /to_be/_judged before me

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: “to Jerusalem and have me judge you there about these things”