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OET (OET-LV) but to_the ones in Damaskos/(Dammeseq) first and both, in_Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), and all the region of_ the _Youdaia, and to_the pagans, I_was_reporting to_be_repenting and to_be_turning_back to the god, the worthy of_ works _repentance doing.
OET (OET-RV) so I preached first to those in Damascus and then in Yerusalem and all of Yudea, and then in the towns of the non-Jews. I preached about turning from their sins and turning back to God, and then actually living like people who had repented.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐπιστρέφειν ἐπὶ τὸν Θεόν
/to_be/_turning_back to ¬the God
Paul is speaking as if he declared that people should physically turn to God. He means that he proclaimed they should stop living in one way and begin to live in another way. Alternate translation: “start obeying God”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ἄξια τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα πράσσοντας
worthy ¬the ˱of˲_repentance works doing
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word repentance, you could express the same idea with the verb “repent.” Alternate translation: “doing deeds that showed that they had truly repented”
26:1-23 In his eloquent defense before King Agrippa, Paul argued that his preaching was completely consistent with the Jewish faith. The defense begins with a courteous acknowledgement of Agrippa’s competence to hear the evidence (26:2-3), outlines the nature of Paul’s background, Jewish training, and membership in the Pharisees (26:4-5), and explains that the charges against him are merely for believing the fulfillment of Jewish hopes for the resurrection (26:6-8). Paul then tells the story of his conversion from strong opponent of Christianity (26:9-11) through a vision on the way to Damascus (26:12-18; see 9:1-18). His preaching was nothing more than obeying this divine vision (26:19-20). Even though he encountered violent opposition from his fellow Jews (26:21), God protected him as he taught a message that the Jews should have embraced (26:22-23). This defense is a model for Christians put on trial for their faith (see 9:15; Luke 21:12-15).
OET (OET-LV) but to_the ones in Damaskos/(Dammeseq) first and both, in_Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), and all the region of_ the _Youdaia, and to_the pagans, I_was_reporting to_be_repenting and to_be_turning_back to the god, the worthy of_ works _repentance doing.
OET (OET-RV) so I preached first to those in Damascus and then in Yerusalem and all of Yudea, and then in the towns of the non-Jews. I preached about turning from their sins and turning back to God, and then actually living like people who had repented.
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.