OET interlinear ACTs 27:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

τῇ τρίτῃ

˱on˲_the third_‹day›

In the idiom of this culture, today was the “first day,” tomorrow was the “second day,” and the day after tomorrow was the “third day.” So here, the third day means two days after the sailors tied ropes around the ship and one day after the sailors threw the cargo overboard. You may wish to express this in your translation in the way your own culture reckons time. Alternate translation: [on the day after that]

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

τῇ τρίτῃ

˱on˲_the third_‹day›

If you retain this idiom but your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could use a cardinal number here or an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: [on day three]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὴν σκευὴν τοῦ πλοίου ἔριψαν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί τῇ τρίτῃ αὐτόχειρες τήν σκευήν τοῦ πλοίου ἔρριψαν)

Luke assumes that his readers will understand that the sailors threw the equipment … overboard in a desperate effort to make the ship even lighter. In this context, equipment refers to everything the sailors needed to sail the ship: tackle, hoists, beams of wood, block and tackle, ropes, lines, sails, and the like. This indicates that they had given up on sailing the ship and were hoping just to survive. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [they became so desperate that they threw overboard everything they needed to sail the ship, hoping just to survive]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

αὐτόχειρες

˓their˒_own_hands

Luke is using one part of the sailors, their hands, to represent all of them in the act of throwing the cargo overboard. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [themselves]