OET interlinear ACTs 28:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ

˱of˲_the hope ¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: διά ταύτην Οὖν τήν αἰτίαν παρεκάλεσα ὑμᾶς ἰδεῖν καί προσλαλῆσαι εἵνεκεν γάρ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραήλ τήν ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of hope, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [what Israel is hoping for]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

εἵνεκεν & τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ

on_account & ˱of˲_the hope ¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: διά ταύτην Οὖν τήν αἰτίαν παρεκάλεσα ὑμᾶς ἰδεῖν καί προσλαλῆσαι εἵνεκεν γάρ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραήλ τήν ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι)

Paul is referring by association to something that the people of Israel had hope for. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. This could mean: (1) the hope that God would send the Messiah. Alternate translation: [because I believe God has sent the Messiah]; (2) the hope that God would make people who had died alive again. Alternate translation: [because I believe that God will make people who have died alive again]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ

¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: διά ταύτην Οὖν τήν αἰτίαν παρεκάλεσα ὑμᾶς ἰδεῖν καί προσλαλῆσαι εἵνεκεν γάρ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραήλ τήν ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι)

Paul is referring to all of the people of Israel as if they were a single person, their ancestor, Israel. Alternate translation: [of the people of Israel]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

τὴν ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: διά ταύτην Οὖν τήν αἰτίαν παρεκάλεσα ὑμᾶς ἰδεῖν καί προσλαλῆσαι εἵνεκεν γάρ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραήλ τήν ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι)

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: [this chain is binding me]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

τὴν ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: διά ταύτην Οὖν τήν αἰτίαν παρεκάλεσα ὑμᾶς ἰδεῖν καί προσλαλῆσαι εἵνεκεν γάρ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραήλ τήν ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι)

Paul is using one aspect of imprisonment, the chain with which he is bound, to mean the entire state of being imprisoned. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the Romans are keeping me as a prisoner]