OET interlinear ACTs 2:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὒ Γάρ ὡς ὑμεῖς ὑπολαμβάνετε οὗτοι μεθύουσιν ἐστίν γάρ ὥρα τρίτη τῆς ἡμέρας)

Peter says for in this first instance to introduce the reason why the crowd should listen to him. Alternate translation: [You should listen to me because]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

οὗτοι

these

The demonstrative pronoun these refers to the disciples who are speaking different languages. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could add more information to clarify the meaning. Alternate translation: [these people who are speaking different languages]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

(Occurrence 2) γὰρ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὒ Γάρ ὡς ὑμεῖς ὑπολαμβάνετε οὗτοι μεθύουσιν ἐστίν γάρ ὥρα τρίτη τῆς ἡμέρας)

Peter says for in this second instance to introduce the reason why the people speaking different languages are not drunk. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [They are not drunk, because]

(Occurrence 2) ἔστιν & ὥρα τρίτη τῆς ἡμέρας

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὒ Γάρ ὡς ὑμεῖς ὑπολαμβάνετε οὗτοι μεθύουσιν ἐστίν γάρ ὥρα τρίτη τῆς ἡμέρας)

In this culture, people began counting the hours each day beginning around daybreak at six o’clock in the morning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this in the way the people of your culture reckon time. Alternate translation: [it is nine o’clock in the morning]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἔστιν & ὥρα τρίτη τῆς ἡμέρας

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὒ Γάρ ὡς ὑμεῖς ὑπολαμβάνετε οὗτοι μεθύουσιν ἐστίν γάρ ὥρα τρίτη τῆς ἡμέρας)

Peter assumes that his listeners will know that people do not get drunk that early in the day. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [it is only nine o’clock in the morning, and people do not get drunk that early]

Note 5 topic: translate-ordinal

ὥρα τρίτη τῆς ἡμέρας

˓the˒_hour third ˱of˲_the day

If you decide to translate this in the way that the biblical culture reckoned time, but your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could use a cardinal number here. Alternate translation: [hour three of the day]