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OET (OET-LV) And it_will_be in the last days, the god is_saying:
I_will_be_pouring_out of the spirit of_me on all flesh, and the sons of_you_all will_be_prophesying, and the daughters of_you_all, and the young_men of_you_all will_be_seeing visions, and the elders of_you_all in_dreams will_be_being_dreamt,
OET (OET-RV) God said, ‘In the last days I will pour out my spirit on all humanity—your children will tell of future events, your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams from God.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
καὶ ἔσται ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις, λέγει ὁ Θεός, ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα
and ˱it˲_will_be in the last days /is/_saying ¬the God ˱I˲_/will_be/_pouring_out of the Spirit ˱of˲_me on all flesh
The material in 2:17–21 contains a quotation within a quotation within a quotation. Luke is quoting Peter, Peter is quoting Joel, and Joel is quoting God. You could avoid having a third-level quotation by moving the phrase God says to before the quotation from Joel. (The phrase itself does not occur in the passage from Joel that Peter quotes. It appears to be something that Peter supplies within the quotation to show that God is the speaker. Since that is the case, putting it before the quotation would not change the actual biblical text.) Alternate translation: [God said, ‘And it will be in the last days, I will pour out from my Spirit on all flesh’]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
καὶ ἔσται ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις, λέγει ὁ Θεός, ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα
and ˱it˲_will_be in the last days /is/_saying ¬the God ˱I˲_/will_be/_pouring_out of the Spirit ˱of˲_me on all flesh
You could also avoid having a second-level quotation by turning the direct quotation into an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: [God said that in the last days he would pour out his Spirit on all flesh]
καὶ ἔσται
and ˱it˲_will_be
Alternate translation: [This is what will happen] or [This is what I will do]
ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις
the last days
See the discussion of this phrase in the General Notes to this chapter, which recommend not interpreting or explaining it, but representing it simply as ULT does.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματός μου
˱I˲_/will_be/_pouring_out of the Spirit ˱of˲_me
God says that he will pour out his Spirit, as if the Spirit were a liquid, to mean that he will give the Spirit generously and abundantly. Alternate translation: [I will lavish my Spirit]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα
on all flesh
God refers to flesh to mean people by association with the way that people are made of flesh. Alternate translation: [to all people]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
καὶ προφητεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν, καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες ὑμῶν; καὶ οἱ νεανίσκοι ὑμῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται, καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν ἐνυπνίοις ἐνυπνιασθήσονται
and and /will_be/_prophesying the sons ˱of˲_you_all and the daughters ˱of˲_you_all and the young_men ˱of˲_you_all visions /will_be/_seeing and the elders ˱of˲_you_all ˱in˲_dreams /will_be_being/_dreamt
If you have decided to turn Peter’s quotation from Joel into an indirect quotation in order to avoid having a second-level quotation, also do that here in the rest of the verse. It may be helpful to make this a new sentence. Alternate translation: [God said that our sons and our daughters would prophesy and our young men would see visions and our old men would dream dreams]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
(Occurrence -1) ὑμῶν
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ἔσται ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις λέγει ὁ Θεός ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα καὶ προφητεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες ὑμῶν καὶ οἱ νεανίσκοι ὑμῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν ἐνυπνίοις ἐνυπνιασθήσονται)
If you turn the direct quotation into an indirect quotation and translate these instances of your as “our,” use the inclusive form of the word “our” in each instance if your language marks that distinction, since Joel would be referring to himself and his listeners.
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
οἱ νεανίσκοι & οἱ πρεσβύτεροι
the the young_men & the elders
God speaks separately of sons and daughters in this verse and of “male servants” and “female servants” in the next verse. But here the contrast is between young and old. So the word men could have a generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: [young people … old people]
2:14-36 This is the first of about thirty speeches in Acts and one of the most important, standing as it does at the very inception of the church. It is a typical example of the preaching of the apostles, who proclaimed (1) that the Old Testament promises had been fulfilled in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, who is the promised Messiah; (2) that the apostles themselves were eyewitnesses of Jesus’ entire public ministry and were his chosen representatives; (3) that people are called to repent of their sins and have faith in God through Christ; and (4) that salvation and the presence of the Holy Spirit are promised to those who respond affirmatively to this message of Good News. This basic message is echoed in the sermons of chs 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, and 13. The same themes characterized Paul’s preaching (see 1 Cor 15:3-9). This message was repeatedly preached to both Jews and Gentiles throughout the Mediterranean world; all people are summoned to repent of their sins and turn to God through faith in Jesus Christ.
OET (OET-LV) And it_will_be in the last days, the god is_saying:
I_will_be_pouring_out of the spirit of_me on all flesh, and the sons of_you_all will_be_prophesying, and the daughters of_you_all, and the young_men of_you_all will_be_seeing visions, and the elders of_you_all in_dreams will_be_being_dreamt,
OET (OET-RV) God said, ‘In the last days I will pour out my spirit on all humanity—your children will tell of future events, your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams from God.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.