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OET (OET-LV) And suddenly a_sound became out_of the heaven, as being_carried of_a_ forceful _wind, and it_filled all the house where they_were sitting.
OET (OET-RV) Suddenly there was a noise in the sky that sounded like a strong wind, then it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ
out_of ¬the heaven
The word translated heaven could mean: (1) “the sky.” Alternate translation: “from the sky” (2) the sound came from heaven itself.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
ὥσπερ φερομένης πνοῆς βιαίας
as /being/_carried ˱of˲_/a/_wind forceful
Luke is using a simile to describe what this wind was like. You could use the same simile in your translation, or you could use a different comparison, to a similar loud sound that your readers would recognize. It may be helpful to start a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “It sounded like a strong wind being borne along”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
φερομένης πνοῆς βιαίας
/being/_carried ˱of˲_/a/_wind forceful
Luke speaks of the wind as if it were being carried through the air. Alternate translation: “a mighty, rushing wind”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐπλήρωσεν ὅλον τὸν οἶκον
˱it˲_filled all the house
Luke speaks of this sound as if it filled the house. Alternate translation: “it could be heard throughout the house”
ὅλον τὸν οἶκον
all the house
Luke may be using the word translated house in one of its specific senses to mean a building. So this could have been either a private home or a larger building. Alternate translation: “the entire building”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
οὗ ἦσαν καθήμενοι
where ˱they˲_were sitting
Luke may be using the term sitting to mean “meeting.” Alternate translation: “in which they were meeting”
2:1-4 Jews observed three great annual pilgrimage festivals, when many would go to the Temple in Jerusalem—Unleavened Bread (which includes Passover), Pentecost (Harvest), and Shelters (see Lev 23:1-44). On Pentecost, when the Jewish people were gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the harvest of God’s blessings, and when the disciples were united and expectant as they gathered for prayer, the Holy Spirit came and filled the gathered believers.
OET (OET-LV) And suddenly a_sound became out_of the heaven, as being_carried of_a_ forceful _wind, and it_filled all the house where they_were sitting.
OET (OET-RV) Suddenly there was a noise in the sky that sounded like a strong wind, then it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
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.