OET interlinear ACTs 2:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα, πρὶν ἢ ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καί ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα πρίν ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τήν μεγάλην καί ἐπιφανῆ)

You may have decided to turn Peter’s quotation from Joel into an indirect quotation in order to avoid having a second-level quotation. Alternate translation: [God said that sun would be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood before the great and remarkable day of the Lord came]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καί ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα πρίν ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τήν μεγάλην καί ἐπιφανῆ)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form. Alternate translation: [I will turn the sun to darkness] or, if you are making this an indirect quotation, [God said that he would turn the sun to darkness]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καί ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα πρίν ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τήν μεγάλην καί ἐπιφανῆ)

God is speaking as if he would change the sun into something else. Alternate translation: [The sun will become dark] or [The sun will no longer shine brightly]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καί ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα πρίν ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τήν μεγάλην καί ἐπιφανῆ)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word darkness, you could express the same idea with an adjective such as “dark.” Alternate translation: [The sun will become dark]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καί ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα πρίν ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τήν μεγάλην καί ἐπιφανῆ)

Here some words have been left out that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. You can supply these words from earlier in the sentence. Alternate translation: [and the moon will be turned to blood]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καί ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα πρίν ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τήν μεγάλην καί ἐπιφανῆ)

If you decide to supply words as the previous note suggests, but your language does not use passive verbal forms, you could use an active form. Alternate translation: [and I will turn the moon to blood] or, if you are making this an indirect quotation, [and that he would turn the moon to blood]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καί ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα πρίν ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τήν μεγάλην καί ἐπιφανῆ)

God is speaking as if he would change the moon into something else. Alternate translation: [and the moon will look like blood] or [and the moon will appear to be red]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ἡμέραν & τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ

˓the˒_day & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καί ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα πρίν ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τήν μεγάλην καί ἐπιφανῆ)

The words great and remarkable mean similar things. They are being used together for emphasis. Alternate translation: [the very great day] or [the truly remarkable day]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου

˓to˒_come ˓the˒_day ˱of˲_˓the˒_Lord

This is an expression that many of the prophets use. It refers to the time when God will judge and punish people for their sins. Alternate translation: [the time when the Lord judges and punishes people for their sins]

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου

˓to˒_come ˓the˒_day ˱of˲_˓the˒_Lord

In this expression, God is speaking of himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the first person in your translation. Alternate translation: [time arrives when I judge and punish people for their sins]