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OET (OET-LV) And they_were_ all _filled with_the_ holy _spirit, and they_began to_be_speaking with_other tongues, as the spirit was_giving to_them to_be_speaking_out.
OET (OET-RV) In this way they were all filled with the holy spirit and began speaking in other languages as the spirit enabled them.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐπλήσθησαν πάντες Πνεύματος Ἁγίου
˱they˲_/were/_filled all ˱with˲_/the/_Spirit Holy
If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form. Alternate translation: “the Holy Spirit filled them all”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐπλήσθησαν πάντες Πνεύματος Ἁγίου
˱they˲_/were/_filled all ˱with˲_/the/_Spirit Holy
Luke is speaking as if the believers were containers that the Holy Spirit filled. Alternate translation: “they were all inspired by the Holy Spirit” or “the Holy Spirit inspired them all”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
ἤρξαντο λαλεῖν ἑτέραις γλώσσαις
˱they˲_began /to_be/_speaking ˱with˲_other tongues
Luke is using the word began to indicate that the disciples had been doing something else (speaking in their own languages) but then began to do something new when the Holy Spirit filled them. It might not be necessary to translate the word began, since it may seem to convey redundant information that would be not be natural to express in your language. Alternate translation: “they spoke in other languages”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἤρξαντο λαλεῖν ἑτέραις γλώσσαις
˱they˲_began /to_be/_speaking ˱with˲_other tongues
The implication, as 2:6–11 makes clear, is that the disciples were speaking languages that they did not know. Alternate translation: “they began to speak in languages that they did not know”
καθὼς τὸ Πνεῦμα ἐδίδου ἀποφθέγγεσθαι αὐτοῖς
as the Spirit /was/_giving /to_be/_speaking_out ˱to˲_them
Here, giving has the sense of enabling. Alternate translation: “as the Spirit was enabling them to speak out”
καθὼς τὸ Πνεῦμα ἐδίδου ἀποφθέγγεσθαι αὐτοῖς
as the Spirit /was/_giving /to_be/_speaking_out ˱to˲_them
The word translated to speak out means to speak clearly and articulately. To express this meaning, it may be helpful to make this a separate sentence. Alternate translation: “The Spirit was enabling them to speak these languages clearly and articulately”
2:4 everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit: This event marks the coming of the Holy Spirit to fill Jesus’ disciples, as he had promised, so that they could be powerful witnesses (1:4-5, 8). The Spirit’s wisdom, energy, and power were the driving force behind the church’s work and witness (e.g., 2:14-41, 43; 4:31; 9:17, 20; 13:9-12; see also Eph 5:18).
• began speaking in other languages: The Holy Spirit gave extraordinary communication that made it possible for people from other countries to hear in their own languages about what God had done (Acts 2:6-11). This passage is one of several references to speaking in “other languages” or “tongues” (see also 10:44-48; 19:6; 1 Cor 14:2-28, 39). Here, this supernatural gift reveals the energizing presence of God’s Spirit and inaugurates the proclamation of the Good News to people of every nation.
OET (OET-LV) And they_were_ all _filled with_the_ holy _spirit, and they_began to_be_speaking with_other tongues, as the spirit was_giving to_them to_be_speaking_out.
OET (OET-RV) In this way they were all filled with the holy spirit and began speaking in other languages as the spirit enabled them.
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.