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OET (OET-LV) And of_ the this _sound having_become, the multitude came_together and was_confounded, because each one heard speaking of_them in_his.
own language.
OET (OET-RV) When they heard this noise, lots of people came to investigate but they were confused because they heard the believers talking in their own languages from around the world.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
συνεχύθη
/was/_confounded
If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form, and you could state what did the action. Alternate translation: “what they heard confused them”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
ἤκουον εἷς ἕκαστος τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ λαλούντων αὐτῶν
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: γενομένης δὲ τῆς φωνῆς ταύτης συνῆλθε τὸ πλῆθος καὶ συνεχύθη ὅτι ἤκουσεν εἷς ἕκαστος τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ λαλούντων αὐτῶν)
The pronoun them refers to the believers and the pronoun his refers to each person in the multitude. Alternate translation: “each person in the multitude could hear one of the disciples speaking in that person’s own language”
2:5-11 Because Pentecost was a pilgrimage festival (see study note on 2:1-4), Jews from every nation were present in Jerusalem at that time and were thus able to hear the Good News being proclaimed in their own languages. The Good News is for all people (2:38-39).
OET (OET-LV) And of_ the this _sound having_become, the multitude came_together and was_confounded, because each one heard speaking of_them in_his.
own language.
OET (OET-RV) When they heard this noise, lots of people came to investigate but they were confused because they heard the believers talking in their own languages from around the world.
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.