OET interlinear ACTs 5:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

οὐχὶ μένον σοὶ ἔμενεν, καὶ πραθὲν ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ὑπῆρχεν?

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὐχί μένον σοί ἔμενεν καί πραθέν ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ὑπῆρχεν Τί ὅτι ἔθου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σοῦ τό πρᾶγμα τοῦτο οὐκ Ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις ἀλλά τῷ Θεῷ)

Peter continues to use the question form to rebuke Ananias. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement. Alternate translation: [While it remained, it remained yours, and after it was sold, it was still in your authority.]

ἔμενεν

˱it˲_˓was˒_remaining

Alternate translation: [While it remained unsold] or [Before you sold it]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

πραθὲν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὐχί μένον σοί ἔμενεν καί πραθέν ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ὑπῆρχεν Τί ὅτι ἔθου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σοῦ τό πρᾶγμα τοῦτο οὐκ Ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις ἀλλά τῷ Θεῷ)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form. Alternate translation: [once you had sold it]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ὑπῆρχεν

in ¬the your authority ˱it˲_˓was˒_being

The pronoun it refers to the money that Ananias received from the sale of the land. Alternate translation, as a statement: [you could still do whatever you wanted with the money you received]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ὑπῆρχεν

in ¬the your authority ˱it˲_˓was˒_being

The implications are that Ananias was not obligated to give all of the money to the apostles. He was free to keep some if he wished or if he needed it. He could simply have acknowledged that he was doing that, and giving the rest of the money would still have been a generous act because there was no compulsion. Alternate translation, as a statement: [you could have kept some and acknowledged that and you would have still been making a generous gift]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τί ὅτι ἔθου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο?

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὐχί μένον σοί ἔμενεν καί πραθέν ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ὑπῆρχεν Τί ὅτι ἔθου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σοῦ τό πρᾶγμα τοῦτο οὐκ Ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις ἀλλά τῷ Θεῷ)

Peter continues to use the question form to rebuke Ananias. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [You should not have placed this thing in your heart!]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τί ὅτι ἔθου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο?

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὐχί μένον σοί ἔμενεν καί πραθέν ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ὑπῆρχεν Τί ὅτι ἔθου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σοῦ τό πρᾶγμα τοῦτο οὐκ Ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις ἀλλά τῷ Θεῷ)

Here, the heart represents the thoughts. Alternate translation, as an exclamation: [You should not have placed this thing in your thoughts!]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τί ὅτι ἔθου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο?

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὐχί μένον σοί ἔμενεν καί πραθέν ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ὑπῆρχεν Τί ὅτι ἔθου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σοῦ τό πρᾶγμα τοῦτο οὐκ Ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις ἀλλά τῷ Θεῷ)

Peter speaks of this thing, that is, the plan to keep back some of the money, as if Ananias had placed it in his heart, meaning his thoughts. Alternate translation, as an exclamation: [You should not even have thought of doing such a thing!]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

οὐκ ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις, ἀλλὰ τῷ Θεῷ

not (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὐχί μένον σοί ἔμενεν καί πραθέν ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ὑπῆρχεν Τί ὅτι ἔθου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σοῦ τό πρᾶγμα τοῦτο οὐκ Ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις ἀλλά τῷ Θεῷ)

Ananaias actually has lied to men, but Peter is speaking of the ultimate implications of his act. As in the previous verse, where Peter says that Ananias has lied to the Holy Spirit, here he means that Ananias has lied to the apostles and other believers, and God is present in them. So by lying to them, he has effectively also lied to God. Alternate translation: [You have not lied merely to men, but also to God, who is present in us]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἀνθρώποις

˱to˲_people

Peter is using the term men in a generic sense to mean “human beings.” Alternate translation: [to human beings]