OET interlinear ACTs 6:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀδελφοί

brothers

See how you translated the term brothers in 1:15. Alternate translation: [my fellow believers]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἄνδρας & μαρτυρουμένους

men & ˓being˒_attested

The expression being attested is a passive verbal form. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the same meaning with an active form. Alternate translation: [men to whose honesty people attest] or [men whom people say they trust]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

πλήρεις Πνεύματος καὶ σοφίας

full ˱of˲_˓the˒_Spirit (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπισκέψασθε δέ ἀδελφοί ἄνδρας ἐξ ὑμῶν μαρτυρουμένους ἑπτά πλήρεις Πνεύματος καί σοφίας οὕς καταστήσομεν ἐπί τῆς χρείας ταύτης)

The apostles are speaking of these men as if they were containers that the Holy Spirit and wisdom could fill. Alternate translation: [in whose lives the Spirit is evidently present and who possess great wisdom]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

πλήρεις Πνεύματος καὶ σοφίας

full ˱of˲_˓the˒_Spirit (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπισκέψασθε δέ ἀδελφοί ἄνδρας ἐξ ὑμῶν μαρτυρουμένους ἑπτά πλήρεις Πνεύματος καί σοφίας οὕς καταστήσομεν ἐπί τῆς χρείας ταύτης)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word wisdom, you could express the same idea with an adverb such as “wisely.” Alternate translation: [in whose lives the Spirit is evidently present and who act very wisely]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐπὶ τῆς χρείας ταύτης

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπισκέψασθε δέ ἀδελφοί ἄνδρας ἐξ ὑμῶν μαρτυρουμένους ἑπτά πλήρεις Πνεύματος καί σοφίας οὕς καταστήσομεν ἐπί τῆς χρείας ταύτης)

When the apostles say that they will appoint these men over the work of food distribution, they are using a spatial metaphor. Alternate translation: [to be responsible for this task]