OET interlinear ACTs 7:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

ἐλάλησεν δὲ οὕτως ὁ Θεὸς ὅτι ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ, πάροικον ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ, καὶ δουλώσουσιν αὐτὸ καὶ κακώσουσιν ἔτη τετρακόσια

spoke (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐλάλησεν Δέ οὕτως ὁ Θεός ὅτι ἔσται τό σπέρμα αὐτοῦ Πάροικον ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ καί δουλώσουσιν αὐτό καί κακώσουσιν ἔτη τετρακοσία)

It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: [But God spoke to him like this, ‘Your seed would be a stranger in a foreign land, and they will enslave him and treat him badly for 400 years.’]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐλάλησεν & οὕτως ὁ Θεὸς

spoke & thus ¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐλάλησεν Δέ οὕτως ὁ Θεός ὅτι ἔσται τό σπέρμα αὐτοῦ Πάροικον ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ καί δουλώσουσιν αὐτό καί κακώσουσιν ἔτη τετρακοσία)

Stephen assumes that his listeners will know that this occurred some time after the statement in the previous verse. It may be helpful to state that in your translation. Alternate translation: [Subsequently God told Abraham that]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ, πάροικον ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ, καὶ δουλώσουσιν αὐτὸ καὶ κακώσουσιν

will_be (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐλάλησεν Δέ οὕτως ὁ Θεός ὅτι ἔσται τό σπέρμα αὐτοῦ Πάροικον ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ καί δουλώσουσιν αὐτό καί κακώσουσιν ἔτη τετρακοσία)

Stephen is using the singular word seed to mean “descendants,” and so he uses the singular noun stranger and the singular pronoun him. For clarity in your translation, to show that he is not referring to a single individual, you could state “descendants” and “strangers” and use the plural pronoun them. Alternate translation: [his descendants would be strangers in a foreign land, whose people would enslave them and treat them badly]