OET interlinear ACTs 7:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

καὶ τὸ ἔθνος ᾧ ἐὰν δουλεύσωσιν κρινῶ ἐγώ, ὁ Θεὸς εἶπεν; καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα, ἐξελεύσονται καὶ λατρεύσουσίν μοι ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί τό ἔθνος ᾧ ἐάν δουλεύσωσιν κρίνω ἐγώ ὁ Θεός εἶπεν Καί μετά ταῦτα ἐξελεύσονται καί λατρεύσουσιν μοί ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ)

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [But God said that he would judge the nation that would enslave him and that after that they would come out and serve him in this place]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὸ ἔθνος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί τό ἔθνος ᾧ ἐάν δουλεύσωσιν κρίνω ἐγώ ὁ Θεός εἶπεν Καί μετά ταῦτα ἐξελεύσονται καί λατρεύσουσιν μοί ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ)

Here, nation refers to the people who belong to that nation. Alternate translation: [the people of the nation]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐὰν δουλεύσωσιν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί τό ἔθνος ᾧ ἐάν δουλεύσωσιν κρίνω ἐγώ ὁ Θεός εἶπεν Καί μετά ταῦτα ἐξελεύσονται καί λατρεύσουσιν μοί ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ)

As in 7:6, Stephen is using the singular pronoun him because he is using the singular word seed to mean “descendants.” For clarity, particularly if you said “descendants” in the previous verse, you could use the plural pronoun “them” instead. That would help readers recognize that Stephen also means Abraham’s descendants when he says “they” later in the verse. Alternate translation: [will enslave them]