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OET (OET-LV) To_whom all from small to great were_giving_heed saying:
This is the Power of_ the _god, which being_called great.
OET (OET-RV) and the people there from the least to the most important said, “This power is from the great god.”
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
ᾧ προσεῖχον πάντες ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου
˱to˲_whom /were/_giving_heed all from small to great
The phrase to whom refers to Simon. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “All of them, from little to great, were paying attention to Simon”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
πάντες
all
Luke is using the word all as a generalization for emphasis. Alternate translation: “the Samaritans in that city”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου
from small to great
Luke is using the adjectives little and great as nouns in order to indicate groups of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: “from the least important people to the most important ones”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου
from small to great
Luke is speaking, using these two extremes in order to include all of the people in between. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “no matter how important they were”
Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns
οὗτός
this
The demonstrative pronoun This stands for Simon. Alternate translation: “This man”
Note 6 topic: translate-names
ἡ Δύναμις τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἡ καλουμένη Μεγάλη
the Power ¬the ˱of˲_God ¬which /being/_called Great
The Samaritans believed that Simon must be the embodiment of some great power, and thinking that this power was God, the highest of powers, they called it Great. Alternate translation: “an embodiment of the Great God” or “an embodiment of the supreme God”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἡ καλουμένη
the ¬which /being/_called
If your language does not use the passive form called, you could state this in active form. Alternate translation: “that people call”
8:9-24 Simon the sorcerer was a showman, dazzling the people of Samaria and making self-exalting claims. Simon’s attempt to obtain spiritual power through payment gave the name simony to the later corrupt practice of buying and selling ordination to church leadership (cp. 1 Tim 6:9-10). Peter strongly rebuked Simon’s wickedness.
OET (OET-LV) To_whom all from small to great were_giving_heed saying:
This is the Power of_ the _god, which being_called great.
OET (OET-RV) and the people there from the least to the most important said, “This power is from the great god.”
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.