OET interlinear ACTs 8:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἀναστὰς, ἐπορεύθη

/having/_risen_up ˱he˲_/was/_gone

As in the previous verse, the word arising means that Philip took preparatory action, not that he stood up from a seated position. Alternate translation: “he prepared for a journey and left”

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

ἰδοὺ

behold

Luke is using the word behold to alert his audience to a new person in the story. Use the natural form in your language for introducing a new character.

Note 3 topic: writing-background

ἀνὴρ, Αἰθίοψ εὐνοῦχος, δυνάστης Κανδάκης βασιλίσσης Αἰθιόπων, ὃς ἦν ἐπὶ πάσης τῆς γάζης αὐτῆς, ὃς ἐληλύθει προσκυνήσων εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ

/a/_man /an/_Ethiopian eunuch official ˱of˲_Candace queen ˱of˲_/the/_Ethiopians who was over all the treasure ˱of˲_her who /had/_come /going_to/_prostrate in Jerusalem

This verse provides background information about this Ethiopian official and why he was travelling along this road. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence and to use a natural form for introducing background information. Alternate translation: “a man from Ethiopia. Now this man was a eunuch, an official of the Kandake, the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, and he had come to Jerusalem to worship”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἀνὴρ, Αἰθίοψ

/a/_man /an/_Ethiopian

This is an idiomatic way of describing someone. Alternate translation: “a man from Ethiopia”

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

εὐνοῦχος, δυνάστης Κανδάκης

eunuch official ˱of˲_Candace

While the word eunuch describes a man who has been castrated, as men sometimes were who served in royal courts in the ancient world, the emphasis here is on the fact that this man was a high government official, not on his physical state. Alternate translation: “an important official in the court of the Kandake”

Note 6 topic: translate-names

Κανδάκης

˱of˲_Candace

Kandake was a title for the queens of Ethiopia. It is similar to the word Pharaoh, the title that was used for the kings of Egypt. So in your translation, make clear that it is a title rather than a name.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὃς ἦν ἐπὶ πάσης τῆς γάζης αὐτῆς

who was over all the treasure ˱of˲_her

Luke is using a spatial metaphor when says that this man was over the treasure of the Kandake. He means that the man was responsible for it. Alternate translation: “who was in charge of her treasury”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὃς ἐληλύθει προσκυνήσων εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ

who who /had/_come /going_to/_prostrate in Jerusalem

The implication is that this man was a Gentile who believed in the true God and had come to worship at the Jewish temple. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “Even though he was a Gentile, he had come to worship the true God at the temple in Jerusalem”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ὃς ἐληλύθει

who who /had/_come

Your language may say “gone” rather than come in a context such as this. Use whichever is more natural. Alternate translation: “who had gone”