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OET (OET-LV) And a_man certain by_the_name Simōn, was_previously_starting in the city practicing_magic, and amazing the people of_ the _Samareia, saying himself to_be someone great.
OET (OET-RV) One man in the city had been practicing magic and amazing the people, and he claimed that he was someone great. His name was Simon
Note 1 topic: writing-background
ἀνὴρ δέ τις ὀνόματι Σίμων, προϋπῆρχεν ἐν τῇ πόλει μαγεύων
/a/_man and certain ˱by˲_/the/_name Simon /was/_previously_starting in the city practicing_magic
Luke is providing background information to help readers understand who Simon was and why he said and did the things Luke describes in the rest of this chapter. Use a natural way in your language for introducing background information. Alternate translation: “Now there was a man named Simon who had been practicing sorcery in that city”
Note 2 topic: writing-participants
ἀνὴρ & τις ὀνόματι Σίμων
/a/_man & certain ˱by˲_/the/_name Simon
Luke uses this phrase to introduce Simon as a new character in the story. If your language has its own way of doing that, you could use it here in your translation.
Note 3 topic: translate-names
Σίμων
Simon
Simon is the name of a man. See how you translated this name, for a different man, in 1:13.
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) And a_man certain by_the_name Simōn, was_previously_starting in the city practicing_magic, and amazing the people of_ the _Samareia, saying himself to_be someone great.
OET (OET-RV) One man in the city had been practicing magic and amazing the people, and he claimed that he was someone great. His name was Simon
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.