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OET (OET-LV) But the master said to him:
Be_going, because this man is a_vessel of_choice to_me, which to_bear the name of_me both before the pagans also kings, and the_sons of_Israaʸl/(Yisrāʼēl),
OET (OET-RV) But the master said, “Go now, because I have chosen that man to be a bearer of my name and authority both in other countries, even to their kings, and to the descendants of Israel,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς & μοι
/a/_vessel ˱of˲_choice & ˱to˲_me
The Lord is using the possessive form to describe Saul as an instrument who is characterized by his choosing. Alternate translation: “an instrument I have chosen” or “someone I have chosen as an instrument”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
οὗτος
this_‹man›
The demonstrative pronoun this refers to Saul. Alternate translation: “this man” or “this man Saul”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς & μοι
/a/_vessel ˱of˲_choice & ˱to˲_me
The Lord describes Saul as an instrument or tool to indicate that he intends to use Saul to advance his purposes. Alternate translation: “someone I have chosen to use”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τοῦ βαστάσαι τὸ ὄνομά μου
¬which /to/_bear the name ˱of˲_me
The Lord says that Saul will carry his name, meaning that he will go to many places and speak about it. Alternate translation: “to speak about my name”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
τοῦ βαστάσαι τὸ ὄνομά μου
¬which /to/_bear the name ˱of˲_me
Here, name represents a person by association with the way that each person has a name. Alternate translation: “to speak about me” or “to tell others about me”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐθνῶν
pagans
The term nations refers to people groups that are not Jewish. See how you translated it in 4:25. Alternate translation: “the Gentiles”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
βασιλέων
kings
The Lord is using kings, one kind of ruler, to mean all kinds of rulers. Saul, later known as Paul, testified before various rulers and officials. Alternate translation: “rulers”
Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
υἱῶν & Ἰσραήλ
/the/_sons & ˱of˲_Israel
The Lord is using the word sons to mean “descendants.” He is speaking of the Israelites, who were descendants of the patriarch Jacob, also known as Israel. Alternate translation: “the people of Israel” or “the Israelites”
9:15 Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles: In God’s plan for spreading the Good News, the Gentiles were the next step (see 1:8; cp. chs 10–11). Saul of Tarsus (Paul) was God’s choice to spearhead this expansive missionary effort to bring the Christian message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel. The rest of Acts illustrates Saul’s (Paul’s) faithfulness in carrying out this divine commission (e.g., 26:19-23).
OET (OET-LV) But the master said to him:
Be_going, because this man is a_vessel of_choice to_me, which to_bear the name of_me both before the pagans also kings, and the_sons of_Israaʸl/(Yisrāʼēl),
OET (OET-RV) But the master said, “Go now, because I have chosen that man to be a bearer of my name and authority both in other countries, even to their kings, and to the descendants of Israel,
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.