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OET (OET-LV) The indeed Therefore assembly throughout all of_ the _Youdaia, and Galilaia/(Gālīl), and Samareia/(Shomrōn), was_having peace, being_built and going in_the fear of_the master, and it_was_being_multiplied in_the exhortation of_the holy spirit.
OET (OET-RV) After that the assemblies[fn] of believers throughout Yudea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and grew in their respect and service of the master, as well as increasing in numbers through the encouragement of the holy spirit.
9:31 Lit. ‘assembly’ (singular). Jonathan Leeman in ‘One Assembly’ makes a good case that the force of κατά ‘throughout’ contributes to making the force of ἐκκλησία plural in this sentence (similar to Luke’s use in Luke 4:14, 23:5, Acts 9:42, 10:37).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
εἶχεν εἰρήνην
˓was˒_having peace
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of peace, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [enjoyed peaceful conditions once more]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
οἰκοδομουμένη καὶ πορευομένη
˓being˒_built (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἡ μέν Οὖν ἐκκλησία καθʼ ὅλης τῆς Ἰουδαίας καί Γαλιλαίας καί Σαμαρείας εἶχεν εἰρήνην οἰκοδομουμένη καί πορευομένη τῷ φόβῳ τοῦ Κυρίου καί τῇ παρακλήσει τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐπληθύνετο)
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who did the action, you could state “God” or “the Holy Spirit.” Alternate translation: [As God built it up and it journeyed] or [As the Holy Spirit built it up and it journeyed]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
οἰκοδομουμένη
˓being˒_built
Luke is speaking of the church as if it were a building that God was constructing. Alternate translation: [growing stronger]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
πορευομένη τῷ φόβῳ τοῦ Κυρίου
going ˱in˲_the fear ˱of˲_the Lord
Here, journeying means “living.” Alternate translation: [living in the fear of the Lord]
πορευομένη τῷ φόβῳ τοῦ Κυρίου
going ˱in˲_the fear ˱of˲_the Lord
Here the word fear describes a deep respect for God. Alternate translation: [living with a deep respect for the Lord]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
τῇ παρακλήσει τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος
˱in˲_the exhortation ˱of˲_the Holy Spirit
Luke is using the possessive form to describe the Holy Spirit as the one who was giving the church encouragement. Alternate translation: [with the Holy Spirit encouraging them]
9:31 This verse is one of several in Acts that detail the numerical and spiritual growth of the church (see also 2:41; 4:4; 5:14; 6:1, 7; 12:24; 21:20).
• The first Christians were discovering the truth of the principle, “the fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge” (Prov 1:7; 9:10; cp. Job 28:28; Ps 111:10; Eccl 12:13; see Luke 7:16), and they were growing in their faith (cp. Acts 2:43; 19:17).
OET (OET-LV) The indeed Therefore assembly throughout all of_ the _Youdaia, and Galilaia/(Gālīl), and Samareia/(Shomrōn), was_having peace, being_built and going in_the fear of_the master, and it_was_being_multiplied in_the exhortation of_the holy spirit.
OET (OET-RV) After that the assemblies[fn] of believers throughout Yudea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and grew in their respect and service of the master, as well as increasing in numbers through the encouragement of the holy spirit.
9:31 Lit. ‘assembly’ (singular). Jonathan Leeman in ‘One Assembly’ makes a good case that the force of κατά ‘throughout’ contributes to making the force of ἐκκλησία plural in this sentence (similar to Luke’s use in Luke 4:14, 23:5, Acts 9:42, 10:37).
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.
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