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OET (OET-LV) And he_said:
Who are_you, master?
and_ He _said:
I am Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), whom you are_persecuting,
OET (OET-RV) “Who are you, master?” he asked.
¶ And the voice replied, “I’m Yeshua, the one that you’re persecuting.
Note 1 topic: writing-politeness
τίς εἶ, κύριε?
who ˱you˲_are lord
Saul is not yet acknowledging that Jesus is Lord. He uses that title because he recognizes that he is speaking to someone of divine power. If this might be confusing for your readers, you could use a similar term of respect. Alternate translation: “Who are you, Sir”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
εἶπεν & ὁ
˱he˲_said & he
The first instance of he stands for Saul, and the second instance of he stands for Jesus. Alternate translation: “Saul said … Jesus replied”
εἶ & σὺ
˱you˲_are & you
Both occurrences of the word you here are singular.
9:1-19 The conversion of Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus road is of central importance to the narrative of Acts—Luke recounts the story three times (also 22:1-21; 26:1-29). Paul (Saul) also alludes to this experience several times in his letters (1 Cor 15:8-10; Gal 1:11-17; Phil 3:4-11; see 1 Tim 1:12-17). Saul’s conversion was his prophetic call and commission as an apostle (Acts 9:15; 22:15, 21; 26:15-18). No one is beyond the power of God to reach, redeem, and use for holy purposes—nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). Paul was prepared through his training, upbringing, and experience to play a unique role in taking the gospel into the broader world as the “apostle to the Gentiles” (Rom 11:13; see 1 Cor 15:9; 2 Cor 12:11-12; Gal 1:1; Eph 3:8).
OET (OET-LV) And he_said:
Who are_you, master?
and_ He _said:
I am Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), whom you are_persecuting,
OET (OET-RV) “Who are you, master?” he asked.
¶ And the voice replied, “I’m Yeshua, the one that you’re persecuting.
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 SR-GNT.