OET interlinear 2COR 11:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

ἐραβδίσθην

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: τρὶς ἐρραβδίσθην ἅπαξ ἐλιθάσθην τρὶς ἐναυάγησα νυχθήμερον ἐν τῷ βυθῷ πεποίηκα)

Here Paul refers to how the Roman authorities would sometimes punish people. They would have someone hit the person they wished to punish with a wooden stick multiple times. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that refers to that kind of punishment. Alternate translation: “people struck me with wooden sticks” or “Roman leaders punished me by having people hit me with canes”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐραβδίσθην

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: τρὶς ἐρραβδίσθην ἅπαξ ἐλιθάσθην τρὶς ἐναυάγησα νυχθήμερον ἐν τῷ βυθῷ πεποίηκα)

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 need to say who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: “someone beat me with rods”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐλιθάσθην

˱I˲_/was/_stoned

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 need to say who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: “crowds of people stoned me” or “others stoned me”

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

ἐναυάγησα

˱I˲_suffered_shipwreck

Here Paul refers to how ships that sailed on the ocean could break apart or sink. When this happened, people had to try to survive in the water or swim to shore. Often, many people would die by drowning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that refers to this kind of event. Alternate translation: “a ship I was on sank” or “a ship on which I was sailing broke apart”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐναυάγησα

˱I˲_suffered_shipwreck

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. Alternate translation: “a ship on which I was sailing wrecked” or “a ship I was on sank”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

νυχθήμερον

/a/_night_and_day

Here the phrase a night and a day refers to a full period of 24 hours. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that refers to this time period. Alternate translation: “a full day”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν τῷ βυθῷ

in the deep

Here, the phrase the deep refers to the ocean, specifically to the parts of the ocean that are far away from land. Paul means that he was stranded in the ocean water. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that refers to this area of the ocean. Alternate translation: “by myself in the middle of the sea” or “floating on the open sea”