OET interlinear COL 4:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀναγνωσθῇ & ἀναγνωσθῇ & ἀναγνῶτε

˓may_be˒_read & ˱it˲_˓may_be˒_read & ˓may˒_read

In this culture, letters sent to a group were normally read out loud by one person to everyone else in the group. The words that are translated by read in this verse refer to this practice. If you have a way to refer to this practice, you could use it here. Alternate translation: [has been heard … it is heard … hear]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀναγνωσθῇ παρ’ ὑμῖν ἡ ἐπιστολή & ἀναγνωσθῇ

˓may_be˒_read among you_all my letter & ˱it˲_˓may_be˒_read

If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the ideas in active forms by supplying an indefinite subject such as “person” or by expressing the idea with a different verb such as “hear.” Alternate translation: [you have heard this letter … they hear it]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ποιήσατε ἵνα καὶ ἐν τῇ Λαοδικαίων ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀναγνωσθῇ, καὶ τὴν ἐκ Λαοδικίας ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀναγνῶτε

make that also in the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ὅταν ἀναγνωσθῇ παρʼ ὑμῖν ἡ ἐπιστολή ποιήσατε ἵνα καὶ ἐν τῇ Λαοδικέων ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀναγνωσθῇ καὶ τὴν ἐκ Λαοδικείας ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀναγνῶτε)

With these commands, Paul is asking the churches to exchange letters. He wants the Colossians to hear the letter he sent to Laodicea, and he wants the Laodiceans to hear the letter he sent to the Colossians. If you have a specific form to refer to sending and receiving letters, you could use it hear. Alternate translation: [send it off to Laodicea to be read in the church there, and request the letter I sent to them so that you could read it too]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

τὴν ἐκ Λαοδικίας

the_‹letter› from (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ὅταν ἀναγνωσθῇ παρʼ ὑμῖν ἡ ἐπιστολή ποιήσατε ἵνα καὶ ἐν τῇ Λαοδικέων ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀναγνωσθῇ καὶ τὴν ἐκ Λαοδικείας ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀναγνῶτε)

The phrase the one from Laodicea refers to a letter that Paul has already sent or is about to send to the church in Laodicea. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an expression that clarifies that this is a letter from Paul, not one written to Paul. Alternate translation: [the letter I addressed to Laodicea]