OET interlinear EPH 5:6

uW Translation Notes:

κενοῖς λόγοις

˱with˲_empty words

Alternate translation: [with words that have no truth in them] or [by speaking words that are not true]

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Μηδείς ὑμᾶς ἀπατάτω κενοῖς λόγοις διά ταῦτα γάρ ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργή τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπί τούς υἱούς τῆς ἀπειθείας)

The connecting word for introduces a reason-result relationship. The result is stated first: that the Ephesian believers should not let anyone deceive them with empty words. Then the reason is stated: that the wrath of God will judge those things. Use a phrase that connects a reason to a result, and put them in the order that is most natural in your language.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπὶ

˓is˒_coming the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Μηδείς ὑμᾶς ἀπατάτω κενοῖς λόγοις διά ταῦτα γάρ ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργή τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπί τούς υἱούς τῆς ἀπειθείας)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word wrath, you could express the same idea with a verbal form. Alternate translation: [God will certainly punish]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Μηδείς ὑμᾶς ἀπατάτω κενοῖς λόγοις διά ταῦτα γάρ ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργή τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπί τούς υἱούς τῆς ἀπειθείας)

This is an idiom that means, “people who habitually disobey” or “people who are characterized by disobedience” Alternate translation: [those who disobey God]