OET interlinear GAL 3:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐν νόμῳ, οὐδεὶς δικαιοῦται παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ

by /the/_law no_one /is_being/_justified before ¬the God

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God justifies no one by the law” or “God justifies no one as a result of them seeking to obey the law of Moses”

δῆλον

evident_‹it_is›

Alternate translation: “is evident”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

ὅτι

that

The word because is introducing the quotation The righteous will live by faith from the Old Testament passage Habakkuk 2:4. Use a natural way of introducing direct quotations from an important or sacred text. Alternate translation: “because it is written in Scripture,”

Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

νόμῳ

/the/_law

See how you translated the phrase the law in 2:16.

Note 4 topic: writing-quotations

ὁ δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται

the righteous by faith /will_be/_living

The sentence The righteous will live by faith is a quotation from Habakkuk 2:4. Use a natural way of indicating that something is a quotation.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ὁ δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται

the righteous by faith /will_be/_living

Paul is citing the prophet Habakkuk, who is using the adjective righteous as a noun in order to describe a group of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this with a noun phrase. Alternate translation: “People who are righteous will live by their faith”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται

the righteous by faith /will_be/_living

The phrase by faith could be connected to: (1) the phrase will live and be describing the ongoing means by which a righteous person has spiritual life, namely by their faith. Alternate translation: “The righteous person has life through their faith” or “The righteous person lives as a result of their faith” (2) the phrase the righteous and be describing the means by which God considers a sinful person to be righteous, namely by their having faith in him. Alternate translation: “The person who is made right with God as a result of their faith will live” or “Every person will live spiritually whose record of sins God erases because that person trusts God”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐκ πίστεως

by faith

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of faith, you could express the same idea with a verb such as “believe,” or you could express the meaning in some other way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “by believing” or “because they believe”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐκ πίστεως

by faith

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate explicitly that the object of faith here is God. Alternate translation: “by believing in God” or “because they believe in God”